A Kiwi, but not a flightless bird or brown fuzzy skin green centred fruit. Humanist, Skeptic, Cyclist, Car Enthusiast, Westie Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand | he/him
A couple of weeks back I showed the scene below in a presentation on “bImformation modelling” for the Auckland Revit User Group. It was created with Autodesk Labs Project Photofly technology which assembles a collection of 2D digital camera images into a 3D spatial arrangement then generates a 3D point
I’ve been trying the TOMTOM traffic and finding it pretty useful but when the nice lady says: “The delay on your route is nineteen minutes, You are still on the quickest route” I wonder if ignorance actually is bliss
Traffic Light Thoughts
Approaching the motorway both lanes have a car waiting at the red light. Following the quicker will mean getting to the motorway faster & avoiding having to overtake once there. I went for the Alfa 147 lane as it seemed obvious the stereotypical Alfa driver would beat the Volvo V70
Fiat
An interesting Fiat link in this tale of the MG Rover demise which was new to me MG Rover's ‘Phoenix Four’ neglect “they approached Fiat about buying in its JTD diesel. Fiat, the insider claims, came back with an amazing offer.”
In my experience Fiat engines have always been great. It’s the bits surrounding them which usually account for the demise of the car! The images below are two I’ve owned, Uno Fire & Bravo HGT, but the awards went to the amazing 875-cc TwinAir mill in the
AutoCAD
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Cycling
I saw The Blue Bike on Sky NZ (Living Channel) and loved it. I’m a recreational cyclist who can totally relate to struggling up mountains (South Island NZ in my case) but thought the story was amazing and nicely captured. Although not currently listed for another screening they often
Nearly a decade ago I saw Scott Arvin's doctorate thesis prototype software (below) which experimented with logic control of space & adjacency to create dynamic bubble diagrams. He used a mechanical metaphor to describe relationships with “strengths” expressed as springs. You could automatically or manually rearrange spaces based
I don’t often quote an entire post but Steve’s is important. He refers to the US but one hopes this isn’t limited to that territory… Revit OpEd: Rumor is True! - Upgrade Path to Suites For a limited time, customers who have a current Subscription for select Autodesk
I only knew Derek K. Miller from his blog but have been following his feed for years. That the last post came is no surprise and his view of death matches my own: “I haven't gone to a better place, or a worse one. I haven't
So I don't have the only Flying Spaghetti Monster touched Fiat in West Auckland! Learn more about FSM at http://www.venganza.org/ or see my FSM Fiat here
Look at the categories which feature then think what is consigned to "Other Sports".
