Archive for December, 2004
Inside Lightwave 7 eBay auction
eBay auction for the book “Inside Lightwave 7″, bought it when I was really into 3D animation. Hopefully one of you will give it a good home!
Making miniature clay oranges
Step-by-step photos showing how to make miniature (about 5mm diam) model oranges from modelling clay
(Link courtesy of BoingBoing)
Revolving Condos
The revolving restaurant is the pinnacle of civic achievement. I am a sucker for overpriced drinks, terrible appetizers and the line of stationary/rotating demarkation as long as I get a full 360 degrees with never a decent view. But a rotating apartment?
(Link courtesy of BoingBoing)
One more test
Still sucking….
Just testing
This new version of ecto……sucks…
Miami man survives after plunging from 5th floor of a parking garage.
Apparently despondent over a failed relationship, a man raced his car through a fifth-floor concrete wall of a parking lot, causing it to soar 50 feet before smashing into the second floor of a busy nearby store, police said, creating a spectacle even seasoned fire rescue workers couldn’t imagine.
Sky-high French bridge opened…
Happy December 25th!
And to all a good night!
Topic Magazine
Topic Magazine
Wizard Fan Awards
You can vote for your favorite writers, pencilers, etc here.
Do me a favor though….under “FAVORITE MINI-SERIES” click the radio button next to “Other” and write-in “Touch of Death”
Soy Clothing
From China comes soybean clothing. Yes, they’ve created a new fiber made from the leftover dregs of soybean oil and tofu production. Soy-based yarn is being exported by Shanghai Winshow Soybeanfiber Industry Company.
Many hip clothing companies are rolling out soy lines, among them Of The Earth, of Bend, Oregon, which will offer in its 2005 [...]
Larry La Prise…dead
With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went unnoticed last week.
Larry La Prise, the man who wrote “The Hokey Pokey”, died peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting [...]
Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah
Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah
(Link courtesy of Christine)
Cuba’s Biotech Boom
Faced with economic calamity, Castro did something remarkable: He poured hundreds of millions of dollars into pharmaceuticals. No one knows how – Cuba’s economy, with its secrecy and centralized structure, defies market analysis. One beneficiary was Concepcion Campa Huergo, president and director general of the Finlay Institute, a vaccine lab in Havana. She developed the [...]
Ironic….
A United Parcel Service driver was on his way to deliver parts to Cheshire Medical Center in Keene when his van was in a serious crash involving two tractor-trailer trucks on Route 9 at Chesterfield Hill, police said. The driver was taken to Cheshire Medical Center by ambulance with a head injury, but the hospital [...]
