@unknownuser said:

Does the pretty girl have man hands or what... shudder.

Nobody's perfect Nice phone though. Along the
lines of the iPhone. BTW I hear that the iPhone will
not be 3G so it will not sell well ober here ..... I
imagine.

Mike

I keep an eye on ZAP as they seem to be getting
on with the job of moving ahead with producing
electric cars.

There latest announcement is a joint venture
with Lotus and they have a demonstrator built,
the Lotus APX, so things look serious !

The link is,
http://www.zapworld.com/ZAPWorld.aspx?id=4560

PDF download is here,
http://www.zapworld.com/ZAPCMS/uploadedFiles/ZAP_APX.pdf

Mike

Guys,

Just noticed this new LG mobile phone.
It should appeal to anyone that hates
all the key pressing while texting.

The AX 490 has an extra 26 buttons on
the face which covers the alphabet so
no double / treble clicking !

Mike

Come on Tavi, stop teasing and get it out there. Who wouldn't want a script that can do this even if there is no Mac version!

Mike

Hi Guys,

Nonosolar looks very promising, especially the price! I also see that Larry Pge and Sergey Brin are big investors, well done guys!

The San Jose, California based Nanosolar has raised more than $100 million in financing over the past 5 years to develop and manufacture its new technology. The Google Guys, Larry Page and Sergey Brin are big time investors in Nanosola

http://www.nanosolar.com/

Mike

I found the quote of the day amusing and decided to look up Mr Ruskin,

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder. [John Ruskin]

Check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin
and particulary the section under 'Sexuality' .... me thinks this guy had a problem with reality

Mike

Hey! Look on the bright side. If I met this blond in a bar ...... well need I say more?

Mike

Thanks Takuji, I'm adding it to my 'Takuji Collection' of excellent models.
Its good to see you have joined SketchUcation and I look forward to seeing many more of your models.

Mike

Fantastic Tom, your trees are getting better and better.

Mike

Cheers Tom. It also looks excellent in plan
view.

Mike

Alan, do you want me over there with my
wheelbarrow and shovel

Be sure to pack some beer in there

Shaun,

I've downloaded and thank you for the script. I will have a go at it as soon as I can and get back to you.

Mike

Very crafty idea, well done Mateo.
I'll definately use them.

Mike

@craigd said:

My friend, who works at the Google headquarters in California, has a commuter bicycle that folds up to the size of a brief case! Aluminum frame with gears and everything! It's pretty slick.
- CraigD

Craig, Have you details of your friend's bike?

Nice idea!

http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/switch_bike_by_ron_de_jong_7755.asp

Mike

@remus said:

personally im a fan of the pencil just because its quick and more styilistic, but thats probably just because im not very good with SU.

Hi Remus,

I've been using SketchUp since V1 and I still like to grab my thick lead clutch pencil and get those initial free flowing doodles on paper before jumping into SketchUp.

I really think that the act of holding a pencil or even a stick and drawing in the sand is second nature to us! Hopefully in time computer input will move in this direction and allow us to use our hands / wrists more. This is happening with some new technologies and they look very inviting.

A Wacom tablet input could be the answer but the reaction times are just not there yet. Its annoying moving your hand at a rate that suits the tablet but I understand Wacom are to bring out much faster reacting tables in the coming year.

So we will have to wait and see, but for the time being for me also it has to be the pencil and paper for those initial doodles.

Mike

This would be such a useful tool Didier. Thanks for all your work.

Mike

Well done Kwistenbiebel. I voted ! You did want
*****, yes ?

Mike

John was the closest ...... well done Sherlock, you were nearly there

Ice-Stick is what you are looking at. A Swedish heating system that I just came across, check it out here, http://www.octopus.tm/eng/index.htm

Mike