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
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
Design and Art
I recently learnt of this event which may be of interest to my Au/Kiwi AEC readers. The event is open to both Australian and New Zealand architects and particularly topical given the rebuild work generated by recent natural disasters. I just love the poster obviously inspired by Napier'
Today Autodesk announced a new addition to the Revit Platform: Revit LT. LT from a Spark? Remember Autodesk Labs Project Spark? An experimental simplified Revit aimed at individual users wanting to migrate from 2D drafting to Building Information Modelling. I tried Spark and found the feature set pretty complete for
I’m one tourist who sits, hopefully not grumpy, at work clutching a coffee mug remembering cycling the Golden Gate. I love the image and imagery in the words on Rowans blog, click through... The Golden Gate « Rowan Simpson This is my take on that iconic structure
