Cloud Computing
Above you see me trying to make sense of the various data serving, storing and sharing services that Microsoft offer. Currently I have a presence on them all but use Live Mesh the most. The problem...
CAD and BIM General
OK, it isn't that secret but Autodesk Design Review is free and can be used for more than "Review". Here's a couple of real world scenarios; Can we fit "X" in there? Say you want try options...
Comedy
XKCD have posted this, slightly NSFW, guide to thinking Metric (click to embiggen). It's pretty good and is the kind of mental conversion I do when thinking imperial. In the USA I convert temperate...
GPS and Mapping
I like how Garmin have connected their, proprietary, MapSource GPS software to Google Earth. I tend to prefer editing my Etrex downloads in MapSource but like viewing them in Google Earth. Thanks Garm...
It was a holiday weekend here, Auckland Anniversary. This evening I went for a bit of a drive to try a new road, before the toll started, and to get dinner: See The Northern Gateway Toll Road, or 214km for Fush n Chups (from TypePad)
Auckland
I was watching TV3 Evening News and they showed the new Northern Gateway Toll Road, which opened yesterday with a traffic jam. It's going to be $2 each way and I thought " I'll never see it " for seve...
Aimee draws me
Auckland Viaduct A amusing cross cultural moment yesterday (Sunday, Jan 25). We made our regular bike ride stop at Planet Ice Cream * - Shed 20, Auckland Viaduct - and the lovely lady who owns the store was there. It's the first time this year we'd seen her and
Cycling
A amusing cross cultural moment yesterday (Sunday, Jan 25). We made our regular bike ride stop at Planet Ice Cream * - Shed 20, Auckland Viaduct - and the lovely lady who owns the store was there. It'...
Automobile
Fiat Blue & Me technology, based on Microsoft Automotive, has a green driving advisor based on data logged as you drive. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAqTumPR5N4&w=425&h=350]
CAD and BIM General
Recently I was clearing out a closet and found what was, a long time ago, my design tool box: + + + An A3 board, mechanical/architectural templates plus a handful of drawing instruments meant I...
ActiveWords
Since I'm new to Twitter I just made an ActiveWord for http://search.twitter.com/ . Now I type, or ink, "tws" then intiate ActiveWords. A dialog appears (below), enter the search term and my browser l...
