Science
The Simpsons & string theory?
String theory meets The Simpsons? How a fake word from The Simpsons ended up in a perfectly cromulent string theory paper – Sciam Observations: Scientific American Blog
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Automobile
Loving the road...
The “Love The Road” campaign introduced New Zealand to the Mercedes Benz C-Class using a magical combination of Kiwi roads, music by Joel Haines , stunning scenery and production values to match. They...
Cool Hardware
A Sony Walkman without SonicStage?
A sign of hope, is this finally a Sony Walkman (great hardware) that doesn’t require the terrible SonicStage software for file transfer? It’s only one or two gb but has an tuner records, with USB c...
Cool Architectural font by Lisa Rienermann
Type the Sky fonts by Lisa Rienermann : mirage.studio.7 A font created Lisa Rienermann while studying at the University of Duisburg-Essen, the alphabet is formed of the shapes of buildings agai...
Comedy
The Daily Show on "The land where they filmed Lord Of the Rings"
New Zealand bans political satire - America to the rescue America to the Rescue - Fear not, New Zealanders, you may not be able to sh*t... Fear not, New Zealanders, you may not be able to sh*...
On Vox: QotD: Best Road Trip Ever
What was your favorite road-trip of all time? Submitted by bodhibound. » Read more on Vox
QotD: Best Road Trip Ever
What was your favorite road-trip of all time? Submitted by bodhibound. New Zealand South Island Travel 2004. Two Weeks touring in the mighty Fiat Uno followed by a West Coast Escape Bike Tour with Adventure South. A total of 5600km driving and 300km cycling! See posts at: West Coast
Microsoft Tech-Ed New Zealand
I’d like to be going to Microsoft New Zealand’s Tech Ed New Zealand 2007 (13 - 15 August at SkyCity, Auckland) but it’s sold out. I’ll just have to watch the web, official unofficial, for news…...
CAD and BIM General
CATIA, the power of a napkin...
Kevin Roberts on Lovemarks, CATIA V5R14 CAD and the power of a napkin sketch… KR Connect: Learning from a napkin Anyone familiar with the birth of Lovemarks knows that my core idea about the futu...
Autodesk University
Autodesk University 2007, better value than ever!
The AU Blog has a new look as things rev up for Autodesk University 2007. With hundreds more sessions it’s time to get your justification together, if you haven’t already, for attending the best Autod...
AutoCAD Architecture
AutoCAD Architecture/MEP slow to start, or error opening a project?
The Problem; You have a problem opening a ACA/AMEP project or slow application start-up (I’m talking 10+ minute slow) on a given machine. This is specific to a user/machine and others using the...
AutoCAD Architecture
AutoCAD Architecture Customer Council feedback
The AutoCAD® Architecture Product Team run a Customer Council to gather feedback on AutoCAD Architecture. To date this has been in the form of user surveys on preferences and requirements for future v...