After getting dropped in to the Solidworks world in late 2007, we’ve been on the edge as far as PDM goes. Not in that we are pushing it’s limits, just that we are one of the few companies that’s using this newer product from Solidworks. A lot of other companies have serious time and investments in using the built-in app that comes with Solidworks or are using other higher end applications.
Continue reading: Here comes the new Enterprise PDM!
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Imagine my surprise when I stumbled across this site : http://twolaneblacktop.yuku.com/ It’s got a small wealth of information on the movie Two-Lane Blacktop. This ’70s movie featured Warren Oats, James Taylor, and Dennis Wilson (beach boys). The basic premise of the movie is that two drifters in a race ready ‘55 take on the factory muscle of Warren Oats in his new 1970 Orbit Orange GTO Judge across the country for pink slips. Anyhow, for several years I had heard that the ‘55 had been recycled and then destroyed in the movie American Graffiti. (The black ‘55 rolled over at the end by ‘Cowboy’) This site clears up some things I’d heard and I thank the new owner for restoring the ‘55 to it’s full movie glory. While on the site I also stumbled across a link to some Roanoke VA drag racing photos from the early 60’s. As promised, here’s some more photos from the reunion. Since I got tired of waiting on people to send them to me I took a few ‘liberties’ and acquired them on my own. Not that I’m complaining, I’m just impatient and wanted to gather some of them up before they disappear forever. If you recognize a photo as yours (not that you’re in it, but took it) and would like credit then drop me a note and I’ll fix it. There’s so many more I’m breaking them up in a couple of postings.. When I closed up the reunion Saturday night I happened to notice that the sign-in sheet at the door was still laying there. I grabbed it and have since took it home and ran the quick numbers on it. I also asked Jacque Britt about the numbers I was seeing on it and she confirmed that it probably wasn’t accurate or on the low side. Anyhow, according to the sign-in list, we had 108 people in attendance on Saturday night. The week prior we had determined that we needed around 75 to break even so the 100 plus number is just great! I know at the 20 yr we estimated we had around 150 so for a holiday weekend I think we did very well and would like to thank everyone for showing up. The committee has also been in talks already about a post reunion meeting so maybe after that I can repost and let you know if we have a more accurate number. Thanks again everyone, and feel free to keep up with most of us on Facebook! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing Jacque! The class reunion turned out better than any of the planners expected, so thanks to everyone who attended and helped make it a success. I don’t even have a number of people there, but my best guess would be around 80+. For those that would like to add to the collection (and please, please do), email me your photos at: webmaster@mind-threads.com Thanks Cathy Snead-Causey! Added 8 more photos. This is a little early in my postings, but since I received this in the mail today I wanted to go ahead and warn others. Since I am listed as the owner of a few domains and this information is public and easy enough to look up, there is a company out there that’s trying to take advantage of other less knowledgeable users. The company is: They send you this nice letter telling you that your domains are going to expire soon and if you’d like to renew them you can send them your payment. That’s nice, and they will renew your domains as advertised (as far as I know). My problem with them is that in doing so, you are going to pay about double the going rate AND you’ll also be transferring the ‘rights’ over to them to manage your domain. So if you later let the domain go, it’s theirs to do what they want (not godaddy, yahoo, or whoever you used to have). What this means for them is they get to auction the site off or put anything they want on it after you loose or choose to let it go. What if you miss a payment? Who knows what they’ll charge you to get it back? Maybe you don’t care? But at the very least, why pay double to renew your site. That extra would pay for another month of hosting at most places. Today I’m opening up (yet again) another version/design of Mind-Threads.com. Like the internet and life in general, some things change, get better, and easier every day. So once again I’m back to using WordPress as the foundation of my site. I have over the years used Xoops, WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla. The reason for the change was mainly due to Wordpresses new update system and it’s very, very, large selection of plug-ins and themes. While all of the above CMS/Blog software have some form of this, none is as currently active as WordPress. So with that, I’m back on board and have a little something different in mind for the site that I’ve really wanted to do. My goal with this version of the site is to try and encompass everything I want to discuss or do. That is a VERY tall order and will likely take several months to accomplish even the basics. So please hang on, check back often and hopefully I’ll run across something that interest you personally. If I do: Please comment, email, or call and ask me. I’d love to expand or help you in any way I can. I want to help you and encourage you. If it’s nothing more than helping you find a local businesses phone number in my business directory I’d love to know I’ve helped you in some small way. Thanks, and I hope you enjoy the adventure with me. |
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