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
There’s a handy App to manage your installed Autodesk Exchange Apps! You can check app status, install updates, access help, uninstall and rate them from one dialog. Get Autodesk Exchange App Manager free from the Autodesk Exchange website. UPDATE 2012-06-3: Must add, this is currently for AutoCAD
Never thought of antique TV game shows as source of economic inflation comparison. I grazed into a TVNZ Heartland repeat of an early 80s "It's in the Bag". A contestant turned down $800 and took the bag. She won: - Zip Appliance Package: Toaster, Jug & sandwich
I think I stole the title from an old Citroën 2CV advert: “All the car you actually need”? The Tata Nano hasn’t quite hit the sales predictions but cheap doesn’t have to mean bad, simple is clever. As I said when it launched, this little car really embodies
Aviation
I looked up knowing a Boeing 787 Dreamliner was somewhere in New Zealand. I even knew earlier in the day @dannews had been fortunate enough to fly to Christchurch in it. Immediately above a sleek twin engine jet was passing over glinting in the sunset. It's hard to
Very clever Fiat brilliantly punks VW on Google Street View | Technically Incorrect - CNET News Fiat workers notice a Street View car filming in their area. So one staff member decides to drive right up to the door of VW's nearby headquarters and park a Fiat 500 there…
SnagIt
I can’t imagine working without Snagit but faced that horror last night. How I broke it I had CAD application publishing (digital print to DWF file) and was editing some captures while it was working. The computer was occasionally a bit slow as the publishing consumed chunks of processor
When I heard Lawrence Krauss, author of A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing, was giving a lecture at The University of Auckland I had to be there. I’ve always regretted missing Richard Feynman’s 1979 Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures. I was 13 and although
* When: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 5:30 PM * Where: Jasmax, 2 Marston Street, Parnell, Auckland * Please join us from 5.30pm: * 6:00pm : Welcome and Introduction * 6:05pm : Presentation: Revit MEP Infrastructure Project (Revit MEP Technical Leader at Aurecon) * 7.00pm: Wrap up – Tips, Tricks & Open Forum Please RSVP
Siouxsie Wiles is a microbiologist and bioluminescence enthusiast who heads up the Bioluminescent Superbugs Group at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. I know her through the Auckland Skeptics in the Pub Meetup Group. BSG make bacteria that glow in the dark to better understand how to prevent and fight
I mean, even without the personalised plate, it’s obviously a: HUMMER
I’m not attending RTC Australasia, unless I win Lotto soon, but know NZ Reviteers busy preparing to attend and speak at this Revit community event. There is still time to register if you want to go: “With a few weeks to go, preparations are advanced for the Revit Technology
In Windows 8 Explorer is going to get a new ribbon User Interface which exposes a useful command buried in Windows 7/Vista (Love the ribbon!). Often you have a file visible in Explorer but need to add it somewhere which doesn’t support drag & drop. This is common
