I'm amazed at how crappy these renderings are. I guess the sail boat is awesome, but I can't tell from the crappy crappiness of the images.

Have you never heard of the "cat scratch fever?"

I like this, but I've worked in a kitchen for so long I think I've developed a fetish for magnetic strips. Of course a real chef will keep his/her knives in a sleeve they bring with them, but I like that industrial feel of slapping the metal against metal.

That's one way to get some iron in your diet.

Agreed. However, I hate those wooden blocks and always wonder what's going on down in the depths of the knife slots. That's why I prefer a magnetic strip on the wall.

During the protests in Egypt, fax machines were the only way for people to send information to each other. The internet was unavailable for the protesters and 'archaic' methods were once again needed to communicate.

Me and everyone else.

Don't stress it. When you are starting out, you will run into many scenarios like this. Try using who you know as best you can. Usually they are your best bets.

375 is the typical temperature in commercial baking settings.

Agreed. When I worked at a German bakery, they had a rotating baking oven and the temperature display had broken years prior. The baker just knew where to put the knob. He had a chemistry degree and knew little tricks like putting a pan full of ice in the oven (we were living in an arid climate), but he never used…

It doesn't get rid of the dependency if I understand this correctly. It just makes smoking less pleasurable (which most regular smokers don't notice the cigarette high anyway). I don't see this as a way to kick the habit as much as a product to sell to people who are already spending too much for a unhealthy product.

your comment just made me poop a little. I appreciate that kind of wit.

There is only one thing that keeps driving technology in this kind of market, and it is speed. Make it go faster and it will make everything else obsolete. Make existing technology work faster, and you've got a strong software. They've already figured out a way to hand it to us with an easy GUI to learn. The…

I live in Dallas and I've seen some pretty high ABV beers including Brewdog's Tokyo which is at 18.2%. How much higher of an alcohol content does it take to be considered a type 'A' beer?

I wonder why they call them swamp coolers when, in all truth, they are completely useless in a swamp.

I've always lived in very dry and arid climates, and I can attest to wanting more humidity (at least in the winter). In west Texas, your throat dries out, you skin cracks, and there is no moisture in the air to keep the temperature up at night so in the middle of summer the forecast will average 115 degrees during…

This article got me fuming. There is no art in typing. You either do it well or you peck at a keyboard. There is, however, a pure technique to the craft of penmanship which I covet and adore. Every person has there own style and the art should be respected.

Also, during the boiling process, add vinegar to the water. This makes it very easy to peal the shell. Just a trick I learned while making hundreds of deviled eggs every morning while working in a kitchen in a country club.

That threw me too. The law has nothing to do with Colorado.

I work with 3D modelling and rendering as well and what have noticed is how, over the past 8 years of using Maya and Max, I'm still wishing I had more processing power. When I first began learning the software, I had 512 mb of RAM, a single core processor, and I'd have to let my laptop render a single frame…