Architect Sketch

Classic Monty Python!!! I laughed so hard at the secret masonic handshake!

Seamless Texture - Orange

And when life gives you oranges... make orange juice!

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Seamless Texture - Lemon

Though it may be hard to do... when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.... or make a nice seamless lemon texture. :)

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

May They Rest in Peace!

What a week. Several prominent movers and shakers died. Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Pitchman Billy Mays. EDIT: and I'm sorry I forgot the great late night co-host, Ed Mcmahon. 'HiYoooooo'
May they all rest in peace.

Seamless Texture - Metal Flow

This is the 2nd version of this style texture. It was the base material for another version which didn't really work out... so, here is the base material for your enjoyment.

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Seamless Texture Pack #1

Well I've been creating seamless textures for some time now. I've created over 250 and have many posted up to this blog.

I've decided to make life easier for everyone to find and download my textures and have created a Flikr Set of 50 seamless textures all located in one spot. I'll be uploading more Texture Packs in the future, however you can still find all the textures just by scrolling through my blog. Please let me know if you've used the textures and which ones you liked the best.

Seamless Texture - Nebula

More stars in the night sky... or to quote the movie 2010, "My God, it's full of stars!" The other Star textures are HERE.

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

iPhone Review - Shazam

Shazam has the ability to identify music by listening for 12 seconds of the music and then comparing that music with its database of music... and it does it in about 5 seconds flat! Once Shazam has identified the music, it will provide you with the artist, song title, record label, album title and art, as well as the song’s music video on YouTube, if one exists. Through Shazam, you can tag any music you find and save it for later and buy the music through iTunes.

Wickedly fast and accurate it is, however if your musical taste rests outside the mainstream then it won't be much use to you. My thinking is that in order to return results so fast, Shazam limits its database to the most popular songs... about 6 million alsaid. Now stop reading and go get it... its free.

Dirty Water? Only in Russia

Click over to English Russia and watch the video.

Seamless Texture - Milky Way Night Sky

Yesterday the texture was rooted to the ground... today's texture reaches for the distant stars!

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Seamless Texture - Darker Grass

A darker version from yesterdays post, with less tileing (sp??). I really enjoy this texture! It has low noise, and works well in the foreground and background.... it also works great as my Windows wallpaper. :) What do you think?

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Seamless Texture - Green Grass

Site Plans will never look the same with this 100% all organic seamless grass texture. Share and Enjoy!

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Sorry I'm Late

A stop motion short film shot with a stills camera in the ceiling pointing straight at the floor. There's tons of 'making of' stuff at the website sorry-im-late.com

Interesting Airport Runways

Four interesting airport runways, and their oddities.

"When engineers were looking for a viable way to extend Funchal Airport's dangerously brief runway, they cleverly opted to 'rest' the enormous structure on 180 pillars, each measuring 230ft, rather than using landfill to support the strip. The result is a unique, safe runway which now also houses a car park underneath its extension. The newly adapted runway also won the IABSE's Outstanding Structure Award in 2004."

Seamless Texture - Crowd in the Bleachers

So your doing a rendering of a sporting event... and you need to show the bleachers full of people.... but your almost out of time. Not an issue, you just need a seamless texture like this to represent the crowd. It doesn't look like it would work when viewed close-up, however place this texture in the background and the 'noise' of the texture yields very good results. Instant Crowd!

Instant Crowd?... or InstoCrowd... ya... maybe we can get Billy Mays to sell this for $12.95... but wait there's more.... it is released under a Creative Commons Attribution license... so it's free... just pay shipping and handling. Get more free textures by scrolling through this blog. Call Now!!!

UPDATE: When I wrote this post, Billy Mays was in good health and very much alive. With his unfortunate death, I want to note that my above statement was said with great respect and a bit of humor. I really enjoyed Discovery Channel's Pitchman show, which stared Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan. After each show I had more respect for the hard work that went into making these short infomercials. Again, everyone at Zooboing llc will miss Billy and we extend our sympathy to his friends and family. Rest in Peace.
Now the real question... is he in heaven pitching Oxy Clean to the Angels? 'Wash those sins away with the power of Oxy Clean.' :)

How much Sugar?

