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
Autodesk University
A recent Blads blog post highlights that Autodesk University 2010 (early) registration opens in August. Although “November 30 through December 2” seems a long way off it’s never too early to think about planning for Autodesk University. I’m planning to attend this time, somehow, but will be going
This is one post I’d love to be able to file in the “My Cars” category. Until then the Fifth Gear Video will have to do… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlbwY2VxOMg&w=640&h=385] Via autoblog/it
Revit User Group NZ
At Jasmax, 2 Marston Street, Parnell, on Wednesday 16th June 2010 * 5.30pm : Join us from 5.30pm for Drinks and Nibbles ($5 donation-receipts available) * 6:00pm : Welcome and Introduction * 6:05pm : Presentation: * Introduction to some new Revit families provided by Carter Holt Harvey through Productspec. * Wrap of the
SolidWorks
I followed a Ferrari 430 along the motorway tonight and got home to find this SolidSmack post about another Italian exotic. The YouTube below shows a Lamborghini being modelled in Solidworks and is the summary of Dan Lavoie’s tutorial enabling you to build your own. It’s impressive but,
Cloud Computing
The Microsoft Office Web applications went live, on Live, today. I’ve only had a brief look but first impressions are pretty good. Live goes Office or Office goes Live? From Office.live.com (* see footnote if not in the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland) you get access to Word,
If you have CorelDRAW X4 and it fails to start with an “Error 24” message read the post linked to below BEFORE June 30, 2010. It’s a very reasonable response to a problem all software vendors face. CorelDRAW X4 error 24 – details and an offer “Based on all the
I’ve visited TypePad, why don’t you! I called in, travelling by the bicycle* as seen reflected in the front door photo (right), when visiting in San Francisco in 2009 for an Autodesk Blogger event. I went a few days early for some holiday and it was great to
Family
I didn’t know either directly but today marks the passing of two McLarens. Bruce McLaren, who founded McLaren Racing, died forty years ago and David McLaren, a colleagues father (and not related), was farewelled by family & friends today. In one of those small world connections I discovered David
What it says to me is there must be a lot of oil people commuting from Taranaki, Southland and, soon, the East Cape! What Houston to Auckland says about the 787 - FlightBlogger - Aviation News, Commentary and Analysis If ever there was a route that the 787 was designed for, this
Do you have a 32 bit Revit 2011 deployment which works fine until a machine where it fails with nothing more than this it the log; Time ~ Logon ~ Machine ~ Message 0:00:00 ~ robin1 ~ Deployment Started 0:01:00 ~ robin1 ~ Deployment Finished You could waste a lot of time investigating
I often see an Alfa Romeo Mito on my morning commute. Along with being relatively rare, the unique style, the lovely deep red colour and because it’s heading West, against the prevailing traffic flow, means its easy to spot. The only problem is both our drives are so predictable
Watching the rally service, originally uploaded by RobiNZ. I read about 50 million viewers saw the WRC Rally New Zealand coverage. Make that 50 million + One
