May & Bill celebrated their 8th
wedding anniversary on 8th October, 2003..., and then the weekend we
went to Jacksonville to visit Mom & Step-Dad, and then we went to
St. Augustine to do some stunt-kite-flying, land-sailing and
kite-boarding (but, alas, there wasn't enough wind for the last
'exercise')...
IF you want the 'real stuff sooner' (rather than later) click on these icons / links:
This Link / File is 'o.k. for those of you on 'dial-up' internet access:
Bill on the LandSailor (556k bytes / QuickTimeMovie), videography by Ms. May Wong
This Link / File is NOT 'o.k.' for those of you on 'dial-up' internet access, ONLY use this one if you have "HIGH-SPEED" internet access...
Bill on the KiteBoard (2.1 MEGAbytes / QuickTime (Streaming) Movie), Videography and editing by Ms. May Wong; Music: violin by: Vanessa Mae ( composed by: Mike Batt ) - song-name: "Contradanza"; from album named "The Violin Player:" (Vanessa Mae)...
However, we do have a few 'pictures' of things, here, there, and everywhere around the St. Augustine Area...
ALSO: some Pictures at the St. Augustine City/Municipal Marina:
AND - one of our hotel:
AND: here's three of the four of us on Mom & Dad's boat:
BUT-MOSTLY: this was a 'fun-weekend' for May & Bill to do things, and so
here's a few pictures of our 'anniversary weekend happenings:
a HUGE tree at the Fort Matanzas Park 'parking lot'
May caught these birds on their traditional fall flight south...
AND: an update on the computer-graphics-front with a bit of pictures-and-text:
Mr. Bill continues on with Module 2 of the Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology,
(http://www.westlawn.org)and has submitted the 'external profiles lesson' (Lesson 13), and is well into Lesson 14, Internal Arrangements (and he is currently working on his renditions of galley, companionway ladder, ice-box, etc. etc. etc. ... ... ...
here are some representations of some of my recent designs...
Inventor?
here's a few ...jpg files of the most 'stimulating' items:
a manually-operated "punch-press" is the current 3D machine-parts class project, here's 2 of the 14 parts in that project:
Here's another 3D modeling image of an entirely different sort. - from Rhino3D
This is Mr. Bill's rendition of a 'rubber-duck' (mostly meant for bathtubs and swimming pools), however, it was an 'on-line-tutorial' included with his copy of "Rhino3D".
Rhino's web-page: http://www.rhino3d.com, and it's an AWESOME "3D NURBS (curves) modeling software tool". (gallery of other nifty gadgets at: http://rhino3d.com/gallery/id/
It allows one to (fairly easily once you learn the methodolgies) model - in 3D, some of the more 'organic' shapes (like animals and other such things without straight lines and rectilinear angles)... - It is also a companion to a number of the more 'engineering / mathematical' boat-yacht-ship-hull-modelling tools' (Such as Fast Ship , MaxSurf (http://www.formsys.com), Prosurf, and others...
AND: - a 'new and exciting' experience for Mr. Bill; - Jury Duty - on 14 October, '03
Many are called, few are chosen (Federal Court - Ft. Pierce, Florida, "Southern Florida
District" - it took them, though, til 2:30 in the afternoon to figure they didn't need me? and I still have to call them every evening for the next three weeks - UGH - we'll see!
last updated: Sunday, 2 July, 2006
IF you want the 'real stuff sooner' (rather than later) click on these icons / links:
This Link / File is 'o.k. for those of you on 'dial-up' internet access:
Bill on the LandSailor (556k bytes / QuickTimeMovie), videography by Ms. May Wong
This Link / File is NOT 'o.k.' for those of you on 'dial-up' internet access, ONLY use this one if you have "HIGH-SPEED" internet access...
Bill on the KiteBoard (2.1 MEGAbytes / QuickTime (Streaming) Movie), Videography and editing by Ms. May Wong; Music: violin by: Vanessa Mae ( composed by: Mike Batt ) - song-name: "Contradanza"; from album named "The Violin Player:" (Vanessa Mae)...
However, we do have a few 'pictures' of things, here, there, and everywhere around the St. Augustine Area...
ALSO: some Pictures at the St. Augustine City/Municipal Marina:
AND - one of our hotel:
AND: here's three of the four of us on Mom & Dad's boat:
BUT-MOSTLY: this was a 'fun-weekend' for May & Bill to do things, and so
here's a few pictures of our 'anniversary weekend happenings:
a HUGE tree at the Fort Matanzas Park 'parking lot'
May caught these birds on their traditional fall flight south...
AND: an update on the computer-graphics-front with a bit of pictures-and-text:
Mr. Bill continues on with Module 2 of the Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology,
(http://www.westlawn.org)and has submitted the 'external profiles lesson' (Lesson 13), and is well into Lesson 14, Internal Arrangements (and he is currently working on his renditions of galley, companionway ladder, ice-box, etc. etc. etc. ... ... ...
here are some representations of some of my recent designs...
- sailboat profile (right side exterior
view;
36k bytes; jpeg file)
- powerboat profile (right side exterior view 48 k bytes; jpeg file)
- galley (this is a '3D wireframe' somewhat confusion, trying to get a 'rendered' form)
- 60k bytes; jpeg file\
- a 6" manual winch (in 3 Dimensions
(rendered isometric view as a ...jpg file)
Inventor?
here's a few ...jpg files of the most 'stimulating' items:
a manually-operated "punch-press" is the current 3D machine-parts class project, here's 2 of the 14 parts in that project:
Here's another 3D modeling image of an entirely different sort. - from Rhino3D
This is Mr. Bill's rendition of a 'rubber-duck' (mostly meant for bathtubs and swimming pools), however, it was an 'on-line-tutorial' included with his copy of "Rhino3D".
Rhino's web-page: http://www.rhino3d.com, and it's an AWESOME "3D NURBS (curves) modeling software tool". (gallery of other nifty gadgets at: http://rhino3d.com/gallery/id/
It allows one to (fairly easily once you learn the methodolgies) model - in 3D, some of the more 'organic' shapes (like animals and other such things without straight lines and rectilinear angles)... - It is also a companion to a number of the more 'engineering / mathematical' boat-yacht-ship-hull-modelling tools' (Such as Fast Ship , MaxSurf (http://www.formsys.com), Prosurf, and others...
AND: - a 'new and exciting' experience for Mr. Bill; - Jury Duty - on 14 October, '03
Many are called, few are chosen (Federal Court - Ft. Pierce, Florida, "Southern Florida
District" - it took them, though, til 2:30 in the afternoon to figure they didn't need me? and I still have to call them every evening for the next three weeks - UGH - we'll see!
last updated: Sunday, 2 July, 2006