RIP AutoCAT
Back in 2005, while I was "kitten-sitting", my Aunts Birman kitten discovered AutoCAD . Sadly, Carlos was struck by a car last weekend and, after a brave fight to survive, died yesterday. RIP AutoCAT....
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MindManager
Goodbye Gaelen!
It seemed best to say it with a map
More than two thousand, Thanks!
I used to look at my blog statistics pretty regularly but now i don't often bother. It's not that I don't care but sometimes it's just better to let things look after themselves. However, today I foun...
AutoCAD
Strange mouse wheel "zoom extents" behaviour in AutoCAD
Had a weird problem today where, in addition to the usual double click to zoom extents, just pressing and releasing the mouse wheel would cause a zoom extents. Not very helpful as every mouse wheel pa...
A Peugeot 107 in New Zealand?
(from TypePad) This might seem an odd thought to any European or U.K. based readers given the Peugeot 107 (and it's Toyota & Citroën cousins) is a relatively common sight. However there is no mention of the 107 on the Peugeot New Zealand web site and, as
Automobile
Traffic Light Thought - I saw a Peugeot 107!?
This might seem an odd thought to any European or U.K. based readers given the Peugeot 107 (and it's Toyota Citroën cousins) is a relatively common sight. However there is no mention of the 107 on...
Rant
What of social networks, blogs when you die? Passwords in your will?
Twitter, Blogs and other web content make it easy to create content that becomes a monthly, weekly, daily or even more frequent record of a life being lived. But what happens to it when you die? I...
Kiva
Thanks TypePad!
i couldn't get Quicken to reconcile recently, then realised it had entered the annual TypePad hosting fee (as a scheduled transaction). It was out of balance as TypePad have generously waived th...
Science
The Simon Singh article that caused all the fuss, reproduced here.
In a worldwide campaign released today (29:07:09; 00:01 Aus EST ), The Guardian article originally posted by Simon Singh back in 2008, is to be republished across the world. The edited version has...
Comedy
The ultimate CAD/BIM accessory, a Fiat 500 Mouse!
It looks great, should handle ok but I wonder about the wing mirrors being a bit 'pointy" on your hand. What could be better than Revit AutoCAD Architecture 2010, running on a PC with Windows 7 64 and...
Automobile
Kimi will see how "The Pensioner", Michael Schumacher, drives!
I bet Kimi (or Fiat PR) didn't think Michael Schumacher would be coming back to Formula 1 when they made this advertisement! Felipe Massa's accident was terrible and I hope he has a speedy recov...
Formula 1
The BMW spin on quitting Formula 1
Yet another manufacturer does an abrupt exit from Formula 1*. Times have changed but the justifications for leaving; "Munich.The BMW Group will not continue its Formula One campaign after the en...