The Warehouse Group Ltd
I wonder if Stephen knew I’ll need to download GB of cad software in the future? Pacific Fibre – It Had to Happen at diversity.net.nz “Anyone that follows the New Zealand domestic web space will have noticed a crescendo about international bandwidth…” “Announced this morning is Pacific Fibre,
I was listening to TV3 news in the car waiting to make a right hand turn into a side street as this story aired. A continuous stream of approaching traffic meant those turning left didn’t have to give way but several hesitated as if going to do so. It
In 1974 when New Zealand hosted the Commonwealth Games I was Eight. It’s a tribute to the graphic design that I can still remember (and regret losing) the pencil case, ruler, stickers and pens adorned with these icons. NZ Design Icons: 1974 Commonwealth Games | Design Assembly
AutoCAD
A couple of tweets between CAD authors @thecadgeek & @SWGeek (right) combined with a need to reprint a sheet, several times, prompted me to think about the paper wasted with CAD. I read the tweels and dreamed this post up while waiting for my car pool ride, how green is
AutoCAD Architecture
I was using AutoCAD Architecture AEC Space objects to mark up a site plan with hatched areas for parking allocation (below left). All was going well until, in the middle of an edit, they all changed appearance. Instead of colour coded hatch they had become a simple yellow outline (below
My Perfect Computer
Pop over to Engadget and check out their post. If it is a real product (Q3/4 launch date rumoured) it’s going to shake up the “pad” market… Microsoft's Courier 'digital journal': exclusive pictures,details, video! – Engadget http://www.viddler.com/simple_on_site/dec196af
Traffic Light Thoughts
On today's Sunday cycle ride I saw, within a hour or so, both a Porsche Panamera and a Maserati Quattroporte. One of them is an elegant four door with supercar performance, and the other is a Porsche.
Automobile
I remember hearing, briefly seeing as they flashed past, the Quattro Rally cars flying through New Zealand forest stages. It’s funny but all these years later, it’s why I think my Fiat, 5 cylinder too, sounds a bit Quattro! Watch this awesome video of Walter Rohrl reunited with
Traffic Light Thoughts
You drive like a hoon, You dress like a hoon, You sit at the lights revving the engine like it's a drag race, But you can't look cool in a Nissan Laurel.
TypePad
I had a weird Internet Explorer problem the other night. It would load some sites fine but others connected, then got no further than this message: “Website found. Waiting for reply”. The Waiting eventually timed out with a connection timeout error. It wasn’t the connection (other sites worked), the
AutoCAD
UPDATE 2010-03-05: AutoCAD Tips Contest is Extended to Monday March 15th, 2010 and additional CAD/Revit e-book prizes added. Like the earlier announcement, it will be closed at 12 PM Jakarta time. Edwin, CAD Notes blog, has announced an AutoCAD Tips contest. He has authored an Indonesian
Over the weekend Vodafone made a pitch for disgruntled Telecom customers with an offer to match XT contract exit fees with a matching credit to XT users new Vodafone account: Looking for an easy way out? - www.vodafone.co.nz/leave-the-xt-network/ It was reported as: Angry with
