Here are just some of the hundreds (thousands?) of photos taken during SolidWorks World 2011.
Category: Photographs
Photos of SolidWorks World 2011
There is a lot of media outlets for keeinpg updated during SolidWorks World. One that is particularly interesting is the Flickr group. There are no photos posted just yet (save for the header image), but as the conference gets underway, this group will fill up with images of SolidWorks World 2011. I recommend joining the SolidWorks World 2011 Flickr group and visiting often during the conference to see the latest photos.
Virgin Galactic takes off!
Virgin Galactic has undergone its big we-are-ready moment. On October 10, 2010, they successfully released and glided the VSS Enterprise, class SpaceShipTwo, from its mothership (at an altitude of 45,000 feet) to the landing strip in Mojave, CA.
The two main goals of this test flight were to have a “clean release of the spaceship from its mothership” and to have the pilots free fly and glide the VSS Enterprise back to Space Port in California.
In case your interested, the mothership is named Eve, class WhiteKnightTwo. For those of us interested in the private sector (aka, commercial) space race, this is exciting news.
Here’s the official edited Youtube video:
News of the day
There’s a couple of CAD industry press releases that came to me last week from Dassault Systemes. I decided to experiment a bit with WordPress by providing both press releases at the same time in a dual column format. Since this article is more of an experiment in WordPress formatting than an actual attempt to perpetuate announcements, I’m going to be lazy by doing something I almost never do. I’m going to post the nearly raw press releases (except for the addition of some images from Mike Puckett to help illustrate the DS HQ announcement). I know, I know, but either one of these press releases will be of interest to someone, so I don’t necessarily feel completely guilty. You are free to read one or both (or none), as you please. (If you are interested in seeing another point of view covering the DS HQ move, check out this article from “The Real Reporter“.)
April Contest prize requested photos
There was a recent request to add photos of the prizes for the SolidWorks Legion April 2010 contest. I guess this will makes the prizes more tangible. (All it takes to enter this contest is to leave comments on SolidWorks Legion articles that are published during April 2010 and any SolidWorks Legion articles linked via twitter by my fcsuper account.)
Prize Photos
First prize: There is no photo available for a CSWP test voucher, since its just a code that allows you to take the test. However, if the winner passes the test, they will be able to use their CSWP badge.
Second prize: I don’t have a photo of Sir Richard Branson’s book, but a press release photo should be fine to represent this prize. This copy is a new and unread book that has some sort of official replicated Sir Richard Branson signature. (I have my own “signed” copy, which is not so new.)
Third prize: Due to the rarity of the SolidWorks labelled insulated hot/cold mug, I could’ve made it a first prize in a different contest. These mugs are tough. I love my own personal mug. It literally keeps cold drinks cold and hot drinks warm for hours. (All bets are off if you try to mix cold and hot drinks together). This prize is for the new/never-used mug in this photo.
(Remember, even articles about the contest qualify comments for the contest during the month of April 2010.)
Name in lights (or ginormous LCD)
As mentioned within a previous article, Jeff Ray quoted one of my comments about SolidWorks 2010. He has been using this quote and others by other bloggers for a few months. It was an honor to have my particular quote appear at SolidWorks World 2010 on the big screen.
I was kinda bummed though. I didn’t have the camera on my phone ready to take a photo, nor did I think about taking a photo until it was too late. Well, even if I had been able to take the photo, it wouldn’t have been that good. Several of us bloggers where sitting in the front row, too close to get Ray and the quote in the same frame.
Yesterday, I put out a call on Twitter to see if anyone had taken a photo of the quote. Gabi Jack almost immediately tweeted that she might have one. Within 15 minutes, she send over a picture of my name in lights next to Ray. Thank you, Jack.
Ray stated the quote during the Monday General Session. This can actually be seen on the video of the Monday General Session (@ minute 47:35) available at their website here.