Weblogs
Blogs on TV
Jon Stewart on Cable TV on Blogging The Daily Show and Blogs ~ Crooks and Liars
Robin Capper
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
Comedy
Teenager In Pea Avalanche
First saw this on A Welsh View, yes its true… The New Zealand Herald ~ Teenager trapped under avalanche of peas A bored teenager was trapped under an avalanche of peas after he and two friends forced the door of a shipping container…
Comedy
Load > Counterweight =
Crane caught off balance ~ The New Zealand Herald
AutoCAD
AutoCAD 2006 CUI Editor Tutorial Videos
The AutoCAD 2006 Customise User Interface feature and its associated CUI file has provoked much discussion since the 2006 release. Shaan Hurley has posted video (wmv) tutorials made by Shawn Gilmour which introduce the CUI and how/what/why it replaces MNS and MNU files. Between the Lines: AutoCAD 2006
Automobile
Fiat posts a Net Profit - Thanks to GM
See what 2 billion euro can do - Autoblog - www.autoblog.com
Web/Tech
Kiwi Tablet PC Shock!
Toshiba advertised the M200 Convertible Tablet PC in large format advert in a major New Zealand newspaper! I can’t remember the last time a Tablet model and Tablet OS were featured. Is the the start of something?
Aviation
Air New Zealand - they say it'll be better in August, maybe
Air New Zealand are advertising how wonderful their soon to be re-fitted planes will be for long-haul flights. No problem with that but why are they doing it now! Although you can book these seats now all their current passengers are being told how wonderful it will be.
Comedy
Man 1, Bank 0 - Patrick Combs
I heard Patrick on the radio last week and vaguely remembered his story when it hit the media. Last night went to see his show, part of the Auckland Comedy Festival. Man 1, Bank 0 ~ A True Outrageous Story He deposited a junk mail check, for $95,000, as a
AutoCAD
Working with Autodesk Discussion Groups RSS feeds
As a part of a update last month the Autodesk Discussion (news)Groups now have RSS feeds. I’ve been using them for a while to monitor a few key groups which I used to visit in Outlook Express. I use RSS Bandit as my feed reader so what follows
Automobile
Max Speaks
Max Mosley on the current season, changes for 2006, after 2008 and the BAR Honda debacle Max Mosley Press Conference @ The Official Formula 1 Website
Metheny
The Pat Metheny Group Is A Jazz Dynamo
I found another review of PMG’s The Way Up tour, this time from Houston, which I hadn’t seen listed on the PMG.com site. After reading Chandrasutra’s review of the Toronto performance and now this one I’m almost tempted to max out the credit card and
CAD and BIM General
Will the Adobe/Macromedia merger impact Corel?
Rick Altman has an interesting analysis of what the Adobe/Macromedia merger means for the for graphics software market and how Corel should respond to it. I’m a CorelDraw user because the Draw/Paint combo does all I require, and a whole lot more, for far less investment than