Okay, so this is possibly an ad for REI. Regardless, there's something to learn here! This well traveled dude uses the "clown car" style of packing to cram tons of clothing into a regular sized day pack. Tons of clothing.
Want to travel light? With a little research – and a lot of editing – you can lose your luggage dependency one overstuffed bag at a time. Pack everything for your vacation into a carry-on.
Have a look at our blog "LEGO Alter Ego" where my wife and I do travel the world as LEGO Minifigures.
Accurate Search for International ESL/EFL Teaching Jobs. Covers Dave's ESL Cafe, Craigslist (edu jobs in Asian capitals), dozens of major ESL job sites, and in total indexes 3 million+ pages.
The number of ways to work and travel are infinite but we only got as far as 101 travel jobs to inspire you… quit stalling and get out there.
A prolific travel writer can always consider starting his own travel site. If you know a country or a city inside out then you really can start your own site, work on drawing traffic and make money from ads. Not much money, maybe but something. And you get read.
My friend Jan recently went traveling in Eastern Europe as part of her "30 before 30" project. This is her blog post about her adventures in Budapest.
It's not cheap but it's the ultimate travel destination. Check out Virgin Galactic's space port website. Also, a pretty interesting video about the spaceport with interviews.
(a jeff dahlin came to wonderhowto offices... hand delivered 26 written prank ideas.... and a motorized File cabinet from hell.)
See how to simulate the interaction between a boat (a mesh) and water (a plane), creating the waves, ripples and particle splashes. Whether you're new to Autodesk's popular modeling software or a seasoned 3D artist just looking to better acquaint yourself with the application, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, and to get started using this effect in your own Max projects, take a look! Create realistic boat-water interactions in 3ds Max.
This video provides an introduction to basic compositing in Houdini. The first part looks at color and alpha planes, the use of matte shading. It also covers generator and filter compositing nodes, and the beginnings of masking. Whether you're new to Side Effects Software's popular 3D production program or a seasoned graphic artist just interested in better acquainting yourself with the application, you're sure to be well served by this free video tutorial. For more information, including det...
In this tutorial we'll take a look on how we can proceed to create a photo realistic sea environment. Whether you're new to Luxology's popular 3D computer graphics application or are a seasoned digital artist merely on the lookout for new tips and tricks, you're sure to be well served by this free video modo tutorial from the folks at CG Cookie. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look!
From Cape Town to Hobie Beach to Pretoria Host country of the 2010 World Cup has more to offer this summer than just soccer!
LEGO maniac Dave DeGobbi has created a small, traveling "eco-punk" city which exists on a mobile platform.
This software tutorial takes a look at how to use the fractal field in Trapcode Form, an After Effects plug-in. Take a plane or object and work with the Fractal field parameters to create moving flowing shapes and objects. Trapcode form also allows you to synchronize your fractal field effects to audio as you'll see in this After Effects tutorial. Use a fractal field in Trapcode Form in After Effects.
Here's the trailer for the "Skyjacking" Terrorist vs. Counterterrorist map that I built using redstone for bombs, timers and more features, along with the SDK Gun Mod. If you want to give the PvP map a try, you can download it here. The goal is to defuse 3 bombs within 10 minutes! The last bomb has 2 wires; cut one of them to win—they are randomly chosen by redstone...
Turkey's been consumed, you've awakened from the food coma, and you've escaped the madness of Black Friday. Isn't it about time you tackle a new project? We've got some great new projects for you to help illuminate the darkness of winter.
There are so many unpleasant things about flying. You have to wait in line after line, take off your shoes, belt, and jewelry, and somehow make sure your luggage stays intact. And then, once you've made it onto the plane, there are the awful movies that most airlines play—if you even get a movie.
Takuo Toda broke his previous Guinness World record of 27.9 seconds in flight this past Sunday. The paper airplane virtuoso, head of the Japan Origami Airplane Association, aimed to reach a 30 second long flight with his 10-centimeter-long paper aircraft. Unfortunately, he didn't quite make it.