Sugar Stack uses regular sugar cubes (4 grams of sugar each) to show what the sugars in food and drinks really look like. It is a very very sobering, scary and funny site.

The only crazy thing is the comparison to fruits and vegetables, which are rather healthy for you. Understandably, diabetics everywhere would still be interested.

Find Me That Texture!!!

So you want to see just only the textures on this blog? Well that is easy!

1. Look over to the right column, and you will find a listing of key words (Blog Labels) used throughout this blog.
2. Just click on TEXTURE and like magic, only the textures are shown.
3. Easily Done... now sit back and download away.
   

Seamless Texture - More Eyes

Blink, Don't Blink. Just, like Dr. Who said... 'Don't Blink'

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Seamless Texture - Blue Stripes

Blue Stripes on Blue Stripes. Use this in your 3D rendering as a wall finish. It has subtle texturing within the dark stripe... which will add depth as the camera gets closer to the texture.

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Seamless Texture - Colors

A little color for your Fathers Day.

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

V-Ray Interactive

Real time (and fast) vray rendering within a 3DMax viewport!!! This now makes it much easier to verify lighting and textures are correct. This kind of reminds me of Vue, which also has a realtime rending window, though it is much smaller.

Updated ScanCard Review.

I've updated the ScanCard System Review I created back in 2007. It appears the company is 86ed. I'm kind of sad to see it go as I found it to be a wonderful paper organizational system. If you know anything about the company, please post a reply.

Seamless Texture - Beach

One more 2 way seamless beach texture. The escapism of leaving the office behind and relaxing on a beach is captivating. :) Enjoy this texture, and you can find the other beach HERE.

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Poll - Will You Buy the New iPhone?

Will you buy the next iphone? Vote over at CrunchGear.

Seamless Texture - Ditty Dot.

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Shark & Kayak

Those crazy scientists will do anything.... anything I tell ya!

"Trey was just one of a team of scientists hoping to discover why a large group of great whites, which travel off southern Africa's tip during the summer, regularly swim so close to the beaches.

They decided to venture into the deep blue in the quietest and most unobtrusive vessel they could think of - a bright yellow sea kayak. Amazingly the sharks carried on as normal, giving the scientists a unique insight into their lives."

iPhone: The Music Video

Yes, the video is 2 years old, but so is the iPhone... and to celebrate today's launch of the new 3GS, here is a funny video created and sung by David Pogue of The New York Times. Now join me in song... 'I Want an iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiPhone!"

Math is Hard... in Kansas

I was watching the news last night when this chart popped up. I wasn't really paying that much attention, however my unconscious brain snapped to attention and alerted me that Political Style Mathematics was once again in full swing....

I'm 101% sure this was an error.

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Seamless Texture - Beach Front

Ah a nice day laying on the beach, the light breeze, the sun overhead... the fact you left the sunscreen sitting back on the living room couch. grrrrr.

So... Obviously this is not a 4 way tileable texture, however set side by side (2 way) it makes for a nice seamless texture. Enjoy!

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Seamless Texture - Color Stone

Splash of color and texture.

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Apple iPhone 3.0 Failure to Install.

Today is the release of iPhone 3.0 software. It has a slew of nifty new features, however it does not appear anyone can access those quite yet.

After downloading the new OS software, iTunes wiped my phone and installed the new OS. Yaaa! The next step is for the phone to call into Apple and to verify it is a legitimate phone and has a paying user. Well there in lies the glitch. It appears Apple didn't beef up their servers to handle the added demand, and all ya get is a friggen message saying it can't connect to the mother ship. Augh.

This is really bummer news as without that simple (and quick) connection, the phone is a dumb brick. It can only call emergency numbers and not much else. Yes it looks nice sitting on the desk, however I really expect just a bit more from my telephone. Soooo..... If you have not downloaded the new OS 3.0.... WAIT. Give Apple's servers time to cool down.

Ah well, it is Apple. They fail just as often as Microsoft, yet in a mere 2 days people will forget and we will all be singing praise to Steve Jobs. hummm... I feel a song coming on...

