I know, I know, enough with the election stuff already. Maybe some pokes at the election issues will neutralize the vitriol a little.  Of c...

SketchUp , a program previously offered by Google but now run by Trimble, is used for 3D modeling and has a number of different types of p...

Researching the metaverse and Google/Trimble Sketchup, I went into overload and bailed for the day.  So...gone fishin', although I'...

Here in Anchorage winter's moving in.  Yesterday the wind howled and rattled the trees and it rained most of the day.  In keeping with ...

...need more coffee. Ah, coffee, where would we be without it.  It has benefits, y'know.  Amanda Chan at The Huffington Post says: ...

This post was inspired by photographer J.J. Bentley, who posts regularly to Google+. JJ's work reminds me of that by Dorothea Lange ...

Anarchism is the trending topic at this hour (9:00A Alaska Daylight Time).  For this Friday post I'm offering cartoons on the topic. ...

Alexander Calder is probably best known for creating the first moving sculpture in modern times, dubbed mobile by Marcel Duchamp (a trul...

Last week Stephen Colbert reported in his "Who's Honoring Me Now?"(August 9, 2012) segment of the Colbert Report that a stud...

Most artists like the freedom of creating whatever they damn well please, however they please.  But to communicate effectively in a visual ...

A number of factors contribute to the quality of the images and their color as rendered on your PC or Mac.  Devices and applications such a...

The other day my son, who is a Linux and Perl guru in my eyes, reminded me of the webcomic xkcd , created by Randall Munroe . Here are a c...

The video below shows the exhibit in the International Gallery of Contemporary Art (IGCA).  There were four artists.  Here are the artists...

In 1989, a research team at the University of Utah reported that they had produced unexplained excess energy during their electrolysis rese...

As a semi-retired citizen of Second Life (SL), the virtual world, I still watch the happenings there.  One of my main sources of news is th...

This post is essentially an homage to director Ridley Scott .  While I'm not much into being a fan, I felt it important to know more a...

Today I started my post wanting to share a site that offers free 3D textures and wound up finding a for-pay application that makes lovely t...

As an explorer of virtual worlds, I like to keep up on what's happening.  Despite rumors that Second Life is dying and the metaverse ...

It being Friday, I went looking for some humor.  I didn't find anything I wanted to use but these animated short films are well worth w...

The controls for this editor seem to me subtle and somewhat easily broken.  Be sure to put the title in first and don't change it after...