Antarctic sounds and not sleeping on ice | Antarctic Mission Log 06
A night that spanned decades
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Neko, Danco, Pingu, BBQ? | Antarctic Mission Log 05
You can never get enough of penguins
Kayaking, a landing and endless evening | Antarctic Mission Log 04
Now it gets real!
Drake Passage Crossing | Antarctic Mission Log 03
My first true ocean voyage
Ushuaia & Departure | Antarctic Mission Log 02
Meeting Ortelius, and following Drake's wake
Getting to Argentina | Antarctic Mission Log 01
Auckland to Buenos Aires, but not quite
AHBART gleaming like never before thanks to Final Touch Auckland
An interesting drive today, my first time in a Nissan Cube. I was a bit apprehensive to start with because it was an automatic, and I so rarely drive them, but still had three pedals. The third is a foot parking brake which would have been troublesome if treated like
U.S. get rid of one obsolete measurement unit, time for the rest
I only discovered the bizarre U.S. Survey foot after encountering it in a CAD file. I did the foot > metre conversion on an incoming imperial file and none of the resulting measurements made sense as were ‘a tiny bit out’. Turned out the file was actually created in
Antarctic Mission 2019
Antarctica with Dr Karl (via Ushuaia, B.A. & Iguazu Falls) Index
AutoCAD MEP
Can AutoCAD Architecture Projects live on BIM 360?*
A recent promotion announcing Civil 3D availability on BIM 360 Design had me wondering if AutoCAD Architecture (ACA) projects would work using BIM 360 Docs with the Autodesk Desktop Connector. If so it would be rather useful for legacy projects. ACA projects have some odd control files (xml but with
Cunning use of toe straps to help fitting bike tyres
This video shows fitting the Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres I run on my commuter (ex-gravel) bike. They are heavy, bullet proof, and with stiff sidewalls and strong beads can be a battle to fit. I knew the “wire in the trough” part of this demo but like how he used
Revit User Group NZ
The most bizarre Revit User Group experience ever!
I had a most interesting Revit User Group experience tonight. The topic, a panel discussion on “Shared Coordinates”, was good and prompted some great discussion but it was what happened towards the end which made it bizarre. We weren’t in our usual venue, tonight hosted at a street level