Music
Click through for an awesome post from David Byrne about the work of C. R. Licklider. David Byrne Journal: 10.24.09: Internet Antichrist “The Internet, the World Wide Web, as much of a boon as it has been, has left an awful lot of wreckage in its wake, beyond
Aviation
They may have some 777 & 787’s on order for the long haul but it seems Air New Zealand are happier flying Airbus closer to home. Air NZ's fleet updated in billion dollar spend-up | The National Business Review - New Zealand Air New Zealand has selected Airbus
Comedy
I must credit Franco Folini, from the NOVEDGE - Rhino News Digest, with finding this delightful Kiwi Invention. In spite of having visited Dunedin several times, and cycling around it a fair bit, I have never seen an Anti Gravity Cruiser. Perhaps I didn’t look up often enough! Click through
AutoCAD
I was checking some changes on my blog this evening and the Autodesk Exchange sidebar component caught my eye. It says Shaan Hurley, but I think its Travis? * This will probably only make sense to a few CAD bloggers, who were in San Francisco last February, and some guy called
Hardly Oscar material but chasing/avaoiding a puppy while filming isn’t that easy. Is there an iPhone SteadyCam app? Alfie fetching, sort of, a slipper bigger than him Playing chase including through the holes between the couch
Jack's post has nice images but this is a video tour. Would be a fine place to stop off on the way to the real factory… Yas Island | Ferrari World | Abu Dhabi “Opening in 2010, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is set to be the world’s largest indoor
In a few easy steps: Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Windows 7 Upgrade Scenarios: Scenario 2: Upgrade from 32-bit Windows Vista/XP to 64-bit Windows 7 While there were once valid reasons for skipping 64-bit versions of Windows, those reasons have disappeared over the past
CAD and BIM General
The Computer Integrated Construction Research Program at Pennsylvania State University (phew!) have produced a comprehensive guide to implementing any scale BIM project. I found it last week, thanks to James Vandezande, and showed it at the last Revit User Group Auckland meeting. The “total lifecycle” aspect of the guide interests
Cool Hardware
Would be a fine place to stop off on the way to the real factory… Yas Island | Ferrari World | Abu Dhabi “Opening in 2010, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is set to be the world’s largest indoor theme park, sitting under a roof designed in the style of a classic
Cool Software
Lots of little loans can make a big difference. Congratulations Kiva! Kiva.org: Kiva Lenders surpass $100,000,000! Around 2pm today (Happy Halloween for those in the U.S.), Kiva hit a major milestone: It's a wonderful accomplishment involving 584,189 Kiva Lenders in our first 4
Autodesk University
Dragos has 44 great tips for long distance travel but I’d add one more to reduce the need; 45. Don’t live in New Zealand, just about everywhere is a long haul trip from here! Dragos’s first tip is. 1. Make A Standard Packing List and refine it
Comedy
TVNZ 7 have a theme for their November schedule "In plain English" as publicised by New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English. I wonder if it includes: * Minimise your tax liability with a trust in plain English * Maximizing your rental income in plain English * LAQCs in plain English * Public
