I’ve recently got on to , where you can find groups of people in your city that have the same interests as you. I personally have joined a Bloggers Group, a Spanish Speaking Group, a Sign Language Group, and a Web Design Group. Yesterday(Thursday) we had a Web design meeting where John showed us how to edit a webpage my manually typing HTML and CSS.

Last week I attended my first Spanish speaker meetup and it was lot’s of fun. There were about six of us from all different backgrounds and we just talked about different things and found out why/how we got into Spanish. We also ate some grrrrrrrrrreeeat Mexican food.

I think that Meetup is an amazing site and should definitely be shared. Check it out and if you don’t find anything you like at least tell someone else about it; your homeboy might be looking for some people to go figure skating with

Ciao.

Hello everyone, I thought I’d take a second to talk about some fun software I’ve been messing around with. Google SketchUp is a very exciting and FREE program. Complete strangers(to designing) are able to make elaborate models of pretty much anything they desire, from scratch. It is a free download from Google and the software comes with self-paced tutorials to guide the user step-by-step.

It is a 3D program that lets you build for example, houses, churches, schools, etc., filling in every detail from shrubs, trees, lightpoles, couches, TVs, to wall clocks. You can add realtime shadows based on the time of day you prefer and search through an online 3D warehouse for various components done by millions of different users. If you are familiar with Google Earth, once you get advanced enough, you can even export your models to Google Earth; like if you make a model of your house or something.

It is definitely something to check out for those interested in archtecture & designing, maybe someone planning to design their own home, or just anybody that has some free time on their hands. Here are some pictures of my first model; it took me less than a hour. You are only able to see these in a two dimensional view, sorry to say. If anyone checks out the software please let me know how you like it. Ciao.

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- Enjoy