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
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I laughed when I saw this quote from the former Chrysler chief: "I think Chrysler is where it is because of what we were able to do." Seems it provoked another reaction from the author of this article in The Detroit News: Bob Nardelli's 'reign
I blame those “it’s not a target” adverts. Why are people dawdling along at limit –20 on the motorway when there is no reason to do so? It may not be a target but it should be a goal!
As I write, according to the countdown on Shaan Hurley’s blog, it is a mere fifty six days and five hours until Autodesk University 2011, Las Vegas, begins. However another deadline is approaching rapidly if you are thinking of attending and haven’t registered yet. General Registration opened mid
James Allen on the life and times of a F1 engine. Interesting to see the Shell V Power Fuel I run the Flying Spaghetti Machine on (simply because Shell/Z Station is conveniently located on my commute) really might be keeping its valves clean… How to keep F1 engines healthy
A CAD geek walks into a bar… is not the start of a joke but just one of those small world coincidences that happens when you live in a small country. A couple of years back I went along to Auckland Skeptics in the Pub expecting to meet some interesting
Wed 28 Sept 2011, @Productspec HQ, 14 Holland Street, Wellington 5.30 - 7.30pm We've had a great response to our RUGWELL survey and Matt will run through the results. Collaborative BIM in Action, by Richard George (GHD) Richard's talk is all about his and GHD&
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My first reaction to “Autodesk Acquires Instructables” was ”Why would they buy an old Pixar movie?”. I then realised it wasn’t “Incredibles”, duh!, but still had no idea what an Instructables was. Phillip Torrone’s post on Make, which I found via tenlinks.com, is a nice summary of
Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 5:30 PM Jasmax, 2 Marston Street, Auckland BIM Estimation, Bills of Quantities and Tender info with Revit & CostXThis meeting is not just for Revit users. If you share information with Tender/QS function or consultant who is not using BIM/Digital estimation please feel
Autodesk Labs recently announced the Project Spark technology preview. Based on a Revit Technology Platform Spark previews a simpler leaner Revit aimed at new entrants to the world of Building Information Modelling. Some might say, in a Jeremy Clarkson voice, this is a Limited Technology Revit with features aimed at
Awesome to see this concept of web connecting lenders with microloan recipients literally take off: [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/28413747 w=601&h=338] Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance from Kiva Microfunds on Vimeo.
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What two OE “Kiwi fullas” stuck in Australia made to try and win a ticket home for the Rugby World Cup: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLETRsaL8DA&w=560&h=345] And it worked although means they are returning on “The great crusade” Aussie Wallabies Supporters
Beyond the Paper, DWF Blog, has the solution to a problem which caught me out recently. During a machine update I attempted to remove Autodesk Design Review 2011 prior to installing Building Design Suite 2012 and got a C++ related fail message from the uninstaller. The details & suggested fixes
