Formula 1
The Formula 1 iPhone app is cool!
Watching the Practice from Malaysia with live timing on the free iPhone app from www.Formula1.com
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TypePad
New ways to search RRB
A new TypePad feature has prompted me to update the search panels which live in the right hand column of my blog. * “Search” uses a new TypePad engine and will return results from the blog. It can be sorted for “Best Match” or “Most Recent” and generates a RSS Feed
Automobile
Was the BMW 5 Series (2010) inspired by Alfa Romeo?
I stumbled upon this BMW 5 Series 2010 design gallery today. Is it just me that thinks the concept sketch below looks more like an Alfa Romeo 166, below left, than the resulting production car?
More views, more islands
More views, more islands, originally uploaded by RobiNZ. The peace of Halong Bay at dusk
My Road To BIM
From RobiNZ CAD Blog to RobiNZ Revit Blog
Occasionally I change the banner on this blog. Usually it’s just an excuse to show some photography but this month is different. The banner is completely new, the photo carefully chosen to mark the end of a long an winding road. It’s been, but doesn’t seem, a
6th Anniversary!
It’s blog’iversary time again. I find it hard to believe six years have flown by since that first tentative post. To everyone, everywhere, thanks for visiting, reading and subscribing! There are some cool changes coming up, but for now it is time to look back on the last
6th Anniversary!
It’s blog’iversary time again. I find it hard to believe six years have flown by since that first tentative post. To everyone, everywhere, thanks for visiting, reading and subscribing! There are some cool changes coming up, but for now it is time to look back on the last
AutoCAD
AutoCAD 2011, my pick of the new (and borrowed) features
It’s the time of year when Autodesk unleash new versions and AutoCAD 2011 is available now. It’s time to start considering the new feature set and decide what you’ll implement, or avoid. It’s about you, not the software? There is little point upgrading, even a single
Cool Software
IMDB iPhone App is cool!
It really bugs me when I recognize an actor in movies, or TV, and can't place where from. The solution is invariably found on IMDB and their new (for us outside the US) iPhone application makes it easy. Search for titles, cast, crew and more with massive amounts
The language of natural beauty
I should be doing other things but this film, Nature by Numbers by Cristóbal Vila, is a beautiful way to spend a few minutes (watch full screen): http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9953368&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=
3ds Max
It’s Autodesk 2011 time
It’s the time of year when Autodesk unleash new versions of their applications. I just finished watching a webcast announcing the AutoCAD, AEC, Manufacturing and Visualisation products. “With the release of these powerful applications, the 2011 Autodesk product line is truly the best-in-class,” said Autodesk President and
Excel
Excel Ribbon’y Office goodness
What’s that, you know, the thing in Excel where you can stop stuff scrolling…? It was Office 2003 so I had to show the Window Menu>Freeze Panes command and explain, demo, how it freezes rows/columns to the left & above the selected cell. That led me