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
AutoCAD
Goodbye to the current .dwg, and hello to new .dwgx based on XML and ZIP. Sorry, made that all up*. I got carried away after writing this post…. * It is true for DWF which is an open format that uses XML and ZIP as seen here
Web/Tech
Robert Scoble first hinted and now it’s out many others are blogging about the announcement that the next Office will use Microsoft Office Open XML Formats as its default. Goodbye to the current .doc, .xls, .ppt and hello to new XML based.docx, .pptx, .xlsx What does this really
Cameron Reilly & Des Paroz have a new podcast about “Personal Productivity”. Its going to cover methods, habits and technology that help you get through what you need to get done! The Podcast Network :: The Personal Productivity Show #001 Topics include Activewords* and MindManager and Microsoft Outlook and Acer Tablet
Weblogs
Ellen Finkelstein has posted a link to a post by Tim Yang “ 15 things you can do with RSS (it was supposed to be 10, but I got carried away)” but adds some more “ things ” of her own These include sug...
AutoCAD
Shaan has posted a useful conversion chart ( see right ) showing which settings to use to get a given precision in a DWF. DWF is capable of impressive precision but the default settings are rather low...
CAD and BIM General
I’ve been interested in Nanotechnology since reading Eric Drexler’s “Engines of Creation” years ago. Tonight I found the Foresight Nanotech Institute Blog – Nanodot – which was launched in 2000! Nanodot Blog Home page: http://foresight.org/nanodot/ Nanodot RSS Feed: http://new.foresight.org/nanodot/wp-rss2.php Foresight
Web/Tech
So if you Google yourself and get no results, do you exist? View from the Isle - If I Google you, would I find you?
Weblogs
TypePad is getting a revamp to allow easier management of comments & trackbacks. As this blog is both hosted on and created with TypePad I’m looking forward to seeing the new features. At the same time BlogJet, my favourite off-line post composition software, is also getting an update.
Weblogs
TypePad is getting a revamp to allow easier management of comments & trackbacks. As this blog is both hosted on and created with TypePad I’m looking forward to seeing the new features. At the same time BlogJet, my favourite off-line post composition software, is also getting an update.
Web/Tech
If you had to tell someone how disk drives will be improved using Perpendicular Recording Technology which avoids the superparamagnetic effect it could be really boring or it could be like this: View the animation “Get Perpendicular” (Macromedia Flash + Sound Required) You’ll learn about Perpendicular Recording and highly effective
Current Affairs
In a post on “A Networked World” Earl comments on how Australia is drying up. A few days later the Sydney Morning Herald report even tougher water restrictions. The problem seems to be uneven distribution, rather than lack of water, since at the same time in New Zealand the poor
Design
Want to design a house I’ll be helping pay for… (in addition to my own of course). Design Competition For State Housing ~ Housing New Zealand Corporation DESIGN COMPETITION FOR STATE HOUSING – HOUSING NEW ZEALANDERS 100 YEARS ON State houses have been an important - and often iconic - backdrop to our
