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
Chris Sayer (Mini Transat)
You may see Chris Sayer this month as he is back in NZ to promote Rebecca Hayter's book, OCEANS ALONE. OCEANS ALONE: Chris Sayer's solos adventures on the high seas By Rebecca Hayter, ISBN 1869504666, RRP $34.99, Release Date 24 May 2004 Interviews confirmed with:
You are going to hit an offset barrier at 40mph (65km/h), no escape... Is bigger is better? New Mini or SUV, which would you rather be in? Crash Testing: MINI Cooper vs Ford F150 For more information on the rise of the SUV have a look at this excellent
Cool Software
Out of 19,763 emails sent to me in the past several months 18,272 were spam (92%). Do I get a lot of spam or not many legitimate emails? Well, I get hardly any spam as I have Mailwasher. It lets me delete junk mail at the server before
Design and Art
These take a while to download on dialup but are beautifully done, worth the wait. I cant read the text, english translation anyone? Real or fake, What do you think? Go to Ugly Zoo
AutoCAD
Hans Grootegoed of CADPRO gave us an excellent presentation & demo of ProSteel 3D. This is a Structural Steel BIM & Detailing package based on AutoCAD object Arx technology. It allows modelling of the complete steel structure complete with all connection, splice and fastening details. The model can be scheduled,
AutoCAD Architecture
Is his Blog article, Workflow - Modelling, Beau Turner commented on how ADT had changed his workflow in architectural projects. In reply to a comment I made he asked how it had changed ours. Coincidentally, a request at work for a drawing change was a perfect example of how ADT makes
Auckland
There are plans to host a round of the V8 Supercars in Auckland City. This will be a street race which is getting a lot of comment from those who use the streets. I commute via this area daily but think that the benefits from the event will be worth
BlogJet
This is done with Blogjet that promises wysiwyg publishing for Blogs. Shaan Hurley found it and mentioned on his blog in the article Blogjet Rocks I'm trying it for 30 days to see if I like it, so far I do! It makes these things much easier: * Positioning
Web/Tech
Very nice version of the "Error 404 - page not found" message at Greenpeace.org Click to see their "Error 404 Sorry! We can't find that page" message
Weblogs
Robert Scoble Read the full article: Blog: The Four-Letter Word That Can Get People Excited About Your Products His blog is Scobleizer
AutoCAD Architecture
Got a nice surprise today when Rich forwarded an update to his ADT Pacifica Car Parking Tool. To create a run of parking you pick the type, arrangement and "measure or divide length" options in the dialog and then pick the kerb length in the drawing. Based on
Chris Sayer (Mini Transat)
"I have only just got back to Caen after 3 weeks away on 403 [his Mini Transat Yacht]. The boat got a good testing again due to the weather and stood up to it better than I did. I left Caen for Pornichet the Saturday that they decieded to
