Autodesk University
A tweet regarding a 3ds Max interview led me to this great article by Jeff Mottle of CGarchitect. It is an AU review “illustrated” with some interesting video interviews, including a recording from the Carl Bass Press Q&A session. Although I have covered the sessions I attended at
Kiva
I only just found, and installed, this but had to share it due to my ribbon affection. It’s a “game” that aims to improve your Office skills while you work. Read all about it on the Office Labs blog: Play Ribbon Hero and hone your Microsoft Office skills - Office
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Metheny
Ever thought a Solo performer, with a bit of automaton help, could sound this great? Pat Metheny’s latest project merges his performance with automated instruments to create a live solo live jazz group. Can’t wait to hear the CD, wish the concert was coming a bit closer. Pat
Great read on a summer day, originally uploaded by RobiNZ. I don't read much fiction, typically male I'm told, but have enjoyed Derek Hansen's "Remember Me". Set in Auckland in the 50's it is a bit before my time but
Outlook
Tonight I found, even when set to HTML format messages, my Outlook 2007 Mail Editor wasn’t making pasted links into clickable hyperlinks. They pasted ok but were not auto-formatted into a link. It was a pain as I like to check the link works before sending. The solution
Comedy
Due to popular demand, ok a couple of comments after posting this, these are available at RobiNZ Blog Store. Any profits from these sales will go to RobiNZ Blog Kiva Micro Fund Lending Team. NOTE: As I don’t have rights to reproduce a real product ribbon the CafePress image
This page has resources related to the whole Fluent / Ribbon user interface thing that happened from 2007 to 2009,10,11,12… The posts: General UI Related posts: * The Story of the a Ribbon – Links to the full story from Microsoft’s Office UI team. * Is the Office 2007 Ribbon
This is a bit embarrassing: Cleaning up my draft blog folder I found this post, written back in September, but for some reason unpublished! Wind your mind back to 09/2009 as you read… Jack Yan announces candidacy for Mayor of Wellington I can’t say this was a surprise
Pohutukawa, originally uploaded by RobiNZ. But you have to imagine the cicada soundtrack
CAD and BIM General
It’s hard to avoid BIM, even when you’re on holiday. I must admit the prime motivation for visiting the Maritime Museum was a recently opened exhibit: Blue Water Black Magic - A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake It features the 1995 America’s Cup-winning boat NZL32 – Black Magic
I only did one and it’s on the other blog!
