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
Registrations have opened for the November BIM AK event. Always a good event, I recommend attending for both the speakers and networking! This is our final event for 2016, with more planned for 2017 - be sure to secure your place! Registrations are now open for the November BIM AK
End of year social event for 2016, note the new venue (not far from the usual one). RUGAkl End of Year Social Event When: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 5:30 PM Where: Windsor Castle 144 Parnell Rd, Auckland. Just up the road from the Jasmax offices at the corner of
I’d like to shake Carl Bass’ hand, or (and this is way out of character for me) hug him, for this tweet (below) soon after the first presidential campaign debate: Just to remove any doubt which candidate Carl was referring to this re-tweet and earlier tweet make it clear:
Way back in 2009 I wrote a spec for a design PC. It was inspired by the discovery of my 1980s design toolkit in the back of a wardrobe. + + + Long made obsolete by computers there are still some aspects of these tools I miss. Today Microsoft released a new Surface
A couple of years ago I wrote about a relatives amazing retirement project. After a lifetime of amateur and professional flying yesterday John made his last flight. Don’t really know the details yet, beyond what was in the newspaper report, but as with all aircraft related accidents there will
NZ Sketpics Conference 2016: Science and gravity
I read this as: Robin, discover ‘delete delete’ no point reading any further
Not all CEOs can be Carl Bass, bravo for saying this (screenshot below) (about Donald Trump)
With reality capture becoming an important part of CAD/BIM any advance of this technology should be of interest. Imagine a technology sensing physical geometry, human biometrics, even touch device input and speech remotely. Then imagine it doesn’t require any new hardware installation to generate this information, just to
The Fiat Bravo HGT was great fun on my recent East Cape road trip but there’s another Italian three door hatch which would be even better. In fact a V12 4WD Ferrari GTC4 Lusso would be just about perfect! In a way they are even distantly related*, can you
Time for another RUGAKL meeting, already! Note that this months meeting is hosted by, and at, BECA: Where: Beca Offices, 21 Pitt Street, Auckland (Enter through the main doors at the corner of Pitt and Hopetoun Streets, straight ahead to the Auditorium) Please join us from 5.30pm: • 6:00pm
If you are trying to assist someone troubleshoot any software or hardware problem knowing the machine configuration can be a big help. If you have AutoCAD installed there is an easy way to get it in a format that is easy to share. Start AutoCAD then from Command: GRAPHICSCONFIG click