The Owner has left the Building

Jeff Mottle · February 12th, 2004

Hey Everyone,

Well for the first time in over 2 years I'm actually going to take a REAL vacation. One that does not involve using my vacation time to do work. I will be gone from Feb 14 to Feb 29 to a beach in Mexico where I will be soaking up rays and sippin' Margaritas. Whoohoo! I'm leaving you all in the very capable hands of our moderators, so should anything happen while I am gone, they have the keys to the city so to speak.

During my vacation I obviously won't be doing any updates so the home page news will direct people to the forums. With luck I hope that we will get a mass of new forums members to add to the new forums I will be launching upon my return.

To help keep the news going I created a forum for news links that can be posted by forum members. http://www.cgarchitect.com/cgi-bin/u...DaysPrune=1000
If you see something cool, please post it to the forum.

See you guys in 2 weeks!

garethace · February 12th, 2004

sounds like a blast jeff, have a great time of it. Is the gallery going to change jeff? I kind of am used to keeping links to various gallery images at this stage, to show to people etc, etc.

Still I not so sure that CGA couldn't do certain things differently, or better potentially. But I am certain that CGA has indeed taken up the baton in providing a level of service to the professional community out their of architectural illustrators that nobody else seems to have even bothered to do ever.

Cough. Autodesk. cough. with all the money made from selling software etc, the support in this respect hasn't been up to scratch. I am talking here in particular about forums for WACOM art tablet users, sketchup user forums, etc, etc, etc. Even FORM Z's web site is okay, for an attempt.

Here at CGA we seem to be trying to cater for almost every software under the sun, maybe that is a bit too much expansionism, dunno.

http://www.cgarchitect.com/ubb/ultim...;f=35;t=000030

that thread talked about a few things.

www.cyburbia.org upgraded its message board only recently too. But they lost a feature of their front page in doing so - called a thread spotter, which basically showed most recent posts etc.

I think CGA should have at least 10 most recent posts linked directly on the front page, right up at the top, where one could see it.

[ February 13, 2004, 04:40 AM: Message edited by: garethace ]

Mariano · February 12th, 2004

Dear Jeff:

Let me proposse a spectacular site to snorkeling in the mexico caribean.... www.sindudavillas.com
Appears we share to passion CG and snorkeling/scuba....
Good vacations

Mariano

davis · February 12th, 2004

Good luck Jeff,
but you should have gone to Trinidad & Tobago for those two weeks...

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to a beach in Mexico where I will be soaking up rays and sippin' Margaritas

you would of have several bonuses as well carnival, carib beer, & eye candy as well as some good trinidadian Roti & Curry......well there is alway a next time.. or you can wait till i move back home....in 2007

davis

ps
free people images tip.. any one looking for "people in costumes" with easy extraction for your 3d creation ie.. a black background

..
people in carnival costumes have fun...

[ February 13, 2004, 07:19 AM: Message edited by: davis ]

Ernest Burden · February 13th, 2004

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but you should have gone to Trinidad & Tobago for those two weeks...

Not to take anything away from the West Indies, but I have been to the same strip of the Mexican coast that Jeff and his wife are going to...three times. I would go again tomorrow, and then again next week. I went with my wife, which is all the eye candy I need (that's the official line, anyway). The area from Isla Mujeras (just north of Cancun) down to Tulum (south of Cozumel Island) is one of the Earth's treasures, as are the people that live there.

Now, I would like to try going south from the Yucatan coast into Belize and get a taste of the best coral reefs aside the Great Barrier Reef in Oz. Then there's Costa Rica...

Have a great time Jeff!

CHE · February 13th, 2004

Vacations?? Yeah!! Mexico?? double Yeah!!! LOL Salud! Have fun Jeff!

PS If you are in the Riviera Maya make sure you check this place:

Los Lirios

quizzy · February 13th, 2004

We have a saying here:

When the cat leaves home, the mice dance...

DelfoZ · February 13th, 2004

Los Cabos.
Hotel " las ventanas al paraiso "
http://www.lasventanas.com/

im in chihuahua,mexico, very far from the beach

so u can post some pictures ..

