sketchup 3D model ideas for Tour project

1) Tiger Tank            I want to attempt to build a 3D Tiger Tank

2) Factory                   a factory where the Tiger was built

3) T34 Russian Tank     if I have time I'll do the Russian tank

community event #2 music synthesizer workshop

  so I went to the workshop to try my hand at electronics. I can follow schematics and instructions well, however that doesn't mean I know why or how it works. what was funny to me was that, I think it was Greg, the instructor admitted that he doesn't always know why either. so I got a little chuckle out of that. the whole idea behind the project was to make sound.
  we started with the circuit board, also known as the breadboard. from there we added a circuit, a resister, some wires, etc. connected the whole thing to power and an amplifier. if we had connected everything correctly we would get a sound. different resisters created different sounds.
   this was and interesting workshop! I'm not big on electronics but it was fun building the boards and messing around with sound. the guys teaching the class were nice and helpful.

Tourism

  after reading the interview with Dean MacCannel, I would have to agree with a few points. I agree that tourism has been pilfered by capitalism and that the experience tourists get has been altered to maximize the tourist's ideal experience. the examples of the Haight Ashbury and China town is right on. these places have historical significance but are now altered to showcase a now generic version of these highlights that made these places famous. it is sad that the historical significance is now totally lost to its visitors. instead they get the version based around selling trinkets and gifts that say that "they" were at these places.
  when I visit these places I cant help but think how fake it is. china towns shops are all identical and sell the same trinkets in every shop. there is nothing unique. about these shops. its just a colorful place to walk through. there is a surreal feeling I get, like I  stepped into a Chinese outlet store.
  SF is a tourist city that is going to capitalize on such attractions. this is what brings business to the city and puts food on the city's resident's plates. so I cant rip to hard on these cheesy tourist "traps."