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 chance to meet with fellow Reviteers in the Capital. When: from 5.30pm, Wednesday 26 September. Where: Productspec HQ, Ground Floor, 14 Holland St, Wellington Hope to see you on Wednesday 26 August, 5.30pm, @Productspec HQ. 15 NZIA CPD points are available.
I found this, true, tale of mistaken identity, wrongful conviction and the link to San Francisco history fascinating. Check out the bizarre links in the life of Joe Windred, onetime mayor of Orange, NSW in this ABC radio podcast. Stephen Dando Collins - ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler Stephen Dando Collins
AutoCAD
Edwin has a contest running on his CAD Notes blog. Be in to win AutoCAD Training Guides, Productivity add-on software and more. CAD notes giveaway: Win these prizes and be more productive! | CAD Notes We always want to increase CAD notes readers productivity. That’s our articles focus. And
Join fellow Auckland Reviteers at this meet up: When: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Where Jasmax, Parnell Auckland Please join us from 5.30pm: Please RSVP attendance, for catering & facility purposes via: www.meetup.com/rugakl $5 donation (receipt available) for Drinks and
Design and Art
Although I have spent quite a bit of time with the consumer/release preview editions I haven’t written much about Windows 8. To date I’ve only run it in virtual machines on desktop hardware. Although useful to try some Windows 8 features, review technical aspects and build familiarity
I'm catching up with old Dr Who so can start watching the current series. Thankfully this is just a mixed up DVR description and not a severe decline in plot standards for The Doctor!
I didn’t know Don Binney but his art, like “Swoop of the Kotare, Wainamu”, made my life better. Thanks and Farewell. Radio New Zealand : News : National : Artist Don Binney dies The artist Don Binney has died of a heart attack, aged 72. He was a professional artist, lecturer, and
I wonder if this, very cute, Fiat 500L commercial infringes any Apple gesture patents… : ) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y65nkvLwcI&w=640&h=360] via carscoop.blogspot.com
I usually hear Paul Thurrott on Windows Weekly podcast but this week he was in New Zealand for TechEd. This local podcast with Paul, & Aussie Microsoft MVP Alan Burchillis, is worth a listen for Aussie/Kiwis interested in the new wave of products & services from Microsoft. NZ Tech
AutoCAD 2013/AutoCAD LT 2013 SP1 has been reposted, with a further fix, as Service Pack 1.1 This Service Pack can be applied to AutoCAD 2013 installed as a standalone application as well as AutoCAD 2013 installed from the some Autodesk Design Suites (including Autodesk Building Design Suite 2013)
A while ago I decided it was time for a blog redesign. After considering lots of options, including radical change based on entirely new templates and a fun diversion, I have settled on some simple tweaks: * Simplified Font: “Lucida Grande” Verdana replaces Arial — and no italics except for quoted text
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFW5fgypGtY&w=640&h=360] via Boeing's 787 Dreamliner gets assembled quickly for Air India | @scoopit sco.lt/7W34xl — Joao Greno Brogueira (@topcadexperts) September 8, 2012 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Interesting to see the 787 uses conventional looking