UPDATE: After 20 or so attempts, I finally got through to Apple and 'authorized' the phone. Now comes the lengthy sync process of re-installing all the apps, and placing the icons back into the places I like them to be. Aaahh this really is a first world problem isn't it? :) Now back to that praising Steve Jobs song I was singing.

UPDATE 2: My wife upgraded the very next day hand had no issues. Sweet!!!

Seamless Texture - Under Water Crop Circles

'ello, today vee will be diveeng deap under da vater und explooring zee ancient alien crop circules.

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Check out Dilbert.com

gadzooks!

Seamless Texture - Tiki Room

In the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room, In the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room.....

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog. Cheers!

Seamless Texture - Boxes

simple boxes to add reflection texture to glass windows. Use it very faintly to add more realism.

This seamless textures was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Social Network Evaluation

Nice short article from Entrepreneur magazine on evaluating social networks and steps on how to decide to join or not join.

Seamless Texture - Log Cabin #2

A lighter meaner version of 1.0

Log Cabin Fact # 43: A well built log home can last over 1,000 years!
Log Cabin Fact # 44: You use trees to build this house... YES... real, dead trees. Imagine.

This seamless textures was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Fishy, fishy, fish

Great funny story over at SoaAI.

"At first, this new fish parent called her Lord Byron the Second and had grand plans for the goldfish to become a great poet. However, this fish rebelled by laying some eggs. Her name was forthwith changed to Sally, and all hopes of a creative-writing future were forever abandoned."

Seamless Texture - Log Cabin #1

Log Cabin Fact # 40: Log cabin construction was brought to America by the Swedish.
Log Cabin Fact # 41: Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson were born in a log cabin.
Log Cabin Fact # 42: Making this texture was easier than making a real cabin.

This seamless textures was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog.

Seamless Texture - Eye on the Coffee

Waiter... there is an eye in my coffee. No wait... seven eyes.

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog and please leave a comment if you like what you see.

Orange Construction Barrel = $120 each

"Have you ever driven down the highway when there’s construction work going on and wondered who makes all the money from selling the orange barrels used to block off lanes? That’s a lot of barrels. So many barrels, in fact, that a student at NC State in Raleigh, North Carolina helped himself to three of them and constructed this most-excellent Barrel Monster.

The construction company he stole the barrels from wasn’t amused and 21-year-old Joseph Carnevale (even his name is fun!) was arrested.

According to The Smoking Gun, “Police estimated that Carnevale’s artwork caused $360 in damages to Hamlett Associates, the North Carolina construction company that owned the barrels.”

They should give this guy a medal for making modern art for the city at only $360. Hell, if they commissioned such work they would pay 10 times that amount.

Seamless Texture - Moca Choca Latae

Its the Moca Choca Latae Big Squeeze! British Comedy at its finest and free to you via weekly podcast. It's a two-fer... free podcast, free texture. Cheers!

Brian and Georgina are some of the best comedians you will come across, always on, always funny, and always taking the ordinary and making it funny. Hats off to them and their podcast!

This seamless texture is yours... free... just like the podcast.

Photoshop Trick - Andy Warhol

Make any photograph into an Andy Warhol work of art... in just a few steps.

Seamless Texture - World

Ahoy... land ho Capt'n! Arrrr

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog and please leave a comment if you like what you see.

Seamless Texture - Glossy Stones

Glossy Stone texture for your enjoyment.

These seamless textures were created by Patrick Hoesly, and are released under the Creative Commons Attribution license.

What the iPhone did not get upgraded

Rumors about the iPhone were going crazy before yesterday. Some of the things we wanted were in this new little box, however some were left out... waiting for iPhone 4.0

• Story via The iPhone Blog.
• You can also read my wish list here. I got some, but not all.

Seamless Texture - Glossy Roundy Things

Title says it all.

This seamless texture was created by Patrick Hoesly, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Download more free textures by scrolling through this blog and please leave a comment if you like what you see.

$700 iPhone 3GS Upgrade? !@$#!!

Want to upgrade to the new iPhone? Plunk down some serious bucks. Via Tech Crunch...

