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I had a discussion with a friend on the weekend. He was arguing that he had no interest in blogging, tweeting or any other form of IM. He preferred to remain anonymous. Until recently I shared the same opinion – I had no Facebook or Twitter profile, website or any other online blog or “persona”. [...]
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3ds Max for the autodidact -the learning never stops…
Posted in: News - Monday, March 29 2010
Once upon a time people would learn a trade or skill, then employ that skill in their business and over time become progressively better at it. For example, someone that made shoes would have learned these skills as an apprentice and when the learning stage was finished, go on to start their own shoe-making business. [...]
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Facebook, Twitter – social networking for businesses
Posted in: News - Wednesday, March 03 2010
Perhaps you think Facebook and Twitter was something that only teenagers and bored young office workers did to catch up with friends. A waste of time, especially if it’s under the boss’ nose during company time. Well at least that’s what I thought. We’ve all the heard the line “people who use Twitter” (ie those [...]
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Creative recycling; heavy-duty jarrah shelves
Posted in: News - Monday, March 01 2010
I’m passionate about wood. I’m off to electric plane some old salvaged timbers that I’ve collected for free over the years. Every time I saw a civic council kerbside rubbish collection I’d keep an eye out for good lengths of Jarrah. I’ve managed to transport peices of 4″x2″ up to 3m long in my tiny [...]
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Summer’s last gasp
Posted in: News - Thursday, February 25 2010
The end of summer is nigh. It’s a scorching hot 42 degree Celsius day in Perth today, but here on the coast in Fremantle we have 5.5 degrees less. Fortunately I had the house insulated recently with eco-friendly non-formaldehyde fibreglass before the Government rebate scheme was stopped. Airconditioner and fan combined has kept the home [...]
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Buying a widescreen TV
Posted in: News - Thursday, February 18 2010
OK, so you’ve saved up some money and want to buy yourself a big wide-screen TV or projector. Here is some info that may prevent you buying an obsolete product. Firstly you need to understand the basics. TV screen images are comprised of a mosaic grid of tiny squares called PIXELS, each one evenly colored. [...]
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Earth from Space
Posted in: News - Friday, February 12 2010
I have been asked to do images of Earth from space many times. My main 3D animation program (3ds Max) is improved and updated every year, so each time I do the Earth it gets a little better. The atmospheric haze is easy but doing nice clouds is tricky. Check out this image against the [...]
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Cheap shoes -make ‘em yourself
Posted in: News - Thursday, February 11 2010
I did a whole lot of shop design images for Betts & Betts and Perrini shoes. The shop fitout was easy, but then the client wanted the shelves stocked with shoes. As budget and time would not allow me to build several shoe designs in glorious 3D, I had to do the old cardboard cutout [...]
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Times have changed
Posted in: News - Wednesday, February 10 2010
In 1997 I was asked to create a 3D graphic of a proposed concept for the Raffles Hotel, superimposed over a photographed background. Quite a common thing now, but back then very few people could do it. Most concept visuals back then were painted by an artist. The developer supplied me with architects plans and [...]
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