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
Science
Amazing. So do I... Martin Plimmer and Brian King take a look at the mathematics of the fluke in Beyond Coincidence Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | Observer review: Beyond Coincidence by Martin Plimmer and Brian King
CAD and BIM General
While Airbus build the "Super Jumbo", Boeing are going in different direction & building smaller, smarter, and more efficient aircraft. Who is right in this multi-billion dollar gamble? This Cadalyst article covers some of the CAD technology used to create the "Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner": Read
AutoCAD
Just got notice of this change for ADT, ABS, Revit users in New Zealand. Congratulations to Rich and the team at Salesoft CAD Solutions. • Autodesk Architectural Desktop • Autodesk Revit • Autodesk Building Systems Salesoft CAD Solutions have appointed a number of commissioned agents to act on their behalf to ensure a
Some of the earliest full colour pictures
Adventure South
If you like cycling, hiking, eating, and want a fantastic way to see the South Island of New Zealand this is the company for you. I have done two trips (Milford Wilderness & West Coast Escape) with them and will be going back for more! See the photos of my
Design and Art
Jill Perrott is a West Auckland Artist. She captures the wild rugged New Zealand West Coast including the Waitakere Ranges & its unusual black iron sand beaches near Auckland. I have one of her works; a view of O'Neils Beach which is one of my favourite beaches in
Chris Sayer (Mini Transat)
Message from Chris ~ 28-04-04: "I am in Pornichet getting ready for the 300Nm solo race that starts on Friday. Had a hell of a trip sailing here from Caen. Had to be here for the measurement date of the boat set by classe mini so ended up
Design and Art
Follow the development of the new Airbus A380, a 555-seat "Super Jumbo" airliner, with the "Airbus A380 Navigator". This site is packed with information on the Design and Production of the A380 as it progresses towards its inaugural flight in 2006. There is also a
CAD and BIM General
How can you share a really old CAD file for someone to print or view when they don’t have the software? Could make a DWF but the old legacy application doesn’t support them. I faced this with an old file I created in 1993 using AutoSketch (see screenshot)
Chris Sayer (Mini Transat)
I first met Chris in 1996 as we happened to work in the same building. I worked for a furniture company & he was a full time boat builder by day but spent every other spare second finishing his 6.5m (21ft) yacht for a Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race.
AutoCAD
The topic was the new release of AutoCAD 2005 hosted by Rich & Gary at Salesoft CAD Solutions. Covered the new features in 2005 including sheet sets, fields, interface, & editing enhancements. It was good to see what core AutoCAD can do but I think I’ll stick to ADT
Aviation
If this is accurate it seems like New Zealand is in the Americas Cup business again. There had been some doubt as its hard work getting the required budget but it looks like it’s going to happen. Emirates Sponsors Team NZ 28/04/2004 07:15 AM - Denise McNabb
