Modeling tips and tricks

Short tutorial with some modeling tips.

http://niuarts.squarespace.com/blog-design/2010/10/13/quick-tutorial.html

Nice tip for newbies like myself. But there’s some static noise in the background (a ceiling fan perhaps?) which is quite distracting.

Its nice to see how different modeler uses different technique to solve problems.

Out of curiosity, is there another way to connect a cylinder with a cube, making it “compatible” with subdivision surfaces?