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pharo

I heard about smalltalk in a book called dealers of lightning. I thought its history and name were cool so I looked it up with a search engine and found squeak. I did not know smalltalk still existed so I was excited. It seemed so different than other programming languages.

That was 3+ years ago. Between then and now I have read squeak by example once but, never really learned smalltalk or made anything other than the project in the book. Then a year ago I heard about Pharo.

With pharo I read pharo by example and a few chapters of the seaside book on the seaside website. I have not made anything with pharo either.

I said in my last post I want to make a website using php. I also want to make one with seaside. Of course I say I want to do a lot of things and never accomplish my goals.

First up Lean to build a website

A few days ago I wrote about my programming dreams and today I want to talk about what I want to learn first. I want to make my own website even though I don't have anything to put on the website. I want to make it using html 5, css, javascript, php, and mysql.

So with that in mind yesterday I started reading diveintohtml5. I have read some of dive into html 5 before and never finished reading it but, I want this time to be different. I know I can finish reading it if I put my mind to it. Its either now or never.

As for not having anthing to put on a website, I hope I will think of something.

1960 Ac Ace 3d model

I believe this is a Ac Ace. It looks good does it not. OK so it could use a little work, most of it is smooth, though. And the interior is not so great because I was anxious to get the model finished. Same with the tires where I used the wheels and tires that I made for the 1966 427 Ac Cobra. I thought making the wire wheels for this car would be to hard to make too.

1966 AcCobra 427 car model

This is a 1966 Ac Cobra 427 3d car model I made last year. I just noticed that you can't see the car very well, oops. It took me probably about a month maybe two months to make. Anyway it took longer to make than I though it should have. But it came out OK.

17-10 Green Bay packers Win

I have not kept up with football this year but, I want to make a prediction on the winner of super bowl XLV. Its a tough call because both team are solid. As I see it the steelers have a great defense and a strong running game. The packers have a great passing offense and solid defense. Usually I would say great defense beats great offense almost every time but, I think that the green bay packers will win 17-10 because Aaron Rodgers is having a great post season and I think that will carry over to the super bowl, though Pittsburgh's defense will keep the game close. I hope its a great game. I wish I were watching the super bowl while sitting on one of these Leather Swivel Recliners.

This is my entry into the GoRecliners.com super bowl XLV recliner giveaway.

Model maker wannabe

A 3d model maker wannabe that is what I want to be. I get so excited when I watch movies like Transformers, Cars, Ratatouille, The Incredibles that I wish I was able to make 3d models. It just seems so exciting. I have fantasy's about making great car models or models of castles, motorcycles, or planes.

Then reality hits when I realize that I am going to have to put in a lot of work to make stuff that looks like those movies and how far away I am from making anything decent. In that way my modeling is just like my programming, I have big dreams but, nothing to show for those dreams.

I can't remember the exact date when I found out about blender. I would say it was about four years ago. The first edition of blender I used was 4.2. It was amazing to me that I could get a program that made 3d models for free. Heck, before I learned about blender I did not know what a 3d model was. I never even considered how video games were made.

Most of those 4 years with blender have been spent reading the blender documentation on blender.org, reading blender noob to pro, reading blender basics and some other tutorials. It alternates mostly between reading the blender documentation and blender noob to pro. I just keep going around in circles, round and round, and never seeming to progress. Then I worry about not making progress so I vow to use blender everyday but, then I stop using blender everyday. It all goes round and round like I said.

Its like I think I need to know how to use every feature of blender and then I can make the 3d models I want to make. Some day I will be good enough. I have made models, but they are not the quality or quality that I want them to be. As for animations I have made only two or three. So I have accomplished something but, I want to do more.