Forest & Bird are rather polite regarding the Energy and Resources Minister’s desire to access resources locked up in National Parks and Conservation Reserves. “Fuck off” seems more appropriate. Forest & Bird » Blog Archive » Undermining NZ’s clean, green image Energy and Resources Minster Gerry Brownlee has his eyes
New Zealand Design Review was the journal of the Architectural Centre, Inc., Wellington. The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre have digitised issues from 1948-53 on-line. It’s a nice snapshot of some classic Kiwi design, both architectural and graphic (look at those covers!). New Zealand Design Review | NZETC
Revit Architecture
I’ve seen Revit do some odd things trying to output images but usually closing & re-opening the project will sort that out. Today a png image linked to Revit, which had been in the project for several weeks, suddenly went solid black. * Saving & closing, re-opening the
Automobile
While the new 500 is cute, I don’t think it’s a masterpiece… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mo_Y_Eh--E&w=640&h=385] The real masterpiece, the original by Dante Giacosa: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8XvqMQ0ee4&w=640&
CAD and BIM General
I don’t do “sales” demos but there are some useful tips in this article for any software presentation. I suspect I’ve been guilty of all of them! Stunningly Awful Demos: Five Things Not To Do in a Demo : The World Idea Hub Here is a collection of poor
Cool Software
Ok, it's a bit late for spring but AM-DeadLink - Download FavIcons and detect dead links in your browser bookmarks AM-DeadLink detects dead links and duplicates in browser bookmarks and text fil...
When I read this: Toyota's Historic California Plant Closure I remembered this fine example of “The Toyota Way” meeting “The American Way” seen in San Francisco earlier this year. No, the car has not been in a collision and there were no other mounting holes in the bumper.
Automobile
When I read this: Toyota's Historic California Plant Closure I remembered this fine example of “The Toyota Way” meeting “The American Way” seen in San Francisco earlier this year. No, the car has not been in a collision and there were no other mounting holes in the bumper.
I’ve driven countless kilometres pedalling one of these in a Fiat 128 Bello. The un-bustable 128 engine was one feature that made an old design (‘60s tech that was in production till the late 70s) a pleasure to drive. While there was which was dated by the end
Can Carol save Yahoo!? Does anyone care? I should since my ISP is partnered with them but my “care if it’s there” factor extends to only one Yahoo! service. I’d miss Flickr but search, email and other Yahoo! services can be easily done elsewhere. I’ve never used
If you could be the best at anything in the world, what would you choose? Answering questions!
Revit Architecture
Jasmax are regular hosts of the Revit User Group Auckland (thanks!). A few months ago they relocated to new premises which are an extensive renovation of a former warehouse and parking area! This ArchDaily features the renovation; design process and result. Come along to RUGAKL to experience it for real.
