A good read Jeff, thanks for the heads-up.

I've often wondered why 'very' loose freehand sketches appeal to my eye so much! I'm inclined to think that this type of presentation makes my brain work in a different way than it does while viewing a 'polished' presentation.

To understand / appreciate the loose sketch I have to do some visual investigation and I think I enjoy this. There is a certain satisfaction for me once I've scanned / investigated / viewed the total scene and then 'hopefully' understand all being presented. Its akin to view an abstract painting to a certain extent, not that I claim to grasp many of their meanings

On the other hand, viewing a polished presentation that leaves little to investigation does not give me 'that' challenge and does not draw me in!

I think the 'Styles' in SketchUp go some way to delivery the 'loose' sketch effect and as this feature develops we might see more being developed along these lines.

Mike

me too

Happy Birthday Coen, Edson and Tiersius. Have a good one

Mike

@unknownuser said:

I'm proud of this forum, are you?

Hi Invader,

I'm also very proud of this forum and think
it will grow into a permanent fixture on the
SketchUp scene.

Mike

@unknownuser said:

what about John Kansas and the Salt Water Engine... made combustable by Radio Waves...

http://www.punditzone.com/videos/saltwater.wmv

I think the real question is not another source but the ability to impliment the change over...

oil jobs and gas jobs represent a large section of employment world wide...

Thanks for link Kris, will check it out as these things
help me sleep better at night .... eeeer must be the
Hippy in me

Free Energy ! The guy behind it is Sean McCarthy
of Steorn Ltd a Dublin based company.

McCarthy talking about the process,
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 5509845733

A simple demo of the process,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iGEsVaIftk

Some acts on Steorn,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steorn

We will know some time this month when the
independent scientists make known their finding !

Fingers crossed

Very funny, he was cool enough until
the sheep got in there, then it was
case of Kill, Kill, Kill ...

Thanks Burkhard (hope you are well Yes,
its http://www.screensteps.com

I d/l it and played a little yesterday. It
is very straight forward. Oh!, there is
a Beta available also that does more stuff,
worth having a look I think.

Mike

Hi Guys,

I recently did some research on what was available
for Macs in the field of a tutorial and presentation
authoring software, something on the lines of Wink.
I posted the results on another thread, somewhere

At the time I found a few programs but they were a
bit on the pricey side and probably overkill.

Well, as luck would have it, while I was checking
out the Apple site for updates I noticed a mention
of [url]Screensteps[/url].

Its a simple to use piece of software that allows
easy production of step by step tutorials which can
be saved / exported in PDF or HTML.

While its not free I feel the $40 price tag is
reasonable. Oh! even through it was probably written
for Macs they decided to do a Win version also

Mike

http://sketchup.google.com/bonuspacks.html

Welcome Joe ..... liked the joke

Glad to see you are on-board Bert also looking forward
to seeing your avatar.

I do appreciate you spending time typing your posts and
I'm sure others are also. I take it that English is not
your native language ?

The more I think about it the more I see a need for a
variety of language forums. I really don't think it would
distract from the main forum, if anything it would
give non english speaker that have some difficulty with
english a chance to express their thoughts and ideas in
their native tongue.

It would be up to the english speakers to communicate
using web translators if we do not speak the actual
language in question ....... could be some fun AND we
might even learn a few new words along the way

Mike

Sorry to learn that SketchUcation is not
for you Bert.

Mike

Its irritating isn't it

Hi Guys,

Don't the avitars make a huge difference.
Somehow for me it helps to communicate
better with forum members.

I hope all the guys that have not yet placed
an avitar will do so.

Oh ! one more thing ! I wonder if it is
possible to have an animated gif ?

Mike

It has to be Mr Bean as a baby

Welcome Todd, good to see you on-board.

Mike

Hi Guys,

The has been rumoured for the past year and now is reality. The MacBookAir is one very nice piece of kit for anyone that needs a laptop on the move.

The blurb goes,

Amazingly thin. Amazingly full-size.
The thinness of MacBook Air is stirring. But perhaps more impressive, there’s a full-size notebook encased in the 0.16 to 0.76 inch of sleek, sturdy anodized aluminum. And at just 3.0 pounds,1 MacBook Air is more than portable — it’s with you everywhere you go.

Check out the features here, http://www.apple.com/macbookair/design.html I particulary like the new Trackpad 'Gestues' feature.

Mike

Good one

That sounds bad Ross. I suppose I should not be complaining about
the rainy weather we are getting over here. Still today is not too
bad, just some light showers. The Sun even came out, was beginning to
forget what it looked like.

Mike