I came across an article by Steve Pavlina about abstinence from watching TV and it is actually something I have personal experience with. When I was 15 I went to a boarding school for one year and it was a very educational experience. We lived in small houses with space enough for 8 boys and girls - or in my case just boys, as I was unfortunate enough to be placed in the only house that was all boys. Although the house had a TV we could use, there were so many social activities that it was hardly ever in use. I lived at the school for one year and saw practically no TV at all. It made me realize a few interesting points about watching television.

After having acquired the makers of the 3D modeling software SketchUp, last month Google released the free version called Google SketchUp. Even though it has less features than the full version called SketchUp Pro, it has all the features you will need for most simpler (and some not so simple) 3D modeling projects.

I have previously been employed in the game development industry, so I have some experience with the usual modeling packages like 3D Studio Max and Lightwave, but the beauty of SketchUp is that it is not like the “usual” modeling tool, it is much simpler! Even if you are a complete novice in 3D modeling the simplicity of SketchUp makes it possible to learn very quickly by following the helpful tutorials available on the website. Dedicate an hour to learn the different basic features of the program and you are ready to starte experimenting.

Often when people ask me something, I want to reply “Ask Google”, as a lot of the questions and problems people have could be solved quickly by searching for 30 seconds on Google. Mostly people do not ask because they will not bother to search on Google, they either have not thought about the possibility that Google could help or they tried but could not find the answer to the problem. In this article I will try to explain my way of searching, as I rarely have a problem finding what I am after and use Google all the time for my own questions. Although the title is “How To Search On Google”, most of my tips will work on any major search engine but Google just happens to be the one I use.