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
Television
Do I care which High Density/Definition DVD format, Blu-ray or HD DVD, wins? Nope, although Blu-ray seems better due to capacity, but I know we don't need yet another format war. Lets hope one wins this fight soon before we have repeat of the whole
Science
"What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?" 120 answers, 60,000 words, all worth reading whether you agree or not. Link: THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2005.
Cool Hardware
Apple will be happy but can't image the folks at Sony Personal Audio are popping many champagne corks to celebrate their wins in 2004 Engadget Awards! Sony VAIO's did ok in a few categories but not my favourite: "U Series". Perhaps they need a
Web/Tech
I'm not an Apple user, so haven't ever used it, but the story of how the Graphing Calculator came to be is very cool: Link: The Graphing Calculator Story. Graphing Calculator 1.0, which Apple bundled with the original PowerPC computers, originated under unique circumstances.
CAD and BIM General
This is neat. A impressive demo application for 3d sketching on a Tablet PC developed by Cornell University Link: Cornell CCSL: 3D Journal. A long-standing dream in computer-aided design is the possibility of using freehand sketching as the language for interactive design. 3-D Journal Project is a
This would be good to see! Stupid Auckland City throws out V8's (and speedway) while Melbourne has Formula One in the Park and City... Link: Pledge steers F1 cars closer to city - National - www.theage.com.au. Pledge steers F1 cars closer to city By Royce Millar City
Weblogs
Not many compared to some but the blog crept over the 40,000 visit mark today! Total number of hits to Blog: 40146 Total Posts: 300 (301 now)
Design and Art
Perhaps those that think we need more shopping malls in New Zealand are behind the times. Malls require all that tedious walking when all you really want is more stuff fast... Could Drive-through Supercenters be the future? Perhaps but I think they have missed two important features of shopping:
Do we need a much retail/person as Australia? Link: STUFF : BUSINESS - STORY : 'We need more shopping malls'. A report finds New Zealand is under-shopped compared with Australia...
Weblogs
Nominate your favorite blogs for the 5th annual web log awards "Bloggies". The finalists will be announced January 20th 2005 and then you can vote on the finalists. Lets get some CAD related blogs in the final bloggies awards this year! http://2005.bloggies.com/ Via: Between the
Autodesk University
Shaan Hurley has a zillion Autodesk University 2004 Photos posted; Link: Shaan's Autodesk University 2004 Photos.
Design and Art
"Dilbert's Ultimate House (DUH)" has some great ideas (seriously, read the spec's) and the CAD images and tours are nicely done. Its well worth a look and some of the less serious suggestions are funny. This was my favourite: "Solar panels to power
