Fiat 500 Abarth - Re-inventing a design classic
Fiat does small cars best. Abarth has returned to it’s roots, making Fiats fast. The Fiat 500 Abarth is nearly here. It’s small, it’s Fiat, it’s Abarth and it will be a classic*. Fiat 500 Aba...
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A couple of new AutoCAD blogs
From Perth, Australia, AutoCAD Guru Steve Johnson has started an AutoCAD blog… Welcome to blog nauseam - www.blog.cadnauseam.com This is the blog of cad nausea owner Steve Johnson. Expect to fi...
Fiat's little 500 grows up - Is this the real 500 Abarth?
Fiat’s new baby, gets teeth! I suspect this re-invention of a classic is going to cost more than nz$37,000 but will be a hoot it will be to drive. For a proper look click through to CarScoop...
Fiat sale to GM shock!
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Was the reaction when I saw this headline in my feedreader, then I saw the date. Phew, but why did it just show up today? Fiat set to axe...
AutoCAD 2009's Quick View Layout & Drawing feature
I was going to blog about AutoCAD 2009’s new Quick View Layout Drawing feature but now there is little point. Just click through to Donnie’s brilliant post and video to see these features in action:...
HD DVD is dead, the best format won!
It was compared to the VHS/Beta format war but in the case of HD DVD vs Blu-Ray Sony appear to have won! This time it also means consumers get the best format. It’s often said this will be a short liv...
QuadriSpace gets ribboned
Yesterday a press release arrived in my inbox from QuadriSpace. I’m not familiar with their product but the tagline on their site “3D Publishing Software – It’s 3D, it’s a document” explains it all. T...
Watch out Phil Plait...
This awesome video shows Wanderer has found the next Bad Astronomer !
Penn knows who'll be president...
From Crackle: Penn Says - Hillary Joke Predicts the Future
"Matt Writes" on a new User Inteface
Given the focus of the latest AutoCAD release , a new UI, I found this recent blog post interesting reading: Matt Writes - dezignstuff.com/blog/ : “The 2008 interface is only the latest salvo in...
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Outnumbered, a family sitcom worth watching!
If you want to see the most natural child acting on TV have a look at Outnumbered (TVNZ One Friday). It’s a family sitcom which is distungushed by letting the children improvise a little. The result i...
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Buzz Bruggeman & Robert Scoble see something remarkable at Microsoft
If it impresses Buzz and Robert I can’t wait to see what it is... Microsoft researchers make me cry « Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger It’s not often that I see software that really changes...