I just watched another video tutorial on my new favourite program, blender. (The person doing the tutorial always ends with “Happy blendering”.) I now know how to animate objects in my 3d creations. I’ve animated the camera to walk through a modling of our living room. Check it out (about 0.7M)
Filed under: fun, software on December 23rd, 2005 | No Comments »
A List Apart author Holzschlag compares some city layouts with web design in her article Thinking Outside the Grid. This excellent, visual article is a good explanation for the “why” of the CSS web standard.
Filed under: guidedvision.com, software on December 21st, 2005 | No Comments »
Here in Halifax we have seen the curling players throw rocks at houses, hit guards on the nose, and kiss on the button. I really think they have not left a stone unturned.
Filed under: fun on December 10th, 2005 | No Comments »
I just read that Macedonia has deployed 5,000 linux installations in 468 schools and 182 computer labs nationwide, an effort by the Free Software Macedonia organisation. They are using the exciting, user friendly distribution called Ubuntu. Schools seem a natural place for linux desktops. I know a professor who is currenlty working on linux installations [...]
Filed under: literacy, open source on December 5th, 2005 | No Comments »
Any fan of curling knows of team Ferbey. Well, when we’re in the stands we will be cheering with our friendly furry creature know as furby, which we recently rescued from value village. (I know it’s spelled differently.) Look for us on TSN.
Filed under: fun on December 2nd, 2005 | No Comments »