Happy Birthday, and many more!

Love it

And even

What I want to know is, when you turn the handle does it act like a rheostat, and the light dims?

This may interest you.

http://leapmotion.com/

Please, don't stop!

And while on the green theme.http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx

Pete, Great find. I am amazed a project like this can fly under the radar.

http://www.masdarcity.ae/en/

"One of the most sustainable communities on the planet, Masdar City is an emerging cleantech cluster that offers a creative and entrepreneurial atmosphere where businesses can thrive and innovation can flourish, in part because the city itself serves as a model of what green urban development can be. This is especially the case because Masdar City is being designed and operated to provide the highest quality of life with the lowest environmental footprint – all in a manner that is commercially"

Heh Heh...

@mitcorb said:

@Dale Stephens:
I am sorry, Dale. Your current avatar reminded me of Zippy the chimpanzee, a TV and children's book character from my childhood. I never meant to associate that other zippy.
You have my sincerest apologies.

Honestly,No offence taken, I actually got quite a kick out of the Wiki quotes especially the "His wholehearted devotion to random artifacts satirizes the excesses of consumerism" part.
Anyway Grant will get a good laugh I'm sure when he pops by.

@mitcorb said:

I think Dale "zippy" Stephens might wish he had found Mr. Marshall's site first so he could post the link in the Thread for Fine Design.
I recommend everyone visit his galleries. Just excellent work from a gifted designer/sculptor/architect/woodturner.

"Yow!"
A quote from good old wikipedia:
However, Zippy is distinctive not so much for his skull shape, or for any identifiable form of brain damage, but for his enthusiasm for philosophical non sequiturs ("All life is a blur of Republicans and meat!"), verbal free association, and the pursuit of popular culture ephemera. His wholehearted devotion to random artifacts satirizes the excesses of consumerism. Zippy's unpredictable behavior sometimes causes severe difficulty for others, but never for himself.

And perhaps this quote pertains to A Thread for Fine Design:
unique among syndicated multi-panel dailies for its characteristics of literary nonsense, including a near-absence of either straightforward gags or continuous narrative,

However, as for Mr Marshall, Agreed, really fine work, but his website doesn't work for me. Lots of broken links, and really slow. I'll drop him a line

This is really interesting Mike. We are currently working on a community of 25 dwellings,with common systems, rainwater harvesting, geo exchange, off grid PV, and a biodigester which will convert the septic into bio-gas. We are in the engineering discussions right now. It is very fascinating.

Yes, anything by Daniel Tal you will find very helpful.
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/authors/daniel-tal-google-sketchup-for-site-design/

Another imaginative design for using the rainwater footprint. http://www.urbanlab.com/urban/ps1.html

I am really taken by this concept. It is really a different approach to a major problem.http://www.archdaily.com/182435/arctic-food-network-lateral-office/#more-182435

For the guitarist in you. This is really quite an innovation, and has received a Red Dot Design award.

http://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/musical-instruments/guitars-basses/amps/thr_home/

At Last. Thank you John and Paul (You guys should pick up George and Ringo )
This is really what has been missing, and it is a great site that highlights your work.
kudos to you both

Man. The Strat. There is nothing like it. Well worth modeling, nice work!

Damn!

Also a subtle political message.