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
Aviation
Just watched a programme on the A380 and thought would check out the latest news, to discover Airbus now offer RSS feed for new content. It’s not attempting to be a blog, or “blog-aganda” like Boeings Randys Journal, but makes it easy to get the latest news from
Television
Finally Jon Stewart gets to air in New Zealand. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (C4, 10.00pm). Not quite the Daily Show that goes to air several times a week on Comedy Central in the US, rather a weekly “international” version presented by the left’s hero (and recent
Cool Hardware
This video review is a neat introduction to the Toshiba M400. It’s the first really grunty, maybe even part-time CAD capable, Tablet/Convertible Notebook. It has the processor power (1.8 Core Duo) but uses integrated graphics (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950) which may be a limitation. Intel
Apple/Intel hardware running Windows XP allows PC World to rank Apple against PCs. * Anyone out there tried AutoCAD, Revit, Max etc on the Apple Intel Hardware + Windows XP + Boot Camp combo? * Does it work? * Does anyone care? Today @ PC World - Welcome to Our Top Desktop PC Charts, Apple Today
Autodesk University
Shaan has sign-up details for the “Vespa” Product beta as previewed at Autodesk University. My post about the preview gives an idea what “Vespa” can do. Now you can try/test the beta version and help with it’s development. Between the Lines: New Autodesk Product Beta Coming Soon,
AutoCAD Architecture
Space can represent many things as the image (right), from http://www.visualthesaurus.com shows. As Architectural Desktop & Building Systems evolved different requirements for measurement, display, grouping, and analysis led to a combination of objects, each with unique capabilities, simply to model and display 2D Area and 3D space;
Comedy
This explains all; Resurrection, Rabbits and Chocolate Eggs… The Story of Easter The Story of Easter
Aviation
Neat, tidy but not distinctiveAir New Zealand recently re-branded with new Zambesi-designed uniforms. The designers speak of “subtle and peaceful palette of teal, greenstone and schist” but I thought the Cabin Crew & Airport Counter uniforms looked rather drab communist grey. They are neat, tidy and have some
Auckland
At least I’m not paying for this garbage… David Farrar: Well done Auckland David Farrar: Well done Auckland *I live in Waitakere and probably pay for different garbage *I live in Waitakere and probably pay for different garbage
Music
Not sure what prompted Marty to do this review of Lyle Mays solo album “Lyle Mays” now, it was released back in 1998, but it’s a nice summary of a great disc. The opening track is a favourite but by far the most memorable is “Track 7 – Alaskan Suite:
Automobile
Eurocarblog have some (supposedly official) Fiat Trepiuno 500 interior sketches and some unofficial, but wonderful, Trepiuno Abarth concept sketches. The Abarth would be an awesome machine and I can see the standard Trepiuno being popular, petrol hit $1.67/Litre today… Fiat 500 - Interior & Abarth sketches - www.eurocarblog.com
CAD and BIM General
Roopinder Tara, in addition to running the excellent TenLinks site, has started a CAD Blog with an insiders view of the industry. Last week, during my blog/email free cycling holiday, he emailed me a link to a neat post on the many meanings of CAD*. He didn’t know
