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
CAD and BIM General
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
Automobile
Coincidence is a strange thing. Today at work the lunchtime conversation somehow ended up being about an Aussie project to use hydraulics to store energy when vehicles brake, allowing it to be used to power them and supplement the engine. Its not a typical lunchtime conversation and I’m not
Weblogs
Business Week ran a story recently on the impact of blogging on business. It’s a good overview of what blogs are, how blogging and blogging tools developed and how they are changing the way business interacts with the public. They argue that blogging is as significant as the invention
Aviation
This would be a fun job, as long as it did recover! The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Have a nice day at 730 mph Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann has taken a Boeing 777-200LR jetliner above 30,000 feet and let it stall, testing whether it can recover.. Via planenews.
AutoCAD
I just got home from the Autodesk 2006 Launch & Design Master Quiz. This was the official launch for all the “2006 Release Autodesk Products”. On arrival you could join informal industry focused demonstrations from the Industry Solution Dealers. These were held in separate rooms but were open so you
Science
These should be interesting, available online if you cant attend. ROYAL SOCIETY - RADIO NZ E=mc² LECTURE SERIES May 4 - June 15. This public lecture series is being hosted in Auckland, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Wangarei, Timaru, Nelson and Wellington. Each lecture will be broadcast on National Radio at 2.
Science
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TypePad have released a Web Publishing Wizard which enables you to publish batches of photos from Windows XP file explorer direct into a TypePad photo album. Makes publishing multiple photos much easier.
Aviation
John Ewing has written a humorous story of his journey to become a pilot from novice to solo and illustrated it with wonderful cartoons. It also covers all the basic principles of flight. AVweb have a few chapters online and you can buy the book from John’s own website
Cycling
This is neat, a bamboo mountain bike! Bamboo MTB Frame - Brano Meres This is my second home-made frame. This time I used bamboo instead of carbon composite tubes…
Aviation
Searching my feeds for Fernando Alonso found this article. I was expecting an F1 story but this Fernando Alonso, test pilot and engineer, will be looking after the Airbus A380 Super-Jumbo. Size does matter The biggest passenger plane ever is taking to the sky. John Carlin tells the inside
Automobile
Michael Schumacher commenting on the San Marino Grand Prix… Schumacher said. "But he didn't even allow the most minimal chance. He didn't make any errors. It was impossible to pass him." Full article: ThatsRacin.com | 04/28/2005 | Spain's Fernando Alonso saving
