SolidWorks 2011:  What’s New Highlights
Wed, 09/1/10 – 7:00 AM | View Comments

DS SolidWorks Corporation today unveiled SolidWorks 2011, the latest release of the most popular 3D CAD software on the market. There are many new features to talk about, but today I’m going to hit …

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SolidWorks What’s New Guides! – Yes, ALL of Them!
Saturday, 25 Apr, 2009 – 23:08 | View Comments
SolidWorks What’s New Guides! – Yes, ALL of Them!

Have you ever wished that you could turn back time and look at what previous versions of SolidWorks looked like?  Perhaps you have a customer who is a few versions back and you can’t quite …

Laptops, Moving, & More!
Saturday, 18 Apr, 2009 – 0:13 | View Comments
Laptops, Moving, & More!

There has been quite a bit going on lately which has resulted in a lack of posts here on the site.  I’m still here…just working on some “new” things.
The biggest news for me personally is …

Live Blogging: Discovery Channel Time Warp, MythBusters, & Prototype This!
Wednesday, 15 Oct, 2008 – 19:40 | View Comments
Live Blogging: Discovery Channel Time Warp, MythBusters, & Prototype This!

7:37pm – I’m a little behind…thank goodness for DVR!
7:39pm – Into the second episode of Time Warp now – Watching the “Will it Blend guy”
7:40pm – They just blended an iPhone….that was painful to watch….but …

VACATION!!!
Friday, 12 Sep, 2008 – 0:02 | View Comments

It’s been a busy year and is time for an overdue VACATION!!  I leave early tomorrow morning for Walt Disney World.  I’ll be there for 1 complete fun filled week!  More than likely you won’t …

Disqus Comment System & Other Happenings
Saturday, 23 Aug, 2008 – 23:32 | View Comments
Disqus Comment System & Other Happenings

I have switched the Comment system for this Blog over to DISQUS.  If you follow me on Twitter you may have noticed that I have been pondering this for a few weeks.  After having to …

New E-mail Address
Tuesday, 5 Aug, 2008 – 20:25 | View Comments
New E-mail Address

I have finally gotten my new e-mail address set up.  You may have seen this address already if you are an e-mail subscriber.  Due to an incorrect network setting it did not start working till …

ALL NEW SITE & HOST!!
Thursday, 31 Jul, 2008 – 23:42 | View Comments

It’s been a week long project but rickyjordan.com now has a new host and all new site design!  Since my Blog was launched in June of 2006 it has been part of the designsmarter.typepad community …

BigDog
Friday, 25 Jul, 2008 – 11:33 | View Comments
BigDog

A coworker of mine sent this to me today. (Thanks Johnnie!)  This is one of the coolest looking Robotics projects I have seen to date.  Check out the Boston Dynamics site to find out …

Blog Content Research
Wednesday, 23 Jul, 2008 – 23:19 | View Comments
Blog Content Research

You will see some changes to this Blog soon.  Generally I have been posting articles with MANY details in written form with an occasional video thrown in.  I am thinking of doing MORE videos …

My iPhone 3G Adventure
Saturday, 12 Jul, 2008 – 16:21 | View Comments
My iPhone 3G Adventure

Over the last month there is one word that has been consistently plastered all over tech sites across the Internet.  iPhone.  If you haven’t heard anything about the iPhone 3G yet I think we …

Just Checking in….
Wednesday, 18 Jun, 2008 – 21:16 | View Comments

There seems to be LOTS of things going on right now.  SolidWorks 2009 Beta 1 is just past it’s first week of Beta Testing.  I really like what I am seeing so far and there …

Build LEGOS in 3D!
Monday, 2 Jun, 2008 – 22:40 | View Comments
Build LEGOS in 3D!

My eight year old son never ceases to amaze me with his computer skills.  He called me over to the computer the other day and showed me his latest discovery on the web.  Before I …

Windows Live Writer
Tuesday, 1 Apr, 2008 – 13:27 | View Comments
Windows Live Writer

I had lunch today with Brian McElyea who most of you know as the CADFANATIC.  He told me about this cool new program called Windows Live Writer that you can use to post messages …

SharePoint
Tuesday, 11 Mar, 2008 – 23:03 | View Comments

The company I work for has recently implemented Microsoft SharePoint 2007 for our internal intranet.  I am pretty new to the software but have found it very interesting to say the least.  I’ll report more …