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
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Film
The Bad Astronomer reviews the current hit movie Superman Returns revealing some “Bad Astronomy, some Bad Physics (duh, he flies), and some Bad Engineering too”. Superman Returns Review - bad astronomy.com “This is my first movie review since that nutbag Tom Cruise thetaned his way through "War of the
Comedy
Click through to the full ‘toon, is it you too? Doug Savage does a chicken toon every day: http://www.savagechickens.com/
It’s based on the wine business but this is excellent advice for blogging on any topic. The stormhoek guide to wine blogging - gapingvoid The stormhoek guide to wine blogging - gapingvoid
Cool Software
Microsoft WinFS promised to revolutionise the way people access information on their computer. Storing files in a relational database structure, categorised by attributes/tags, would have ended the limitations of a folder hierarchy. The idea appealed because often files have more than one reason to exist. Placing them in a
CAD and BIM General
A recent Cadalyst article examines MindManager as a tool for CAD Management. This is one of my main uses as I’ve found the elements that make it a wonderful knowledge capture tool for collaboration work just as well for pure documentation. I now use MindManager as the authoring tool
AutoCAD
I went to an Auckland AutoCAD User Group meeting tonight and after an excellent demo of Revit Building and Revit Structure, thanks Rich & Damien, the discussion turned to the subject of the next meeting – AutoCAD 2007. The question was asked: “How do you re-path xrefs in the new
AutoCAD MEP
So you need to do both Building Systems and Building related work. Will the discipline targeted Autodesk AEC applications allow this and what are the limitations. Autodesk AEC Desktop Family: The vertical nature of the “AEC Desktop family” makes this simple to answer. Autodesk Building Systems contains all the capabilities
NASA are dumping space junk in our region. It didn’t hit New Zealand but 3,900km is getting close! Radio New Zealand - Rubbish from International Space Station dropped into Pacific Ocean Radio New Zealand - Rubbish from International Space Station dropped into Pacific Ocean A spokesperson says the debris that
I started writing this post after hearing the sad news back in September 2005 but couldn’t finish it then. I wanted to write about one of my favourite authors and now I’ve finished reading his last book the time is right. It was going to be a review
Automobile
Spy shots of the new 500 Trepiuno. It’s heavily disguised but clearly similar to the concept cars. Fiat 500 Spy-shots - www.eurocarblog.com Fiat 500 Spy-shots - www.eurocarblog.com
Rally
I’ve always been impressed with Petter Solberg and it’s been sad watching the awful season he’s been having. It was a real, pleasant, surprise to read he’s signed up with Subaru thru till 2009. Thanks to clashes with other travel it’s been a few years
