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If you’re interested in listening to, rather than reading, this blog its being converted to an audio “podcast” by Talkr. It does a good job of reading the posts into an MP3 file. The speech conversion...
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
Listen via Talkr?
If you’re interested in trying it, this blog is being converted to an audio “podcast” by Talkr. It does a good job of reading the posts into an MP3 file. The speech conversoin is good, even for strang...
Corel
CorelDRAW stuck in duplicate mode, fixed
In CorelDRAW it’s really easy to quickly duplicate an object by selecting, dragging and then right-clicking before you let go of the object. I find this behaviour so natural I try it in all sorts of a...
Religion
Richard Dawkins, reason alone?
This is a brilliant interview with Richard Dawkins from “ The Agenda ”. Richard Dawkins | Can We Live by Reason Alone? Tonight on The Agenda: world-renowned scientist Richard Dawkins and his...
Automobile
How Fiat survived...
Fortune Magazine talk to Luca De Meo, Fiat Auto head, and Sergio Marchionne, CEO of the Fiat Group, about the Fiat revival. There’s no magic bullet. Just a focus on design, product, efficiency and...
The Secret of Apple Design, sort of..
Technology Review have an interesting article about Apple Design. I don’t have much user experience with Apple products, not even an iPod, but it’s interesting to read about their design philospohy ho...
New Zealand Edge goes daily
New Zealand Edge – Global community of New Zealanders – have launched a blog to accompany their website and email publications. The New Zealand Edge aims to: Introduce metaphors and contemporary...
AutoCAD
Annotation logic in AutoCAD?
Heidi Hewett's Blog: Annotation Scaling 106 The process for scaling annotations in AutoCAD 2008 is quite different than in the past. You’ll have to adjust your thinking a little… not because it...
Comedy
Save the Kiwi (Apteryx) from the Flying Spaghetti Monster Kiwi Motivation Test
How could the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) threaten our national icon, the New Zealand Kiwi (Apteryx) ? This submission to a well recognised Government Conservation Agency explains it all:...
The Warehouse Group Ltd
No news is no news...
Stuff hit the mark in this article on the Commerce Commission and TWL. I have a theory where all this will end but (to corrupt a quote): “I might very well think it; but I couldn’t possibly comment...
Conan O’Brien at Intel HQ
We don’t see Conan O'Brien in New Zealand, which is a pity! This tour of Intel reminds me of the Vericorp scenes from one of my favourite movies: David Byrne's brilliant " True Stories " via...
If your P-lab blows up, should you be treated?
You have to wonder, when the genuinely ill sit on waiting lists, is it worth wasting money treating morons who blow themselves up cooking methamphetamine… I suppose they must to but it must be toug...