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
I have done this in the past but had forgotten how, so it’s here for next time that happens… How to change your iPhone or iPad to UK spelling If you get frustrated with the auto spell check on your iPhone Americanising all of your spelling, use this tip
I installed my Home Revit Architecture the lazy way by just accepting the default settings. It installed & ran without a hitch but I found some content missing. A bit of web searching revealed I wasn’t alone and others had already found a fix. No Conceptual Mass Template Clicking
KarelCAD are running their Civil 3D University event next month in Auckland. Like AU it has a mixture of sessions run by technical, industry and customer experts but focused on Civil 3D & Australasian projects & standards. Details & registration at www.karelcad.co.nz
TweetDeck is my favourite Twitter client on the desktop (below right) and its ability to sync settings with a mobile application is a major reason why. In fact I think Twitter's usefulness is dependent on TweetDeck columns displaying Twitter Lists, searches and tags. Add to that support for
Revit Structure
It’s more than a rumour that Autodesk Evangelist Lynn Allen is heading back down under for the Auckland AEC Systems Technology Solutions Day next month. She was recently in Australia so must just love those long haul flights in Seat 16C. More detail & registration for the event available
You may have noticed a slight lack of 2012 related posts here. It’s because I’ve been a bit slack getting it installed (although to be fair my Revit Suite codes only showed up last week) so haven’t had a chance to try the release versions. I’ll
A browse of the TradeMe Construction & architecture salary information guide led me to Browse Construction & Architecture jobs and this (below) was the first listing. Seems like a rather tenuous link to “Construction & Architecture” although probably pays better if that hourly rate can be believed.
If you haven’t already seen Tim Minchin's beat poem about a new age dinner guest, watch it. I prefer the live or unofficial text versions as its simple presentation lets the message shine, and what a message.
Do you see the notification bubble warning External Reference files have changed when they haven’t? I have seen this on legacy files referencing Xrefs which haven’t been edited for, literally, years. 1. Take note of the reference name 2. Open it. Right Click > Open Xref or open
Autodesk 360
AutoCAD WS (currently available for Browser/iPhone & iPad) will soon be available for Android. I’ve used AutoCAD WS on my iPhone and been surprised how useable it is. Now Android devices will have the same capability and a tap, tap, tap, saving extra: “One feature unique to Android
Auckland
I wonder why there is about 650 metres of “open road” (100km/h) on ramp between 50km/h Onewa Rd and the 80km/h zone approaching the Harbour Bridge? 1. I join the on ramp from Sylvan Avenue. 2. About 150 metres (estimated) along the on ramp a sign indicates
Cycling
A tweet from @noozeeland today inspired this post. He shared a phrase which commanded only one response. I know the lyrics to Comfortably Numb quite well as I love the song itself, but also for another rather odd reason. When I’m cycling and feeling really tired it’s one
