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If you’re a 3D artist, this is a must have tool for all 3D rendering artist. Basically they are layered photoshop perspectives in psd format where each and every layers are preserved, in short, these layers can be altered, moved, removed and etc.
Your task as a 3D artist is to render the building and replace the existing building in the template with yours. Everything else is taken care of. Great for your portfolios.

This coming Thursday, 3rd of February 2011 is Chinese New Year – year of the rabbit, last year was the year of the tiger.
According to Chinese beliefs and superstitions, the year of the tiger is the year of death, a year where babies are born to parents that have short lives, marriages that ends up in divorce and so on. I don’t subscribe to that.
However, the year of the rabbit is the year of abundance, a year of good harvest, a year to look forward to.
2012 will be the year of the dragon, and Chinese are crazy about dragons. You’ll love the story on how Kowloon in Hong Kong got its name. The year of the dragon is well known as the year where chinese parents have the urge to make babies.
This is probably the best Chinese New Year song ever written, it has a happy tune to it. The title of the song is ‘God of Prosperity has arrived’ by Sam Hui. Enjoy.

For a limited time only, Preton is giving away FREE license key and serial of PretonSaver Home software. Since we’re in the architectural industry and requires lots of printing, I thought this is a very useful software for students and architects. According to their website:
Ink Saver Software Saves You up to 70% on Ink and Toner Costs. Patent pending ink saver software can more than double the yield of each cartridge. Preton’s patent-pending technology, Pixel Optimizer™ incorporates state of the art mathematical algorithms to identify and delete wasteful pixels during printing, offering substantial savings on toner and ink.

Am not sure how much money and ink one can save by using the software, since this software is free, no harm trying, downloading now. Technical explanation here on how this wonderful mother earth saving – eco-friendly technology works. Remember this; these printer companies’ profit depends upon them not understanding on how to reduce ink wastage!

There are no guarantees in life except for death, as the old saying goes. No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. Isn’t it ironic?
Depending on your religion, shouldn’t death be a celebration? Why shed tears knowing very well that your loves one is now in a better place?

This was home to someone, now it is simply a house.

image source: Ramakanta Sahoo
Another few more days to go till 2011, looking back at my new year resolution for 2010, I’ve managed to complete 4 out of 6 resolution, not too bad. All in all, it was a good year, if things goes according to my plans, 2011 will be an amazing year. Here’s my 2010 new year resolution:
- Photography + Stock Photos [ Fail ]
- Cycling [ Done ]
- Badminton [ Fail ]
- Invest in stock market [ Done ]
- Invest in the property market [ Done ]
- Correct all W3 errors for my blog [ Done ]
And here are my resolution for 2011:
- Upgrade from Civic to BMW ( Almost impossible)
- Photography + Stock Photos
- Travel to somewhere unique, Tibet? Africa? (Unlikely)
- More donation / more charity stuff
- Set up a proper SOHO
- Learn something new (Anything good and useful)

Kiki the cat is shown here with a skeptical look, well, always aim for the moon, even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.

Attention architects! Here is a good reason to buy an iPad – AutoCAD WS (freeware). Now you can edit, view and share .dwg files with anyone and anywhere with an iPad.
Call me traditional, thanks and no thanks, I’ll cross this off from my Christmas unwanted list.
p.s. I heard iPad 2 is coming, first quarter of 2010, possibly April 2010. Christmas is always a good time for big corporation when it comes to clearing old stocks.

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Ikea’s furniture are modern and simple, unfortunately of low quality. This reminds me of a hotel that is built in China over the course of 6 days which is soundproof, thermal insulated and able to withstand a magnitude 9 earthquake.
There is a scene in Toy Story 2 where an old man says “You can’t rush art.” This is especially true with every work of art be it animation or architecture.




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