Yes, was indeed from 2.4 to 2.5, and was long due.

Right now I'd say that it's a lot easier to use, though for a newbie it still takes some time to get used to the whole swapping around of the left- and right- mousekey.

Blender is one of the few open source tools where in the long run I could see myself permanently switching to it (currently also using 3DSMax/Maya). For now it suits me perfectly for making renders, but game compatibility still seems to be a chore. One of the downsides of it being open source, or better said: free, is that a lot of plugins aren't made commercially, and as such no support is to be expected. It happened a few times over the years where I was working on a game/modification, and a new version of Blender would completely break a plugin (for instance, for properly exporting animated MD3-files), and no official update of said plugin would be made. Thus having to choose between working with an outdated modeling app, or going back to 3DSMax. I hope that the future will bring more dedicated plugin writers; or better, native exporting support for the various games on the market.

They didn't, because that didn't happen.

The above interview took place about a year ago.

It depends on what you have selected in your Options: You can choose which tab you like to start with. As for myself, with so many one-day-deals going around, I prefer to have the shop open on startup.

But fuck: I'll take another four years of Obama then...

In a few years we'll see this :-(

How about 'free'? I still have a copy because, as said by the other commenters, you get a free copy of TL1 with TL2.

Conventional drip coffee is also quite a standard in the Netherlands. And yes, since having moved to the UK, and having to experience 'instant coffee', I was definitely missing those freeze-dried grains in the list. Not that I would have chosen it, but because it seems to be a standard here in the UK.

... Neuman!

There are already a few iPhone apps out there that do this: You put your finger over the lens, the flash-LED-light goes on, and then it takes your heart rate in under ten seconds. They also do this by measuring color differentations.
So I don't really get what's new about this.

Btw, the app is called 'Heart Rate' (www.instantheartrate.com) Damn, I feel like the MyPCAntiVirus-dude now...

With the amount of precautions they took (I'd say it was too much) with the Friend-codes having to be entered on previous generations of their console, only to be able to play a coop-game, I deem it unlikely that this chatting will be fully open.
So I don't think that the comparison with the unfiltered Chatroulette is making sense.

I can't help myself but see Keanu Reeves as Ted saying "woaaa".

What kind of clown posts these things?!

Oh... Ronald. I'm sorry dude.

I quite liked this ten minute clip of the initial news bulletins after the first attack.
R.I.P. for the people that died that day... and the thousands more that had to die in other countries that were since then invaded by the US...

I'm registering http://www.wikileaksleaks.org/ as we speak! ;-)

I assumed they would have gone with the Master of Dance: Balmer

Then again, they really might like their chairs there.