20 years of CorelDRAW?!
I haven't been using it for 20 years but CorelDRAW is an old friend. The first version I saw was CorelDRAW 3 (1992), the first I owned was CorelDRAW 4 (1993) and since then I've updated every few rele...
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It's a Vista problem, or is it?
In preparation for a presentation a plasma display decided that colour was all too hard and degraded into 2 bit black white display mode. The presenter apologised, while rebooting in an attempt to fix...
QotD: Tomorrow's Tax Day
Tomorrow's Tax Day. Have you done your taxes yet? New Zealand is a bit different but yes, returns done, taxes paid, thinking about the next lot. What's that line about two certainties? Death & Taxes? Suddenly taxes don't seem so bad!
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Autodesk Design Review 2010 - I'm loving this Ribbon
Although there are new features, which I'll cover in future posts, for me the major change in Autodesk Design Review 2010 (ADR) is the new User Interface. I hope I don't offend those who made the prev...
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Guillermo's 3D AutoCAD blog
Guillermo Melantoni - Senior AutoCAD Product Manager, Metal Bass Player Video Gamer - has started a new blog on all things AutoCAD 3D. I met him on my recent trip to S.F. and learned in addition to...
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Caring for Your Introvert
This is very good... Caring for Your Introvert - The Atlantic (March 2003) Via in a strange land
Vox Hunt: Cube Mate
Show us the person you sit next to at work. The rock star drummer seen on the far left here
Brian Edwards is blogging!
Media icons Brian Edwards and Judy Callingham are blogging as part of their media business site. It's pretty new but there are already some gems, the Easter Trading nonsense , and some nonsense, Paul...
QotD: This ALWAYS Makes Me Grumpy.
What one thing, without fail, puts you in a bad mood? When the Vox editor doesn't do what it promises, like the post I just added 4 images too but only one ever published Postscript: Putting Internet Explorer 8 into "compatibility mode" seems to have helped,
Muriwai still nice, even on a grey day
Muriwai is fun in the sun, but still has it's attractions as winter approaches. I thought the Gannets might have all gone back to sea by now but a few remain. North from Muriwai North from Muriwai Last of the Gannets Last of the Gannets
TypePad cross post testing
Alfa Romeo Style - 159 and Brera Coupe I had a layout problem with the cross post to TypePad of the Alfa 166 post. This is just an attempt to repeat it so TypePad can see what happened. UPDATE: The cross post is now on my test blog http://rcd.
Alfa Romeo 166 paranoia?
Alfa Romeo Style - 159 and Brera Coupe I saw an Alfa Romeo 166 on the motorway earlier this week and followed it for some distance in peak hour traffic. If you want a big saloon there are thousands of reasons why you should just buy a BMW/Audi/Merc,