TypePad
A surprise feature on TypePad
It was a pleasant surprise, and honour, to read TypePad's monthly newsletter and find I was the featured blogger! I didn't know until another TypePad'er at work told me this morning. I'd had a late...
Robin Capper
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
SnagIt
Snagit shows how File Properties should be done
Right Click Properties on an image in the Snagit 9 Captures and you get this dialog It isn't that remarkable apart from one feature . The Location property is a URL that opens the containing fol...
Back from the blackout with a new look
It looks like the New Zealand Internet Blackout protest may have worked . While off-line I made some changes to the design, template and banners on all my blogs. As before the banner images will ch...
Back from the blackout with a new look
It looks like the New Zealand Internet Blackout protest may have worked . While off-line I made some changes to the design, template and banners on all my blogs. As before the banner images will ch...
Today this site is blacked out in protest #blackout
UPDATE 2009-02-23: Looks like the Blackout Protest, and related submissions, may have worked: Computerworld John Key delays copyright law The government may suspend S92a if no agreement is reach...
Why should I care about the Kiwis in Hopetoun, Western Austrailia?
I'm watching Sunday about Kiwis who chased the "big" money in Western Australia, which has evaporated, and thinking why should I care? They made the decision, they chased the big money in the Nicke...
Traffic Light Thoughts
Traffic Light Thought - Why 2005 A.D.?
Sitting at the lights I gaze at a relatively new, cheap looking, row of apartments. They are the kind you build by standing up a few tilt slabs and filling the gaps between with apartment. What cau...
QotD: I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!
What's your favorite flavor of ice cream? Not one, a scoop each of Rush Munroe Chocolate and Cappuccino from here
AutoCAD
AutoCAD 2010 - It's Parametric!
Parametric* Constraints are not new in CAD but are in AutoCAD 2010. I think their arrival, along with free form modelling, reflects a real change in attitude from Autodesk towards the application that...
AutoCAD Architecture
Keep sending Autodesk CER Reports
If you crash and the Customer Error Report (CER) report dialog appears, send it and include your email contact. You'll add to information resource which helps trace fixes, perhaps even find out which...
AutoCAD
AutoCAD 2010 - Rotate Viewport, PAPER/MODEL
AutoCAD 2010 introduces a couple of refinements for working in Layout (paperspace) viewports. Rotate Viewport, Rotate View! Previously to rotate a layout view you had to rotate the viewport UCS,...
Time Warp: NZ Post upgrades to Windows XP?
When I saw the headline I assumed it would be about an upgrade from Windows XP! Computerworld NZ Post rejects XP upgrade criticism By Ulrika Hedquist Auckland | Tuesday, 17 February, 2009 New Ze...