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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Flat Plane Character Carving
Flat plane carving is a style of figire carving that uses large flat planes to create features. Tool marks are left in the carving and there is no smoothing or rounding. The idea is to create the figure using very … Continue reading
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Web video: Searching for standards
Web video is all the rage these days, with seemingly everybody getting into the action. The 900 pound gorilla, of course, is YouTube. Estimates of YouTube’s size vary from 100 million to 250 million videos. My suspicion is that it’s towards … Continue reading
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Windows Explorer Wonkiness
In Windows Explorer, double-clicking on a folder name in the list pane opens that folder so you can view its files. This is nothing new. Over the years I have become accustomed to double-clicking and having that folder’s files appear … Continue reading
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Facebook photo problem
So after five days working with Facebook, I’m mostly impressed. I have a few minor nits with the user interface, but it may be that they want the UI to be somewhat mysterious. I think they want you to explore, … Continue reading
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I resisted the whole social networking thing for a long time, mostly due to preconceived notions. In the past, I was a member of many different social networks: bulletin boards, Compuserve forums, etc. The explosion of users that came with … Continue reading
Wizards!
I was getting tired of the bears and little trinkets, so I thought I’d learn how to carve something else. Since I liked that 5-Minute Bear tutorial so much, I figured I’d take a crack at the 5-Minute Wizard: The … Continue reading
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More Carvings
I have been carving quite a bit, actually, but haven’t taken the time to post anything here. I carved quite a few of those little bears while I was in Phoenix, and a few other things, as well. Here are … Continue reading
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Wrap Rage
We’ve all experienced it, the anger and frustration that ensues when we try to open one of those clamshell packages that contain whatever new geegaw we picked up. You can’t open it with your bare hands. Normal office scissors are … Continue reading