tedkimble

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by tedkimble 16y ago
Grids are a subset of ordering mechanisms. I use ordering mechanisms (including grids) often as an architectural designer. Ordering mechanisms are a useful tool for nearly all design processes (and an ordering mechanism need not be geometri
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by tedkimble 16y ago
This is rubbish. > The first thing that jumps out is that the layout lacks structure. This 12 column grid is superficial, at best. All the author did was equalize the padding of like elements. The structure of this page -- yes, it has s
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by tedkimble 16y ago
That's the problem with raw data like this. It's easy for you to look at a couple pages, find some examples, and make a blanket statement like that. Start at the last page (with the default still >$100k) and go through a few hundred pag
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by tedkimble 16y ago
I'm now finishing my masters degree in architecture (undergrad was physics of the liberal arts variety) and spend nearly every day coding. Processing is a great environment, although architects increasingly prefer the Grasshopper add-on to
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by tedkimble 16y ago
> You can't design properly for a medium which has limitations you don't understand. Spot on. But it's not just understanding the limitations of a given medium, but its capacities as well. For instance, the web's capacity to scroll:
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by tedkimble 16y ago
Yes. But if you look hard enough you can likely find a criticism for everything.
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by tedkimble 16y ago
It's using the window.history.pushState() and window.history.replaceState() javascript methods. Here's some Mozilla documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Manipulating_the_browse...
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by tedkimble 16y ago
> This takes away my right as a business owner. Then where do you draw the line? Should you be able to fire someone who drinks alcohol, or participates in other "extra-curriculars" that you do not agree with?
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by tedkimble 16y ago
I was testing an app with SNI SSL today and can confirm Firefox on Windows 7 throws an error.
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by tedkimble 16y ago
Well I believe heroku includes ImageMagick by default, so it seems the only dependency would by MongoDB. Has anyone ever used the MongoHQ add-on? http://addons.heroku.com/mongohq
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by tedkimble 16y ago
Go to any medium to large architecture firm. You will find 20% of the employees doing "big idea" design. They don't use AutoCAD. You will find 80% of the employees (who wish they were the other 20%) implementing the designers "big ideas" in
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by tedkimble 16y ago
There are a number of programs, but most designers I know prefer Rhino (rhino3d.com) and the Grasshopper (grasshopper3d.com) plugin. Rhino is now adding Python (and OSX) support, but they still have a ways to go.
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by tedkimble 16y ago
Awesome! As I replied further down, I think we're at different ends of the industry. BIM needs are amazingly complex, and you're right about all of the functionality that is needed. But for my end -- designers that depend almost entirely on
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by tedkimble 16y ago
I'm taking the view of an avant-garde designer in a firm that has a separate team of drafters to implement designs and construction documents. My focus is on the conceptual design phase, so I simply have different needs.
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by tedkimble 16y ago
Most 3D modelers are solid modelers (i.e. I construct a solid cube or sphere). When I aggregate many of these solids together (and possibly do some boolean operations to them), I have a design. Now I would like my 2D cuts. By this, I mean I
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by tedkimble 16y ago
A step in the right direction, I suppose. But as a hacker and an architecture grad student, no industry infuriates me more than the architectural software industry. If you're looking for a new startup idea and you can build a cross-platform
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by tedkimble 16y ago
No, but AutoCAD isn't used by designers anyway.
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by tedkimble 16y ago
I received my invite about two weeks ago and signed up immediately. I do not have cable (or a tv), but I'm not sure if I will keep subscribing. I don't spend enough time watching it on my iPad, and there's far too many shows that are still
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by tedkimble 16y ago
What "very good" beers do you like in Chile? I was there recently and found the beers rather disappointing. The wine, however, was superb!
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by tedkimble 16y ago
On my way back from Santiago two months ago, I sat by an American who operated a group home / missionary. He claimed he pays approximately $300 USD per year on a ~$600,000 property. But I believe their VAT is fairly high (for US standards)
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by tedkimble 16y ago
I believe your search required "jimmy johns" where the story is often on the wall. http://pitchfevermusicacademy.blogspot.com/2008/06/great-sto...
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by tedkimble 16y ago
Thankfully my municipality does allow me to monitor dosage: http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/water/about/WaterQuality.htm For 2009, the highest fluoride levels were 2.06 mg/L and the median level was 0.77 mg/L. So there's at least one data p
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by tedkimble 16y ago
HTML5 Boilerplate is the professional badass's base HTML/CSS/JS template for a fast, robust and future-proof site. For me, future-proof means it's easy for me to maintain. There is just far too much here I find unnecessary to make it easy
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by tedkimble 16y ago
Couldn't agree more. I discovered 89.3 when going to school in the cities. Now, even though I no longer live in the area, I stream them online almost every day.