Aviation
Landing at Courchevel Airport, France
Not the first time I’ve seen this airport but this video shows the approach really well. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNFNFZq2BFY&w=425&h=350] via A Welsh View
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Rant
What do TV adverts say to me?
I’m sure fortunes are spent by experts in the mind control they call “Marketing” and “Branding” but you wonder about the message they are trying to convey. Here’s what I get from watching them*:...
AutoCAD MEP
AutoCAD MEP - The Blog
Thanks to Miles’ HOK Green BIM Blog I found an AutoCAD MEP blog that wasn’t in my feedlist . Subscribed! AutoCAD MEP - autocadmep.blogspot.com
Autodesk University
My Autodesk University 2004 - 2007 on Flickr
I’ve been loading all my Autodesk University trip images to Flickr over the past few weeks. At a miserable 100kbs upload it’s a slow process! Click through to the collection if you’re interested! A...
DWF
A Twip?
I was configuring the measurement system in Autodesk Design Review and noticed a unit which was new to me. It was close to Point, the printing unit, so that was a clue but I’d never encountered a Twip...
Automobile
New Zealand, the Fiat 500 model range & pricing is out!
Fiat New Zealand have released the model range and price details for the Fiat 500 three months ahead of it’s release. Prices start at a recommended retail price of $26,990 for the Fiat 500 Pop 1...
CAD and BIM General
Mike Puckett interviews Lynn Allen at Solidworks World
Earlier this week I posted about a mystery person, actually Autodesk Evangelist Lynn Allen, being seen at Solidworks World. What was she doing there? Mike has the answers in this audio interview!...
AUGI
The Mistress talks money, actually it's the AUGI Salary Survey 2007!
Melanie has collected, collated, massaged and presented all the AUGI Salary Survey data. This time, in addition to the usual comprehensive article, she has also done a podcast! Read it and weep, or...
Automobile
Felipe Massa joins Schumacher, Alesi in the Ferrari Fiat 500 Club
Felipe Massa has a been presented with very special Fiat 500 Turbo. I remember remember reading Michael Schumacher and Jean Alesi also owned 500’s but theirs were the, slower, 1950’s Nuova 500. I wond...
Automobile
Boy racer (?) chases F1 dream
in New Zealand the term “Boy Racer” is associated with jerks that drive high powered road cars on public roads, badly, so I think Stuff have “stuffed up” using it in this context. Brendon Hartley is a...
Television
Can you be an "Extraordinary Ordinary" person?
In the current TVNZ Close Up Promotion Mark Sainsbury says last year they met some “Extraordinary Ordinary people”. If extraordinary is “Beyond what is ordinary or usual” and ordinary is “Commonly...
CAD and BIM General
Spotted at SolidWorks World?
Who did Matt spot at SolidWorks World? Why were they there? What’s next? “Autodesk aquire Solidworks” or “Solidworks acquire Inventor”? Matt Writes » Spotted at SolidWorks World This...