kmz import into Blender

Well, I believe this is the gold I've been searching for:
http://jmsoler.free.fr/didacticiel/blender/tutor/py_import_kml-kmz_en.htm

Hard Drive Replacement.

I figured out that my Pioneer DVR-533H can be upgraded to a bigger hard drive. I'm really excited to do this job as I would like to store more programs....


anyway here's the link:
http://www.pioneerfaq.info/english/dvr630.php?player=DVR-630H&question=replace_hdd

SketchUp and Exporting

I've been using SketchUp recently to draw my house but I don't like the idea of being locked into a proprietary file format for something as important as this :-)

I started a search for a converter from SketchUp (or kmz since that's the only export format allowed in the free version of SketchUp)... nothing really a lot of garbage links until I figured out that kmz is sort of like Collada.

This lead me to the Collada import/export to Blender which is another free (really free as in open source) 3d editor.

I'm guessing with this information, I'll be able to simply convert this drawing into a collada file (something about .dae) and then import to blender using this plugin and then export it to whatever formats blender supports which will certainly be better than what the SketchUp free supports.

Update here's a link:
http://colladablender.illusoft.com/info.html

Hi Driedger Family

This is for you mom :-)

First Blog

Googles on board! They integrated their authentication scheme and they've gone to dynamic web pages.

My plan for this blog is to post information on extreme programming and various programming tips that I come across.