They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security Benjamin Franklin For some reaso...

There's a lot of space out there to get lost in. John Robinson (William Hurt) Lost in Space (1998) So today I attended my second South C...

“I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic compl...

“There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.” G. K. Chesterton quotes As I'm sitting here tonig...

On the other hand, our old ways were once new, weren't they? Tevye in Fidler on the Roof Like most people, I find myself to be a creatur...

“To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips...

Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine. Robert C. Gallagher With the onset of the Autodesk Manufacturing Academy (AMA) , t...

“There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes” Richard Buckminster Fuller (US engineer and a...

“ Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end ” Commander Spock (Leonard Nimoy) After a brief hiatus, I'm back in the saddle with iLog...

“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow” Proverb Surprise! My upgrade didn't go according to plan. So, what went wr...

“Technically, Windows is an "operating system," which means that it supplies your computer with the basic commands that it needs t...

“A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion” Chinese Proverb So, on a note a little separate from my typi...

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." -- Vincent Van Gogh This is one of tho...

Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. Doug L...

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. ~Confucius I've blogged on bump mapping in Autodesk Showcase before, but with so many ...