My New Toy

Sat, 27 May 2006 05:32:41 GMT

Just a note so you don't think I've forgotten you all.

It's been quite a busy week. I finally got my Tablet PC from Gateway last Monday--right before I had to take off to work. Since I got it specifically to keep me busy between calls, I spent the first day getting acquainted with it. Since then, I have put almost all of the HOT Project drawings on it, along with as many of my novels and shorter works (fiction and non-fiction) as I could find. I've also begun working with the pen and Ink Art to learn how to do artwork, illustrations, and renderings of various designs that are too big for programs like Floor Plan 3-D.

I'm still trying to figure out why the pen doesn't work consistently. Eventually I'll either figure it out or go to Gateway's tech support website and ask.

Meanwhile, it's great to have a laptop I can actually draw on when I want to--or watch a movie (it's a widescreen)--or read and polish a novel--or create a work of art to include in the story.

Eventually, I plan to make some of the novels available online as pdf files for download. I've written five novels based on the Village of Tomorrow designs, and part of a sixth. If you want to get a real tour of Starfield Valley, to say nothing of several other villages that use the petal designs, you'll want to read these tales. I've also written two and a half novels based on the World Ark design, and I will make the completed ones available as well. Of course, it's my expectation that I will complete the unfinished novels in time, probably on the Tablet, and illustrate them as well.

I'll keep you posted, and let you know when I set up the full-fledged website for my "commercial" ventures. For now, I'll keep working on updating assorted HOT designs, particularly those home designs I've developed but not yet uploaded.

Until next time...

Sophia Systems Design & Engineering: Computers and Internet

My New Toy