Traffic Light Thoughts
It was after sundown and the dark VW Golf ahead was quite hard to see. It had brake, indicator and headlights that worked but there was no sign of normal taillights. After following for a few kilom...
Cool Hardware
Could Microsoft be about to out cool Apple? Will reality match the vision? Lets hope this doesn’t become Origami 2, remember the UMPC tablet that never really happened*, because it looks too good to fail. The video demo is cool but I wonder, how would it cope with CAD
I love Marks typograpical maps and art. This is the latest but check out New York , London and Amsterdam . Paris : Mark Andrew Webber This Carving of Paris was done in two months of working flat...
Autodesk University
Find all the coffee vendors in the vicinity of Mandalay Bay Hotel and have them watch this so I don’t get puzzled looks, or worse, if I forget where I am and ask for a “Flat White”! Notice it’s not sold by the gallon, doesn’t have “flavours”
This took me back to a discussion at the the last RUGAKL meeting about sharing models and ownership of data. Laura sums it up in a line, but read the post for context. dODDS and ENDS: We All Work For The Project... This past week, at the Vella Systems Customer
New Zealand
This is work related, I mean Progressive own 10% of TWL, but I’m just a consumer who wondered about today’s announcement (which I first read about weeks ago on this blog). It makes sense although some of the comments about retaining co-sited Woolworths, Foodtown as Countdowns post re-brand
No application is perfect but the question - "Is CorelDRAW Awkward" - posed by Vectortuts+ got my attention. As an unofficial support geek I’m sometimes asked about image editing and graphics. People use lots of applications for that at work, even (my nightmare) Word, but there is
It’s often said that running a car is more expensive than public transport. From 1996 – 2008 I travelled 178,000km in the mighty Uno. A few seconds in Quicken revealed how much it cost: Sum of Cost $/Year Fuel $12,479.49 $1,039.96 Other Auto (Insurance/WOF
Cool Hardware
Worth a follow if you’re considering anything Sony, in New Zealand Sony NZ Outlet (sonynzoutlet) on Twitter
It’s not that I don’t like Apple, just their “our way or no way” attitude and the fanatic devotees annoy (but not Phil, Matt, Adam, Terrance and other iFanatics I know!). I’m not really into cults, except one, but will change my mind if the evidence stacks
Comedy
Why I support SETI and why I wonder if it will ever work summed up in one image, but you have to click through to see it. The Search - xkcd.com
Although not exotic I know my Fiat Bravo HGT is relatively rare in New Zealand. Only a few dozen were imported in total, have been told maybe twelve of the Mk2 version I have. However something has happened which I’m almost certain will make it unique. It has been