Are you an aspiring clown? Or maybe an aspiring magician? Or just simply want to entertain the neighborhood kids? This video will shows you how to make a balloon airplane with a driver in the cockpit and all. A perfect alternative to those typical balloon characters you get at every party. Now, you too can make balloon plane. Make a quick and easy balloon airplane.
The technique shown in this 3ds Max tutorial is meant to be a design modeling technique. Watch and learn how to model the Beijing Olympic Stadium in 3D Studio Max.
Have you ever had the problem where your grid lines will NOT show up in elevations?!?!?! This is of course after you have checked your VG settings and maximized 3D extents, still NOTHING! Chances are the elevation view is not perpendicular to the grid lines. In most cases this makes sense, how is Revit going to know where you want to intersect the infinite planes of the grid lines. In this Revit tutorial David Fano establishes the point of intersection as the point where the site boundary and...
This CAD software tutorial covers how to use reference lines to constrain or drive radial shapes in Revit Architecture. This can be tricky when using Reference plane but with a reference line it is quite easy. David doesn't get too much into adding parameters but one could imagine using a length parameter to drive the length of the reference line as well as the ellipse. Watch and learn how to model and control radial shapes with reference lines in Revit Architecture. Use reference lines to co...
Watch this instructional paper craft video to fold a paper airplane called the shuttle dart. The shuttle dart airplane is an accurate, long distance flyer. This is an intermediate origami project. You will need one piece of origami paper to complete this paper craft plane. You can almost fly the shuttle dart to the moon. Fold a shuttle dart paper airplane.
Watch this instructional paper craft video to fold a paper airplane called the Super Suzy. The Super Suzy airplane is a zippy flyer. This is an intermediate origami project. You will need two pieces of origami paper to complete this paper craft airplane. The Super Suzy is a cute, acrobatic paper plane. Fold a super suzy paper airplane.
Watch this instructional paper craft video to fold a paper airplane called the art-deco wing. The art-deco airplane is a good, slow flyer. This is an intermediate origami project. You will need one piece of origami paper. The art-deco wing plane is a complex an sleek paper craft design. Fold an art-deco wing paper airplane.
The Surface modifier in Autodesk's 3ds Max generates a patch surface based on the contours of a spline network. A patch is created wherever the segments of the interwoven splines form a three- or four-sided polygon. The Surface modifier and the CrossSection modifier, taken together, are referred to as Surface Tools. They allow you to create complex or organic surfaces, like the fuselage of a plane, or a three-dimensional character.
Changing your doors can instantly improve the look of your home, and yes, it is a job you can do yourself. It just takes a couple of hours, a lot of patience and this step by step video tutorial. Stop hanging around, watch this video on how to hang a door and get to it.
Episode 1 A cool youtube series about Central American travel.
Stephen Hawking asks: "is time travel possible? Can we open a portal to the past or find a shortcut to the future? Can we ultimately use the laws of nature to become masters of time itself?"
Tips Only take a direct flight
It's once again Monday, which means it's time to highlight some of the most recent community submissions posted to the Math Craft corkboard. I also thought we'd take a look at building a model that has appeared in numerous posts. It's the simplest of the intersecting plane modular origami sculptures: The WXYZ Intersecting Planes model.
Get one of those huge house moving trucks and while Bam's Family is on a trip, move the house to the place they are visiting. They must travel for some days so when they arrive at a scheduled destination, the house is there waiting for them.
Learn how to pronounce Thank you and other German phrases. This video was shot on location in Vienna. The geobeats travel site is perfect for both aspiring and practicing adventurers. Speak common German phrases.
If you are traveling to a different country, whether on a business trip or vacation, you must have an up-to-date passport. Luckily, passport renewal is relatively easy for people living in the United States. All you need to do is mail in some paperwork and photos.
