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
Metheny
Back in February 2005 I seriously considered flying to Tokyo, Seoul or San Diego just to see a concert. At that stage I hadn’t seen Pat Metheny perform other than on DVD. Pat Metheny Group’s “The Way...
CAD and BIM General
Laura takes on the architects with a construction management eye view of BIM. It’s good to see this technology analysed, and being accepted, for other than design. BIM benefits Architects, Design Cons...
The Internet Explorer Blog question: IE7 Is Coming This Month...Are you Ready? I thought better see what this site looks like so installed IE7 RC1 to check it out. My Reply: I’m ready, but is...
Science
A remarkable story in Scientific American about what could be a crucial step towards a revolution in computer technology: Quantum Computing. First Teleportation Between Light and Matter | Scienc...
CAD and BIM General
There has been much talk about CAD interoperablity being the cause of the dealys Airbus face with the A380 Superjumbo. I think this is a short but accurate summary: It is not the problem per se,...
A1GP
It was a weekend of motorsport to remember and one to forget: Ferrari faltered , probably lost a championship Renault triumphed , probably won one. Brock was honoured but Ford was the victor...
AutoCAD Architecture
Last November I met Ed Goldberg while rushing between sessions at Autodesk University 2005. A few months later he sent the 2006 version of his book on Architectural Desktop. Via Cadalyst i find it’s n...
If you are a Kiwi, or thinking of visiting, this is a good site to see what not to miss! 101 Must Do's for Kiwis - AA Travel New Zealand The 101-must-dos-for-kiwis Gallery
Spam is annoying but one of the things I like about MailWasher is you can read it delete it before it arrives in your in-box...
Books
In response to Peter’s post here is my recent reading list
ActiveWords
Mindjet Labs have launched a new look website and bunch of new blogs. Mindjet have had a “ Corporate Blog ” for a long time but these are more personal blogs from Mindjet’s established bloggers and so...
Automobile
If you can believe the Sun it’s great news about the show Richard Hammonds recovery. More than 78,000 have signed the on-line petition to date! The Sun Online - News: TV's Top Gear is saved “TOP...
