Autodesk's secret free design application!
OK, it isn't that secret but Autodesk Design Review is free and can be used for more than "Review". Here's a couple of real world scenarios; Can we fit "X" in there? Say you want try options...
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
Thinking Metric, in real terms
XKCD have posted this, slightly NSFW, guide to thinking Metric (click to embiggen). It's pretty good and is the kind of mental conversion I do when thinking imperial. In the USA I convert temperate...
MapSource and Google Earth
I like how Garmin have connected their, proprietary, MapSource GPS software to Google Earth. I tend to prefer editing my Etrex downloads in MapSource but like viewing them in Google Earth. Thanks Garm...
214 km for Fush n Chups? (from TypePad)
It was a holiday weekend here, Auckland Anniversary. This evening I went for a bit of a drive to try a new road, before the toll started, and to get dinner: See The Northern Gateway Toll Road, or 214km for Fush n Chups (from TypePad)
New Zealand
The Northern Gateway Toll Road, or 214km for Fush n Chups
I was watching TV3 Evening News and they showed the new Northern Gateway Toll Road, which opened yesterday with a traffic jam. It's going to be $2 each way and I thought " I'll never see it " for seve...
Vox Hunt: Make Me a Drawing
Aimee draws me
Happy New Year, and New Zealands best Ice Cream! (from TypePad)
Auckland Viaduct A amusing cross cultural moment yesterday (Sunday, Jan 25). We made our regular bike ride stop at Planet Ice Cream * - Shed 20, Auckland Viaduct - and the lovely lady who owns the store was there. It's the first time this year we'd seen her and
Happy New Year, and New Zealands best Ice Cream!
A amusing cross cultural moment yesterday (Sunday, Jan 25). We made our regular bike ride stop at Planet Ice Cream * - Shed 20, Auckland Viaduct - and the lovely lady who owns the store was there. It'...
Microsoft & Fiat help you drive green
Fiat Blue & Me technology, based on Microsoft Automotive, has a green driving advisor based on data logged as you drive. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAqTumPR5N4&w=425&h=350]
Design and Art
My perfect computer - Part 1 - It comes out of the closet?
Recently I was clearing out a closet and found what was, a long time ago, my design tool box: + + + An A3 board, mechanical/architectural templates plus a handful of drawing instruments meant I...
ActiveWords for Twitter Search
Since I'm new to Twitter I just made an ActiveWord for http://search.twitter.com/ . Now I type, or ink, "tws" then intiate ActiveWords. A dialog appears (below), enter the search term and my browser l...
Microsoft Flight Simulator Is No More?
It's not a game, it's an institution, but it appears to be a casualty of the recent Microsoft headcount reductions. Microsoft Flight Simulator grew from humble origins to become a credible real wor...