"Better read the fine print, friends. Apple said today that the iPhone 3G S costs $199 (16GB) and $299 (32GB). But that’s the price only for new AT&T customers. The price if you’re already an AT&T customer and/or are upgrading from an iPhone 3G? Try $699 (32GB), $599 (16GB), and $499 (8GB)"

Iphone Review

So Apple announced today the updated software release and the new iPhone 3GS telephone (to be released Friday June 19). Below are the specs, however IMHO the phone is a minor bump. No overwhelming technological breakthroughs, no gotta haves. The new things touted on the phone are things others have been doing for years... MMS, Video, Voice Dialing. Not really cutting edge technology... mainly catching up with the free phones.

That all said, there are new things on this phone. Here are the major items:

• Storage— The new iPhone 3GS comes in both 16GB or 32GB of storage. A nice bump.
  
• Guts — iPhone sports a faster processor and a 7.2Mbps HSDPA-compatible radio.
• Camera — The old 2 megapixel sensor has been bumped up to 3.2 megapixels and there’s still no flash. Apple also added auto-focus, better night vision and geotagging support. This is a very nice addition, though it ranks on the low end of telephone cameras.
  
• Video — This phone is all about video — 30fps video recording, video editing, video sharing… Yay.
• Compass — Yep, north be that way folks. Yay.
• Battery life — 5 hours of 3G talk time and up to 24 hours of music playback — according to Apple at least. YMMV
  
• OS — Tethering is now covered, though we still don’t know how AT&T will handle it, and the Find My iPhone feature is available to everyone, not just enteprises, yet is only available to MobileMe subscribers. Oh and turn-by-turn nav is game on… TomTom was on hand at the keynote to demonstrate its iPhone app/accessory combo.
  

That's about it. Will you get one, or stay with your current phone. Time will tell... however we should get busy dreaming about what iPhone 4.0 will have........ an on-board cookie dispenser would be a nice feature... hummmm.

Diesel Diaries with Mythbusters

I'm really excited about the new Volkswagen Jetta Diesel. The great gas mileage puts it ahead of many of other cars.

The new Diesels engines are much better than the diesels of the past. Cleaner, quieter and again, great fuel millage. Kudos to Volkswagen for launching a nationwide educational campaign on their new Diesel Jetta. They hired the people over at Mythbusters to do 'tests' on their car to show, in laymen terms, how good this new bried of engine is at fuel economy, ride, noise, power and cleanliness. In my openion, they have done an A+ job.

Conan O'Brien & Super Mario

Someone on Conan O’Brien’s staff reads the Internet! Yes, Conan addressed the fact that his set for The Tonight Show looks an awful lot like Super Mario Bros.

New Book Smell for your Kindle or iPhone

Like the digital lifestyle but miss the smell of a new (or old) book? Well Smell of Books has the cure for that.... the smell of books in a can. Just mist the spray around the room (or heck, even over your device) and enjoy clicking ... er... flipping through your digital book.

"Does your Kindle leave you feeling like there’s something missing from your reading experience?

Have you been avoiding e-books because they just don’t smell right?

If you’ve been hesitant to jump on the e-book bandwagon, you’re not alone. Book lovers everywhere have resisted digital books because they still don’t compare to the experience of reading a good old fashioned paper book.

But all of that is changing thanks to Smell of Books™, a revolutionary new aerosol e-book enhancer.

Now you can finally enjoy reading e-books without giving up the smell you love so much. With Smell of Books™ you can have the best of both worlds, the convenience of an e-book and the smell of your favorite paper book.

Smell of Books™ is compatible with a wide range of e-reading devices and e-book formats and is 100% DRM-compatible. Whether you read your e-books on a Kindle or an iPhone using Stanza, Smell of Books™ will bring back that real book smell you miss so much."

40 Great Photoshop Textures

Being a master of Photoshop means that when you see something you have a good idea how to recreate it in Photoshop. This means going through lots and lots of exercised honing the skills. Fortunately, the web has an endless supply of Photoshop tutorials. Take a look at these 40 listed out by the good people over at Vandelay Design

Seamless Texture - Wood Grain

Faded wood grain texture.