Anyone know of a good out of work 3D modeler who's comfortable with Cinema 4D on the Mac? Email me.

I love test posts out of nowhere. I just wish I could use my aggregator.

Another test post.

One Nation Under Wal-Mart: "How retailing's superpower--and Fobe's biggest 'Most Admired' company is changing the rules for corporate America."

Mike Myers and DreamWorks Form Unique Filmmaking Pact: "Mike Myers has partnered with DreamWorks Pictures in a unique feature film production deal. The deal will include several projects in which the studio will acquire the rights to existing motion picture hits and classics, write new storylines and -- with the use of state-of-the-art digital technology -- insert Myers and other actors into the film, thereby creating an entirely new piece of entertainment."

Why are nerds unpopular: "The problem is, the world these kids create for themselves is at first a very crude one. If you leave a bunch of eleven year olds to their own devices, they'll usually create a Lord of the Flies world. Like a lot of American kids, I read this book in school. Presumably it was not a coincidence. Presumably someone wanted to point out to us that we were savages, and that we had made ourselves a cruel and stupid world. This was too subtle for me. While the book seemed entirely believable, I didn't get the additional message. I wish they had just told us outright that we were savages and our world was stupid."

Google Buys Pyra - Blogging Goes Big Time: "Google, which runs the Web's premier search site, has purchased Pyra Labs, a San Francisco company that created some of the earliest technology for writing weblogs, the increasingly popular personal and opinion journals. The buyout is a huge boost to an enormously diverse genre of online publishing that has begun to change the equations of online news and information. Weblogs are frequently updated, with items appearing in reverse chronological order (the most recent postings appear first). Typically they include links to other pages on the Internet, and the topics range from technology to politics to just about anything you can name. Many weblogs invite feedback through discussion postings, and weblogs often point to other weblogs in an ecosystem of news, opinions and ideas."

DC Journalists Have Escape Plans If Nation's Capital Is Attacked: "The Washington Post is moving its data center to Tysons Corner in Virginia. U.S. News has plans to send reporters and editors to hotels in Frederick, Maryland. The BBC would evacuate its staff to waiting boats on the Potomac River to avoid land-based escape routes that are likely to be jammed. The New York Times Washington bureau says it hasn't a clue about what to do."

Gun laws a minefield for military: "As thousands of U.S. military personnel in California deploy to the Persian Gulf in preparation for war, some of them are having a serious problem. They can't get guns. Oh sure, the military provides them with an array of weapons: M-16s, grenade launchers, squad automatic weapons and so on. They're heavily armed. But a lot of military types, particularly guys in special-operations units, like to supplement some of the standard-issue weaponry with privately purchased handguns and gun-related equipment of their own choosing. Often the handguns and equipment they can buy in the private market are better and more advanced than the standard-issue stuff."

Shuttle exterior was penetrated during descent: "The space shuttle's skin almost was certainly pierced, allowing superheated air inside the left wing and possibly the wheel compartment during Columbia's fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere, investigators said Thursday. In its first significant determination, the accident investigation board announced that heat damage from a missing tile would not be sufficient to cause unusual temperature increases inside Columbia minutes before it disintegrated. Sensors detected an unusual heat buildup of about 30 degrees inside the wheel well before the accident."