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
Television
I found this interesting comment on the BBC doco, Supervolcano, which screened in New Zealand tonight. It was a good drama but I wondered about the accuracy of the science behind it. From this comment it appears the BBC did a reasonable job merging fact and fiction, if erring towards
Corel
It’s said Corel made the new release CorelDRAW X3 to avoid an unlucky release 13* but it didn’t help Corel U.K.’s launch featuring London Zoo's “Christopher the Chameleon”… IT Sneak: The curse of Corel. IT Sneak: The curse of Corel * Maybe with good reason;
Corel
Corel will add support for the new Office 12 XML formats to Wordperfect when Office 12 is released. Via and more comment at: Brian Jones: Office XML Formats : Corel to support Microsoft Office Open XML Formats. Via and more comment at: Brian Jones: Office XML Formats : Corel to support Microsoft
CAD and BIM General
It's from a Microsoft Flight Simulator related blog, so games focused, but there is some useful info on the Microsoft Windows Vista DirectX Graphics system changes. The Little Wheel Goes in Back : What I Know About Vista. The Little Wheel Goes in Back : What I Know About Vista
Automobile
Monte Carlo is on but can’t find any mention in the free to air TV sport listings. WRC was on 3, where is it now?
Automobile
It may not seem that remarkable to see an Alfa Romeo 159 except this one was in the USA where Alfa’s have not be sold since the mid ‘90’s. I suspect it’s there because Fiat Group use Microsoft Windows Automotive or maybe Robert Scoble is getting a
Automobile
In a week of milestones (kilometer’stones?) two involved Fiats; * My mighty Uno achieved “All the Two’s – 222,222” (km) * In a moment I made my Mum's Uno a bit shorter than it oughta be. Thankfully nobody was injured, just a bent car & bruised ego . Never
AutoCAD Architecture
Sometimes when you save ADT will give a message: Document "<drive>:\<folder>\<filename>.dwg" has a command in progress. Hit enter to cancel or [Retry]: Hitting enter will usually result in the same message again. Try entering SAVE on the command line
CAD and BIM General
I was going to write about this but Randall has said it all already. Smooth Transitions at Autodesk: Bass to President and CEO; Bartz to Executive Chairman - aecnews.com. Smooth Transitions at Autodesk: Bass to President and CEO; Bartz to Executive Chairman - aecnews.com So, what about an Autodesk CEO
Automobile
Thanks to Autoblog.it for the pointer to this Business Week interview with Fiats, Chief Designer, Frank Stephenson. * “We have to get back to Fiat's roots and make really, really attractive cars -- cars that you fall in love with on the first look…” (err, yeah but the passion
DWF
Nice DWF Viewer tips from Mark In the Dynamic Interface: DWF Send Finally!!. In the Dynamic Interface: DWF Send Finally!!
Automobile
Fiat Auto will be back in Australia for the first time in years* – the last sold there was the very forgettable Regatta. The Ducato commercial is sold (as in NZ) but the Fiat Grande Punto will lead the return to Oz for the passenger auto division via importer Ateco Automotive
