Ebay used to be great. Today, however, was the last nail in the coffin for me. Either as a seller, or a buyer. When perusing the site these days I. read more…
The more Apple get in the news the more I wonder how long they can keep up with this “cool” image they seem to have. Yes they make nice looking. read more…
This is such great news. “More than 130 million girls and women have experienced female genital mutilation or cutting …” “Nigeria made history by outlawing female genital mutilation. The ban. read more…
So yesterday a new icon appeared in my Task Tray. A little Windows icon representing the Get Windows 10 App offering the free upgrade. Great! Er … not so fast.. read more…
So I went to log into my Facebook account the other day and was presented with a message saying that my account had been suspended. Why? They were under the. read more…
Well I think I’m crazy. Not only have I got a lot to do already but I’ve started another project. Geared towards getting a group of politically minding people and. read more…
I don’t usually write about games on this blog but I’m going to make ana exception in this case. This is such a monumentally great game that I can’t believe. read more…
Wow, you can now get your hands on a non-commercial version of Renderman for FREE. Pixar has been selling Renderman for a long time. That said the asking price of. read more…
One to start off the Cube a Day exercise I’m doing. This is a total copy of the one of Mike Pans just to get things rolling. The default cube. read more…
I was recently reading some blogs I subscribe to and came across this great idea for learning and developing some interesting skills in Blender. The idea has been penned by. read more…
So I decided that after all these years I would like to start looking at and contributing to an open source project. And since I’ve been using Blender a lot. read more…
Over the last few weeks I’ve been playing around with MSI Afterburner and EVGA Precision x16 to see what I can meaningfully squeeze out of this card before plunging into. read more…
I’ve always loved the idea of modelling real world things in 3D renders and wotnot and the chance of doing some of this was just too much to skip so. read more…
The other day I decided to get myself up to speed on all things Blender. I’ve not used the app very much but had done some simple rendering work for. read more…
Believe it or not I’ve only just got around to getting some serious photo printing done on my new Canon PIXMA MG7150. Using nothing but Lightroom 5.6 you can get. read more…
I’ve already made the leap to using Yosemity on my MacBook Pro and so far all seems really stable and good. However I have a number of older version of. read more…
The Decline of Ebay
Ebay used to be great. Today, however, was the last nail in the coffin for me. Either as a seller, or a buyer. When perusing the site these days I. read more…
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Apple Music Service – The Swift U-Turn
The more Apple get in the news the more I wonder how long they can keep up with this “cool” image they seem to have. Yes they make nice looking. read more…
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This is AMAZING – Female Genital Mutilation Finally Outlawed in Nigeria
This is such great news. “More than 130 million girls and women have experienced female genital mutilation or cutting …” “Nigeria made history by outlawing female genital mutilation. The ban. read more…
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Get Windows 10 App & Skype Login Broken Fix
So yesterday a new icon appeared in my Task Tray. A little Windows icon representing the Get Windows 10 App offering the free upgrade. Great! Er … not so fast.. read more…
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Facebook Suspended My Account – The Real Name Policy Fiasco
So I went to log into my Facebook account the other day and was presented with a message saying that my account had been suspended. Why? They were under the. read more…
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Political Literacy
Well I think I’m crazy. Not only have I got a lot to do already but I’ve started another project. Geared towards getting a group of politically minding people and. read more…
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Borderlands 2 – 2K Games
I don’t usually write about games on this blog but I’m going to make ana exception in this case. This is such a monumentally great game that I can’t believe. read more…
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Pixar Renderman now free for Non-Commercial
Wow, you can now get your hands on a non-commercial version of Renderman for FREE. Pixar has been selling Renderman for a long time. That said the asking price of. read more…
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Blender Cubism 1
One to start off the Cube a Day exercise I’m doing. This is a total copy of the one of Mike Pans just to get things rolling. The default cube. read more…
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Blender – Default Cubism – Cube a Day(ish)
I was recently reading some blogs I subscribe to and came across this great idea for learning and developing some interesting skills in Blender. The idea has been penned by. read more…
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Compiling Blender on Mac
So I decided that after all these years I would like to start looking at and contributing to an open source project. And since I’ve been using Blender a lot. read more…
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EVGA GTX580 Classified Overclocking – Blender Benchmarks
Over the last few weeks I’ve been playing around with MSI Afterburner and EVGA Precision x16 to see what I can meaningfully squeeze out of this card before plunging into. read more…
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Materials
Have just completed my first set of Blender Materials. Green Glass, Pearl, Metal and Car Paint.
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Blender Infinity Cove Download
If you’re looking for a quick infinity cove to play around with I’ve just created a nice .blend file for you. You can download it here:
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Merry Christmas!!
Good grief Merry Christmas folks!!
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Blender – The Obligatory Glass …
Yes, another render of a glass using a physics fluid simulation.
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Simple Blender Physics Animation
I’ve always loved the idea of modelling real world things in 3D renders and wotnot and the chance of doing some of this was just too much to skip so. read more…
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Blender Shenanigans
The other day I decided to get myself up to speed on all things Blender. I’ve not used the app very much but had done some simple rendering work for. read more…
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PIXMA MG7150 Photo Printing Tests
Believe it or not I’ve only just got around to getting some serious photo printing done on my new Canon PIXMA MG7150. Using nothing but Lightroom 5.6 you can get. read more…
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Using Older Versions of Adobe Photoshop under OSX Yosemity
I’ve already made the leap to using Yosemity on my MacBook Pro and so far all seems really stable and good. However I have a number of older version of. read more…
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