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
PowerPoint
Some great advice, applicable to any presentation, except I use MindManager rather than OneNote for drafts – mainly because I don’t have OneNote!. Office Rocker! : Death by PowerPoint - Giving better presentations In my job as the product manager for the 2007 Microsoft Office system I have had to do more
Film
David Byrne’s comments on “Jesus Camp” and the dangers of religious indoctrination, wherever it’s done… David Byrne Journal: 8.2.06: American Madrassas “When one sees religion perverted — in the U.S. or in Israel, Pakistan, Afghanistan or India, one wonders if the spiritual seeds, planted by visionaries
Politics
Why does Terry Gilliam's movie Brazil seem increasingly like real life? INTERVIEWER: Do you think that the government is winning the battle against terrorists? HELPMANN (the Deputy Minister of Information): On yes. Our morale is much higher than theirs, we're fielding all their strokes, running a
Cool Software
It’s not CAD related, or is it? When you think about it Flight Simulator combines: * A global terrain model (GIS) * Aircraft models (Mechanical) * Airport facility models & database (24,000+ airports) (Facilities Management) * Operational System models – Aircraft, Air Traffic Control, Navigation, Radio… * Advanced 3D modelling, sophisticated graphics display technology
Aviation
Microsoft have released a preview of the upcoming Flight Simulator X. Only a 640mb download away, it’s an impressive look at what the release will offer. The trial version includes two airports, three missions, and three different aircraft all based around St. Maarten in the Caribbean. It installed and
MindManager
Chuck Frey at InnovationTools has posted a mind-mapping survey online to gather data on the use of Mind Mapping in business. He’s going to share the results on his blog so I encourage you to contribute Here's his blog post explaining why he’s doing this:
A1GP
Great news for Taupo and New Zealand Motorsport. Great work by Colin Giltrap and the team that pulled this deal together. Motorsport: NZ gets chance to see A1GP in action - 12 Aug 2006 - Motorsport As expected, the Taupo round on January 21 got the green light Motorsport: NZ gets chance
Comedy
Planets, Light, Man, Women, Talking snakes and all… Pharyngula: Ricky Gervais explains Genesis Pharyngula: Ricky Gervais explains Genesis
Automobile
With the Japanese Used Car invasion we see many of these: Mazda Bongo, Toyota Emina, Nissan Cedric… Silly Car Names - 4Car Feature - from Channel 4 Silly Car Names - 4Car Feature - from Channel 4 www.just-auto.com www.just-auto.com
MindManager
Andrew Wilcox is blogging from a music festival using MindManager and a Tablet PC Crop Log 2006 - The Fairport Cropredy Convention 2006 - Unofficial Web Log What is a CropLog (nothing to do with farming), it is a map log (sort of blog) of the Fairport Cropredy Convention, an annual 3
Automobile
Why do Peugeot bother doing large luxury car concepts? Might as well just flush the money down the toilet. No matter how good the product, lately they’re not, nobody rates them (or Renault) as serious contenders in the large luxury car market. The upper limit for Peugeot credibility is
Aviation
Flight Simulator X hits the web as the build up to the launch begins. Flight Simulator X Microsoft® Flight Simulator X is the culmination of nearly 25 years of the landmark Flight Simulator franchise—the most significant addition to date… Flight Simulator X Microsoft® Flight Simulator X is the culmination
