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
Another year has flown by and it is 2014. Time to look back at 2013 from a bloggy (not just CAD) perspective: Best Blog Event: For me the event of the year, blog’wise, was the Revit Technology Conference. It was an inspiring mix of education, inspiration, meeting new folks
Web/Tech
I saw this question on Twitter from Edwin: @EdwinPrakoso I chose One Note as got "free" with Office & @windowsphone supports — Robin Capper (@robincapper) October 14, 2013 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js I’m a OneNote novice, just basic lists and notes, but have used it more since
Glanced at the phone yesterday and thought it was that special day which brings the whole community together, commemorated with the exchange of material goods without payment. Then realised I had forgotten to change the recurring appointment and rubbish day (usually Wednesday) was deferred to today. Merry Christmas & Happy
Cycling
I haven’t done any serious cycling beyond day rides around Auckland recently. My last real distance was on a trip around the top end of the South Island with Adventure South just before Xmas 2012. As that trip came to a close there were discussions on what to do
This is off topic for the CAD Blog but if you have any interest in science and/or art you must see: Radiolab Live: Apocalyptical and Amazing - RobiNZ Personal Blog
I’ve heard all their podcasts—so expected the typical Radiolab brilliance—but this video of the Radiolab Live tour is amazing. I heard the audio version on Sunday and just watched the video. If you have any interest in science and/or art you must see this. Robert Krulwich
John’s Background Switcher is one of my favourite Windows Utilities. I found it after stumbling across his post about a search for new small car (which turned out to be a Fiat 500)! It randomly picks images from my Flickr or local machine and creates a new desktop image,
Autodesk University
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I couldn’t get to Autodesk University 2013 but won’t miss out entirely thanks to technology; both virtual and real. Autodesk University Online AU Online makes some of the the formal side of AU (Keynotes, Innovation Forums and some classes) available to all from the comfort of your office,
While Design Web Format (DWF) is better for drawings, and models, you sometimes still do need to make PDFs. If you already have the DWF the simplest way to do this is ‘print’ to PDF from the DWF file. Many machines already have PDF writers, installed by other software, but
Reading about the new MINI being larger than its already obese predecessor reminded me of this recent sighting. The Citroën AX was always pretty rare in New Zealand, to see one now even more so. Although the styling is incredibly Euro-drab, especially for a Citroën, the minimalist design is supermini
My Dad discovered Flim & the BB’s before I did. Probably in a Hifi store as they were popular demo disc in the early days of Digital. They were one of the first to use pure Direct Digital DDD technology on CDs. I’m sure the opening track of
