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
Automobile
A Just-Auto rant on Fiat that’s worth a read! Insider Opinion: Big Dog: ‘What’s in a name?’ : www.just-auto.com …But if you view Ford as a possible example of nepotism gone mad, then there is surely one company that might be about to make it
ActiveWords
Buzz posted a cool script which allows rapid searching of Wikipedia. It uses ActiveWords to enter the search term into the Wikipedia search engine for immediate results. buzznovation: ActiveWords and Wikipedia.... The fastest way to find out what a smoot is….
I was using Google Earth the other day and noticed in addition to the usual Kilometers, Miles, Feet there was the unit “Smoots”. What is a Smoot? According to Wikipedia the Smoot is a nonstandard unit of length created as part of an MIT fraternity prank. In 1958 Oliver R.
Auckland
Microsoft Flight Simulator comes with basic scenery for “Auckland” but the only way you’d see it looking like this is out the window of a real aircraft! Godzone Virtual Flight have released Real New Zealand -- Auckland City "Base Pack" scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator . This is stunningly
Science
Nature report on a Nanotech Transistor made from carbon nanotubes a few billionths of a metre across. Is this the beginning of a new era in electronics? Nanotech transistor powers up - news @ nature.com Carbon nanotubes could make for smaller circuits.
Politics
Brilliant, witty, clever and flawed. He will be missed. Former PM David Lange Dies Former New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange died in hospital on Saturday after complications of renal failure. A Brilliant Tribute - Tom Scott On David Lange – Audio file Journalist/cartoonist Tom Scott talks about his memories of
Comedy
John Cleese is coming to New Zealand to perform a new one man show in early December. Problem for me is that I’ll be in Florida
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Pastafarians, followers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Panda's Thumb: Flying Spaghetti Monsterism gets national press attention
AutoCAD Architecture
If you use Autodesk Architectural Desktop you probably have some opinions you think worth sharing and ideas to improve it. Autodesk are setting up a new forum for ADT customers to feedback their thoughts on the application via on-line surveys. The Autodesk Architectural Desktop Customer Council registration process involves
AutoCAD
Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) have posted the AutoCAD Wish-list candidates. The wish-list is presented to Autodesk during the AUGI AGM held at Autodesk University. It’s your chance to vote and make your wishes known! AutoCAD Wish List Ballot - Autodesk User Group International (Requires free AUGI registration)
ActiveWords
It may appear that this “CAD Blog” has been taken over by an ActiveWords meme. The articles started as one short post. Over time the draft grew to be too large for a single post so I decided to break it up. I was going to release them over a
ActiveWords
Continued from ActiveWords Part 4 So far ActiveWords has saved me about 3.7 hours work in 78 days. How do I know? ActiveWords keeps a log of it’s use and gives a productivity report. Maybe 3.7 hours doesn’t sound a huge amount but this is while