Have a great vacation in mexico

some pictures from http://www.lumika.org/mexico.htm

[ February 13, 2004, 10:00 AM: Message edited by: DelfoZ ]

Ernest Burden · February 13th, 2004

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PS If you are in the Riviera Maya make sure you check this place:Los Lirios

That's a little too far to walk from Tulum. When my wife and I first went to the Yucatan we stayed at lovely Cabanas Don Armondo, and the place next to it was 'staying' in a stick hut in hammocks, our first night. We didn't have children yet, so it was OK. But the better Cabanas places (a real roof, even if it is just palapa) are much nicer. You don't need a resort. Unfortunately I think Tulum has gotten very built up since those days of basicly sleeping on the beach.

ps · February 13th, 2004

hi jeff , great joyce you make , Mexico is very good for vacations , i;ve been in tulum bahia princepe last month in my honey moon , and i ve a great time their visiting the old Maya ruins it`s great [IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Os meus documentos\fotosviz\2004_01_17\110_1060.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Os meus documentos\fotosviz\2004_01_17\111_1106.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Os meus documentos\fotosviz\2004_01_17\110_1058.JPG[/IMG]

February 12th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,057 Name: Jeff Mottle	Hey Everyone, Well for the first time in over 2 years I'm actually going to take a REAL vacation. One that does not involve using my vacation time to do work. I will be gone from Feb 14 to Feb 29 to a beach in Mexico where I will be soaking up rays and sippin' Margaritas. Whoohoo! I'm leaving you all in the very capable hands of our moderators, so should anything happen while I am gone, they have the keys to the city so to speak. During my vacation I obviously won't be doing any updates so the home page news will direct people to the forums. With luck I hope that we will get a mass of new forums members to add to the new forums I will be launching upon my return. To help keep the news going I created a forum for news links that can be posted by forum members. http://www.cgarchitect.com/cgi-bin/u...DaysPrune=1000 If you see something cool, please post it to the forum. See you guys in 2 weeks! __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

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quizzy Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Age: 35 Posts: 1,553 Name: Michiel Quist	We have a saying here: When the cat leaves home, the mice dance... __________________ Michiel Quist http://www.3idee.nl

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DelfoZ Veteran Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Chihuahua,Mexico Age: 31 Posts: 507 Name: Enrique Portillo	Los Cabos. Hotel " las ventanas al paraiso " http://www.lasventanas.com/ im in chihuahua,mexico, very far from the beach so u can post some pictures .. Have a great vacation in mexico some pictures from http://www.lumika.org/mexico.htm [ February 13, 2004, 10:00 AM: Message edited by: DelfoZ ] __________________ DelfoZ \| DS Citta Nouva http://delfoz.blogspot.com/

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February 12th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
garethace Invalid User Profile Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 825 Name: gareth ace	sounds like a blast jeff, have a great time of it. Is the gallery going to change jeff? I kind of am used to keeping links to various gallery images at this stage, to show to people etc, etc. Still I not so sure that CGA couldn't do certain things differently, or better potentially. But I am certain that CGA has indeed taken up the baton in providing a level of service to the professional community out their of architectural illustrators that nobody else seems to have even bothered to do ever. Cough. Autodesk. cough. with all the money made from selling software etc, the support in this respect hasn't been up to scratch. I am talking here in particular about forums for WACOM art tablet users, sketchup user forums, etc, etc, etc. Even FORM Z's web site is okay, for an attempt. Here at CGA we seem to be trying to cater for almost every software under the sun, maybe that is a bit too much expansionism, dunno. http://www.cgarchitect.com/ubb/ultim...;f=35;t=000030 that thread talked about a few things. www.cyburbia.org upgraded its message board only recently too. But they lost a feature of their front page in doing so - called a thread spotter, which basically showed most recent posts etc. I think CGA should have at least 10 most recent posts linked directly on the front page, right up at the top, where one could see it. [ February 13, 2004, 04:40 AM: Message edited by: garethace ]

February 12th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
Mariano Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dolores - Argentina Posts: 6 Name: Mariano Larregle	Dear Jeff: Let me proposse a spectacular site to snorkeling in the mexico caribean.... www.sindudavillas.com Appears we share to passion CG and snorkeling/scuba.... Good vacations Mariano

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CHE Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: St. Louis Posts: 817 Name: Ernesto Pacheco	Vacations?? Yeah!! Mexico?? double Yeah!!! LOL Salud! Have fun Jeff! PS If you are in the Riviera Maya make sure you check this place: Los Lirios

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ps Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: portugal Posts: 10 Name: paulo silva	hi jeff , great joyce you make , Mexico is very good for vacations , i;ve been in tulum bahia princepe last month in my honey moon , and i ve a great time their visiting the old Maya ruins it`s great [IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Os meus documentos\fotosviz\2004_01_17\110_1060.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Os meus documentos\fotosviz\2004_01_17\111_1106.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Os meus documentos\fotosviz\2004_01_17\110_1058.JPG[/IMG]

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