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
A very Skeptical Month! Skeptember - Auckland Skeptics in the Pub (Auckland) – Details and RSVP at Meetup Join us for Skeptember where there will be drinks, discussion and fun. Our speaker this month Associate Professor Andrew Shelling from the University of Auckland. He will be here to talk to us
A few weeks ago I mentioned I was considering a redesign for the blog. At the time I made a few tweaks as realised a new ‘look’ would take more time than I had to spare. A few months ago I was one of many who helped crowd fund a
It’s not new but Flightsim X is still a great ‘game’. If auto mode doesn’t suit the article has some recommendations for manual tuning. Flight Simulator X: Game performance is slower than expected When you play Microsoft Flight Simulator X, your game performance may be slower than expected.
Until recently this was a boring raw concrete bridge pylon seen from the bike path which connects Henderson to the Corban Estate Arts Centre. This is a collection of iPhone 3GS snapshots stitched together in a click by Microsoft Live Photo “Panorama” tool.
AutoCAD
UPDATE 2012-09-12: The update has been reposted as Service Pack 1.1 UPDATE 2012-08-24: Posted on the download page today: “Service Pack 1 for AutoCAD 2013 has been temporarily removed due to a newly discovered fatal error. The AutoCAD team is actively working on resolving this and a new service
Congratulations to Richard Saunders & co on achieving the two hundredth episode. The Skeptic Zone Podcast - The Podcast from Australia for Science and Reason. The Skeptic Zone #200 - 18.August.2012 I have enjoyed listening, mostly while walking the dog, since I discovered it back in 2010. My
Automobile
Back in 2006 I blogged about a collection of articles by one of my favourite writers: Phil Llewellin on "The Road to Muckle Flugga"? - RobiNZ Personal Blog I referred to an article I still have: I think the finest piece is, the appropriately named, “Their Finest Hour”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKUrYf1z9Bg&w=640&h=360] Found via Sporting Fiats Club (U.K.) but thought worth sharing here
Alfie doing a Winston Churchill impression? (Although that is a Doggie chew rather than Cuba's finest export)
I was removing an existing Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium 2012 install prior to test deploying the 2013 version. Most of the components (AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor Fusion, Showcase etc.) uninstalled fine but I struck a problem with 3DS Max Design 2012. It failed as was unable to access a set
I read Tristan Jones’ book Incredible Voyage as a kid. It was a rollicking tale about a yacht voyage from the Dead Sea to Lake Titicaca. This adventure had everything from evading pirates in the Middle East, hauling a yacht into the Andes (chased by customs officers) and a voyage
This months meeting looks at collaboration between AutoCAD and Revit. EPIC Meeting #5, AutoCAD <> Revit, with Kerry Thompson - Effective Prototyping, Interoperability & Communication Grp. (Auckland) - Meetup This month we have Kerry Thompson of KTA and Triptech presenting from him vast knowledge of converting information between products
