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Helga & Hildegard at Muriwai

Helga & Hildegard at Muriwai, originally uploaded by RobiNZ.

Traffic Light Thought – Robin, it’s not a great name for cars

I knew the Reliant Robin was crap long before Top Gear, Mr Bean & “Only Fools & Horses” mocked it. I’m no fan of personalised plates* but was depressed to see “R0BIN” on my morning commute yesterday. What sort of exotic vehicle would demand such a fine plate? A

I'm a super-mobile user?

Robert Scoble’s measure is the “Folks with more than 100 apps” and I have 116. At a guess I reckon maybe 20% of those get frequent use with Tweetdeck, Typepad, LinkedIn and Facebook being the most used. I think TomTom is my most used non-web application. Strange thing is

Autodesk University

If you can’t get to Autodesk University, be at AUv

The Autodesk University Virtual (AUv) portal is live and accepting registrations. The offering and interface is based on the physical event with webcast keynotes & sessions, virtual lounges to meet in and virtual Exhibit Booths. Once you sign in there is a welcoming video tour from your AUv Event host.

Celebrate Kiva's 5th Birthday and get $25 to lend!

A little help you & some friends can change lives Celebrate Kiva's 5th Birthday and get $25 to lend! Kiva is reaching a major milestone this October. We are celebrating five years of empowering people to lift themselves out of poverty through micro-loans, with over $150 million lent

Why the Vox Archive Blog?

This is an archive of my Six Apart Vox blog and was created when Vox closed down. I won't be adding any new content here but invite you to check out my Personal & CAD related blogs by visiting: www.robincapper.net

Vote for Your Favourite AU 2010 YouTube Video

Help a fellow CAD Geek get their Autodesk University fix by simply watching & voting for a video. Three lucky videographers will get an AU Pass based on the votes their videos receive. I know how good that feels, thanks to that paper plane YouTube back in 2006, so get

Windows 7, with a side of taskbar

If you’ve got a wide screen monitor the Windows 7 taskbar works nicely in a vertical format. Gives back a bit of that precious vertical space. * No, that’s not my car… ** The Snagit 1, 2 shows how

Revit User Group NZ

Revit User Group Manawatu - Notice of October Meeting

I am a bit late posting this as missed the first mail out. * 5.30pm Wednesday 6th October 2010 * @ Image Audio Showroom, Modena Centre, 723 Main Street, Palmerston North Format for the evening will be; 5:30pm - Drinks, nibbles and chit chat session. 6:00pm - Welcome and introductions

AutoCAD WS and AutoCAD WS Mobile – Project Butterfly takes off!

Autodesk Butterfly took off, literally, with its formal release as AutoCAD WS and AutoCAD WS Mobile over the past few days. Both were supposed to be announced on September 30th (US time) but social media changed that as Shaan explains in his post (extracts below): AutoCAD WS Launch was BIG

A blog Meetup for my San Francisco readers? #sfblogclub

I joined the TypePad Meetup Group so would be aware if any meetings coincided with my, very, occasional visits to San Francisco. Through that I discovered this new San Francisco blogger meet-up. Unfortunately my next visit won’t be until November, and only for a couple of hours on the

Autodesk University

Whahooooo, AaaaaUuuuu! - Autodesk University 2010 and TAMOz confirmed

I just filled in the form, clipped the credit, ticked the right boxes (I hope) and got to this screen; It means I can change to But will be travelling the long way via Thanks to the TAMOz and AU teams for organising their conferences with a day and a

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