I read an amusing article from my hometown newspaper today. The thought process behind this new … policy, I guess you’d call it, is unsettling, whether you mind this fashion fad or not.
“FLINT, Michigan — The city’s new police chief is saying no to crack.
Acting Flint Police Chief David R. Dicks announced Thursday that officers will begin arresting people wearing pants or shorts that sag too low exposing rear ends.” -Article in the Flint Journal.
Plumber arrested for crack
ink brush and photoshop, 06/27/08
“What about plumber’s crack?” said Keith Speer, president of the Flint Police Officers Association.“
Update:
But you know what? I don’t care. If it annoys me, it SHOULD be illegal. (Right, chief?) — Andrew Heller, Flint Journal
Something I have been meaning to do for awhile was to sit down and try to learn Google SketchUp. I was intimidated by it, having had some headaches and frustration with various other 3D programs, like Blender, 3DS and Maya. After working through the video tutorials, I found out that SketchUp is nowhere near as complicated, and is actually very fun to use. SketchUp is not a scary spider and will not throw me in the basement.
Here’s a couple of views of my first try, a fighter or maybe scout-class spaceship with varying degrees of detail.
A Little Spaceship
It took me a couple of hours to model this, but I think I could do it in half that now. Seriously, the tools in SketchUp make it that easy and fast.
Pew-Pew Vroom!
I’m working on a science fiction project right now and I intend to build some ships of various sizes, as well as a funky spaceport, to help with drawing various angles in perspective.
Update 06/27/08: Since this post, two companies have written to me about mentioning their Google SketchUp plugin or other product. I don’t mind at all, but it’s interesting that I’m getting this kind of response to one small post about SketchUp. Is there that little buzz about SketchUp right now that even the humble Glimbit blog gets some attention, or are these two different companies just actively and aggressively marketing their products anywhere and everywhere SketchUp is mentioned?
At any rate, I don’t intend to post much about SketchUp, but if I try out those plugins, I’ll post my thoughts.
