[geeks] adventures in air conditioning

[Kurt Huhn]

> The hardest part is finding time on an appropriate machine for
> modelling and animating.  Blender never felt right.  I have a little
> work done already in 3DS Max, and a little done in SoftImage, but
> unless I suddenly come up with $1500 that work will have to be trashed
> since I no longer have access to softimage.

Same problem here.  I just spoke to my brother-in-law who's been
threatening to give up on 10 years of preconcieved notions and buy a G4
to run LightWave.  Apple, it seems, is gaining a following in the 3D
modeling/animation/special effects market.

Blender has the potential to kick some serious booty, but the interface
is messed up (IMO), and the way it handles CSG objects is (IMO)
completly broken.  I suppose that patch and surface modeling is pretty
good with it, but they left out CSG and solid modeling - and that was a
huge mistake.

Gotta give the Maya Personal Learning Edition a try soon...

> 
> Side question:  What joy pad type thing works well with linux and irix?
> 

Like the Playstation controllers?  I've seen some (maybe a dozen years
ago, or more) that were generic joysticks and used generic joystick
drivers.  None of them were comfortable at that point in time...

-- 
Kurt
kurt at k-huhn.com