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
Web/Tech
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer Twitter-less The slings and arrows of outrageous isolation, Or to take Twitter against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To Tweet: or to sleep? *...
Weblogs
This months banner is Greg the Takahe. He lives, with partner "Cheesecake" and chick, on Tiritiri Matangi - an island reserve near Auckland ( more images here ). Takahe were considered extinct unti...
Autodesk University
I stumbled upon this blog while researching a recent post and have subscribed. Alex's background seems to be with form modelling applications, Maya Rhino, but it appears the Revit bug has bitten . His...
Design and Art
BD Online's great weekly news email led me to this interesting TED Talk from Greg Lynn. He discusses calculus in architecture and the use of generative components. The talk is from 2005 and Greg shows Bentley software in use. Given the direction Autodesk is heading it's
Here is a tip that applies to any application that uses Microsoft's Fluent Interface, with the Ribbon and Application button. On my machine this includes Office, MindManager and Snagit. Although it...
You don't have to register to comment on this blog* but if you want to use an existing identity TypePad has enabled OpenID and other logins. It means your Vox, Google, Yahoo!, Blogger, LiveJournal, Wo...
How could I have missed posting about another Kiwi based blog by BIM, and it appears Ferrari , fan Jason Howden. the BIMman’s blog - thebimman.wordpress.com theBIMman aka Jason Howden, Based in W...
An excellent post covering Layer Filters on Daily AutoCAD prompted me to share this tip about grouping similar types of filters. If you're not familiar with filters first read this, then pop back here...
I must declare a vested interest in the future of Yahoo! as my ISP, Telecom Xtra NZ , is partnered with them. Having said that, the only Yahoo services I use are webmail, even then only when traveling...
A brilliant video showing how Kiva connects people all over the world. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2769845&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 A Fistful Of Dollars: The Story of a Kiva.
Show us a musical instrument you wish you knew how to play. Took this at Preservation Hall, New Orleans. It was low light and didn't want to use the flash, even though blurry it captured the mood and was my favourite photo of the trip My other New
Show us your favorite plant that lives in your home. Orchid
