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
Revit Architecture
Christopher Zoog has a newish* blog focusing on Autodesk Revit, BIM, digital content creation and how they are changing the practice of Architecture. The REVITlution Hi, and welcome to my blog! I've always wanted to start one of these for Revit, so here it is! Seemingly random thoughts
Automobile
What do you think about the sport of Formula One. Tell the FIA in “The FIA/AMD Formula One Survey 2005” When I tried on Sunday the site was very busy & required a few attempts to get in. There are about 25 questions in total then you can enter
Aviation
Robert Scoble finds a pilot creating flight plans on a Tablet PC… Looking around airport I find a FliteStar : Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger
Film
Time have published the All Time Greatest 100 best films as chosen by Richard Corlis and Richard Schickel. Some of them are on my favourite film list but not always for the reason they’ve chosen; * Barry Lyndon (1975) * I read about the making of this, in a Kubrick Biography,
AutoCAD Architecture
Double clicking on sheets/views launches the rename/renumber dialog (below). Might just be me but sometimes this happens when you only want to open a sheet requiring the dialog to be closed. If you click on the icon (green arrow), rather than the name (red arrow), even multiple clicks
Design and Art
Yume No Chikara – Another unusual, but endearing, Honda advert about “the power of dreams”. Currently featuring on the Honda UK Website View the video only: Honda Dream - Wieden & Kennedy - Creative News - Brand Republic
Automobile
Yume No Chikara – Another unusual, but endearing, Honda advert about “the power of dreams”. Currently featuring on the Honda UK Website View the video only: Honda Dream - Wieden & Kennedy - Creative News - Brand Republic
Automobile
Engadget have a report on how Chip Ganassi Racing are using Tablet PCs and OneNote to capture & share race data. Fujitsu Tablet PCs and Microsoft OneNote at the Indy 500 - Engadget - www.engadget.com.
Automobile
Is this for real? The Irish News Online: Eddie Irvine ‘planning move to buy Jordan F1 team’ Former Jordan driver Eddie Irvine is reportedly planning a move to buy the outfit with whom he made his Formula One debut…. Update 22/05/05: Apparently not! Jordan Owner Rejects Sale Rumours
Design and Art
Ever wondered how those concept car renderings are done? www.cardesignnews.com site has step by step studio tutorials. In the latest Wayne Westerman shows marker & air marker techniques but they can be used with software like Photoshop/PhotoPaint – with much easier undo! Tutorials - Automobile Rendering with Marker and
Aviation
I wouldn’t think its a big deal but interesting to see this article in New Scientist which discusses one unexpected aspect of the new A380. The large number of passengers also increases the probability that there will be a medical emergency on a flight. “The A380 ability to carry
Current Affairs
Vicki Hyde, “chair entity” of New Zealand Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal Inc. (NZ Skeptics), has a short item on Sunday Supplement (10.45am; National Radio 21–05–05) this Sunday which may be of interest something coming up next week on Close-up (TV1, 7pm)
