Auckland
I finally, third attempt, got to the “Auckland Skeptics in the pub” meet-up and it was great. About 30-40 people attended. A screening of “Here Be Dragons” was followed by a skeptics quiz and conversion over drinks & pizza. I met some interesting people, including some avid South
RSS Bandit
RSS Bandit, my favourite Feed Reader, has had an update. Apart from adding support for the Facebook news feed this release is mostly bug fixes and background work in preparation for a new Windows 7 version with a Fluent UI. It is well worth the, free, download. I’ve tried
Autodesk University
A few days ago Gregory Arkin celebrated post #800 on Revit 3D.com and included a visitor map (below left). It prompted a comment from this Kiwi blogger: “Hey, I have a problem with that map! Can you guess why?”. Today he totally redeemed himself with this post and accompanying
Cool Hardware
This is off topic but I thought worth sharing. Looking at the image (right) of Ferrari World, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi it seems a bit “computer render” but this is a photograph. The shrine to all things Ferrari was recently closed in and certainly stood out in the coverage from
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
