30 Years of the Metric System
I’m a bit late with this but every time I try imperial based CAD templates or look at database tables that must handle Imperial I’m so glad that about 30 years ago this happened. 30 Years of the...
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Comedy
If these things were taxed...
Of course with GST , most these things are taxed!
Automobile
Top Gear on the Fiat Bravo "Emotion"
Not a bad review but you never learn that much from “Launch Drives”. Funny how they are usually arranged to make the best of the product being launched. I do wonder about the model/trim naming. You...
Current Affairs
I don't care if [insert self indulgent celebrity name] is in or out of rehab!
I avoid “gossip media” in all forms. If there is a hell it’s 24 hour/day “E” Channel viewing however the rehab status of various “celebrities” seems to be impossible to avoid. It now seems to be regar...
Automobile
Oh no, I'm not a Fiat or a Ferrari!
Find your car personality here
Warehouse combination wok & satellite dish, next it's Etch-A-Sketch BIM?
Kiwi ingenuity + Wok = Bargain satellite dish? $10 wok keeps TV station on air - 22 Feb 2007 - National News - New Zealand Herald Why pay $20,000 for a commercial link to run your television stat...
Microsoft Live Support - Good start, but ever tried using your own forms?
I logged a support call for the I.E. window problem experienced after the Live Toolbar install and was impressed to get a response, from a human! The email requested more detail so I recorded a short...
CAD and BIM General
MindManaging your <strike>Day </strike> Year ~ Part 3 - Appraisal time with MindManager & Outlook...
This really is Part 3! Even regular readers can be forgiven not remembering Parts 1 2 which were posted in, um, August 2004! While the last line of Part 2 read: More to follow... I must admit I didn’t...
Shaken, not stirred! - Auckland just had a little earthquake
Was having a late’ish dinner and thought that’s odd, felt like the house moved back forth slowly several times… and it had! There was a Ricter 3.7 – depth 6km quake about 20:30, a bit later one of Ric...
A Kiwi who blogs for a living...
Back in January I posted in response to Franco Folini’s post: “Don't Quit Your Day Job to Start a CAD Blog” If you’re considering doing that this interview with Richard MacManus, a professional Kiw...
Cadalyst @ Autodesk World Press Day 2007
Kenneth Wong reports on the recent Autodesk World Press Day 2007 New Autodesk Maxim: Experience it Before it's Real - Cadalyst at World Press Day 2007 Company executives unveil new products and strategies -- including a sharp focus on digital prototyping -- at World Press Day 2007…. New
Windows
Windows Live = Internet Explorer dead, well a bit sick anyway
It popped up for days before I hit update… “Upgrade your MSN Desktop Search to the new Live Search and Toolbar” for all sorts of wonderful reasons. Perhaps not that wonderful as I cant remember wha...