Retail Design
It was ironic that I chose the Qantas/American Airlines option over Air New Zealand/United for the trip to New Orleans because the timing and connections in the USA worked out better and it was cheape...
Autodesk Labs
My dad is a talented engineer and can machine, weld, craft pretty much anything. I’m very much not a talented engineer but have always been interested in engineering design software. The hope was it c...
Skeptic
These are brilliant James Randi's Swift - April 20, 2007 Here’s the best of the additional submitted “collective nouns” I asked for last week. There were hundreds offered… A whiff of Aroma...
ANZAC
I’m in the USA today so there will be no local ANZAC Day commemoration. ANZAC Day - Memory of Private ERNEST THEODORE BOCK
I think it’s known as “Barn Dance crossing” due to the sometimes weird interactions of everyone meeting in the middle: All the lights are red Pedestrians crossing From all corners At th...
I’m currently travelling and unlikely to be on-line for a week or so. Feel free to comment/trackback but, to avoid spam pollution, they will be held for approval on my return. I don’t get a huge volum...
I’m currently travelling and unlikely to be on-line for a week or so. Feel free to comment/trackback but, to avoid spam pollution, they will be held for approval on my return. I don’t get a huge volum...
Revit Architecture
Just got home from the AEC Systems NZ Building Solutions 2008 Launch. I’d not seen 2008 Revit in action, got the disc not yet installed it!, so was good to get an overview of what is new. Michael Beer...
Sports
Finally the Louis Vuitton Cup gets underway and the poor TV One commentary team have something to do other than fill in hours of TV while nothing happens. Not a good result for ETNZ though. A tricky d...
RSS Bandit
It’s kind of weird using Dare’s software * to read about his home and dad . * RSS Bandit is now open source software maintained by a dedicated group of developers – http://www.rssbandit.org/ – b...
Auckland
Christchurch councillors are complaining about Transit ( New Zealand Govt Transport) neglect saying the funding is being spent in the North Island. Chch accuses Transit NZ of neglect - New Zeala...
I enjoy “Dodery Old Farts” blog but had to link to this post to highlight the fine work of Highway Refurbishers and to steal perhaps the finest ever line written about Piopio. A Night Out - Rest...
