Great suggestion. I found a link which explained it to me enough that I can turn it into 'shader speak' (http://www.volume-gfx.com/volume-rendering/triplanar-texturing/)
Thanks again!
PC SPECS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Intel Core i7 920 (PASSMARK:5008), NVIDIA Geforce 9600 GT GPU (PASSMARK:752) , 6GB RAM