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Comedy
Paul Henry, a car, superglue...
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Automobile
Green transport, not a simple as you think
The greenness of transport is subject to debate. Public transport might be better, unless the bus is empty which in peak hours could be half the time. Train can be worse for climate than plane - www.newscientist.com True or false: taking the commuter train across Boston results in lower
Business
Ponoko, made in the USA!
Kiwi based "personal factory" Ponoko now have a San Francisco manufacturing centre meaning your creations can be made, shipped, to US customers without crossing the Pacific. Ponoko takes the make/sell hassle out of getting your designs to your customers by providing web based manufacturing, costing and shopping
AutoCAD
Map of the day, for tomorrow!
This is my agenda for the Autodesk Solutions Day 2009 tomorrow. It starts out so neat but I know how it will end up. If you see someone scrawling illegible notes on a Tablet PC say hello!
Automobile
Goodbye General Motors, Hello Great Motivation (from Michael Moore)
I love cars but, I must admit, not any GM made. I don't always agree with Michael Moore but think his plan for GM's revival knocks anything the tired GM Executive presented to Obama for six. General M...
Automobile
Fiat get Chrysler, now what?
Chrysler get Fiat power train & small car technology, Fiat get Chrysler's US distribution network and maybe US plants which I can see the sense of having. You have to wonder if any more deals are in the offer to replace the lost Opel bid and give Fiat
Automobile
Bye Bye 1.0 Litre Ferrari
After 13 years 3 months & 9 days the mighty Uno 45s has gone. It has travelled 247,000km, 192,000 in my hands, but is unlikely to do many more. A recent WOF signalled rust that was un-economic to repair so the time had come to part. However,
AutoCAD
Goodbye MyFeedback, hello beta.autodesk.com
1,683 days ago I joined the Autodesk beta portal MyFeedback.com. Today MyFeedback goes off-line forever, to be replaced by a new community on a new platform: http://beta.autodesk.com I was just...
AutoCAD
Autodesk license borrowed from... gone! What now?
I had an AutoCAD license borrowed while upgrading the server to a new license file. Handing it back proved to be a problem because the lic had gone. A quick trip to the Autodesk Discussion Group revea...
AutoCAD
Revit User Group "Ribbonisation" presentation links
Last week I presented to the Revit User Group Auckland about "ribbonisation". It was a background to the development of the Fluent User Interface, otherwise known as "the ribbon", based on several presentations I have seen over the years. I suspect it was possibly the only
CAD and BIM General
Remembering Korea, Incheon joins the Digital Cities Initiative
This Autodesk press release reminded me of attending a conference in Korea back in 2006 . At that stage it was more about BIM and the new Songdo City , currently in construction. The next logical ste...