I love the industrial, mechanized late 18th century kinda look. That whole LXG or hellboy visual of a bunch of mechanized parts and oversized components that give something a rough and gritty but highly engineered feel. Love it. That’s why you gotta check out SteamPunk’s Flat Panel LCD Mod. It’s everything an avid collector of…

I’ve had a poll up for a couple months to see when you plan on upgrading to SolidWorks 2008. It was started during pre-release and SP 0.1 is the latest Service Pack. To date, there’s been 151 responses and it seems close between those that already have upgraded and those waiting for bugs to be worked out. Here’s the breakdown.
What’s up with knuckle skin? Why’s there got to be so much? Same with elbow skin, what’s that all about? These links may answer your question. Joshua Davis Art – I love this guys art, it’s very bubbly deco-mechanicorganic. Call of Duty 4 – Released this week for, ya know, playing at work during lunch.…

Don’t you just love some seriously beautiful wallpaper to customize your programs with? Sure, you can customize your SolidWorks background, but that’s so SolidWorks 2007. Now, in SolidWorks 2008 you can even add a custom image to your drawing background. In fact…are you ready… it already comes with… a crinkly paper background. Yeah, pretty hard to miss. Props to that guy.
Good ol’ Mike P. got around to explaining this a bit before I finished some graphics done, so here’s my addition and two handfuls of wallpapery goodness.

I finally know what I want for Christmas. An ASR Carbon mountain bike from Yeti cycles. It’s only $6149.00, fully loaded. These high-end bikes are just plain tough looking and make my purple GT Outback look wimpy. Oh yeah, and they are designed in SolidWorks.
My favorite one from their line-up, the ASR Race/Trail bike, is a 4.25 lb full carbon black amalgamation of insanely beautiful styling, comprehensive sizing and tight 3.89″ travel.
First, here’s a snip of video from a CCNTV interview back in July.
