Automobile
When you discuss the “peak oil” problem, often Biofuel is mentioned as an answer. While it’s likely to be part of the solution this great post on the Tesla Motors blog explains why it won’t be the sol...
Automobile
Just weeks before the Bathurst 1000 , an event he won nine times, Aussie racing hero Peter Brock died in a crash while competing in a Targa rally near Perth, WA. It’s a great loss as. “Peter Perfect”...
Revit Architecture
Revit Building 9 , Revit Structure 3 and Robobat ROBOT Millennium were featured in the recent Salesoft “Roadshow”. The demo showed a building in Revit Building/Structure and ROBOT Millennium analysis...
CAD and BIM General
The link below has the details of my recent, unexpected, investment to assist in developing a world leading 3D digital graphics content industry in New Zealand. Ok, it’s not just me as via the Governm...
Automobile
Seeing this photo on Autoblog reminded me… When I first saw the Mercedes CLS at the San Francisco Motorshow I couldn’t believe someone would copy the rear end of a Ford Falcon AU. That was one of t...
Automobile
I only know of Alan Mulally, new Ford CEO, from Karl Sabbaghs book “Twenty-First-Century Jet” about the building of the Boeing 777 and some mentions on the Boeing Blog (which has been silent about thi...
Automobile
Fords new CEO will be a former Boeing Executive. Getting Ford back on track is a huge challenge, will it fly? Bill Ford steps down - News - CAR Magazine . Bill Ford is set to step aside as chief...
Automobile
This article is about one of my favourite cars. The tiny X1/9 was Bertone design at it’s best (seen here) before later versions were ruined by US spec bumpers. The X1/9 was often termed the baby Fe...
AutoCAD
Tracy Lincoln’s post comparing Portable Network Graphics, PNG image format and other image outputs from AutoCAD is a good reference and another reminder not to assume JPEG is the best format for every image. It’s great for photos but where there are large areas of plain colours or
Adventure South
I met Ginny on my first Adventure South (Island) cycle trip. It’s not uncommon for Adventure South’ers to return – I’ve just booked my 5th trip for March 2007 – and Ginny did, it was the first of several visits to New Zealand as a cycle, climbing, hiking tourist
DWF
I was reading Nelson Minar’s blog about how someone smart resorted to doing something the hard way because the easy way wasn’t obvious. The task was copying Favorites from one PC to another & the solution was re-creating the shortcuts by hand! Nelson showed an easier way(
Automobile
Steve Millen is bringing a Ford GT from the USA for the 2006 Dunlop Targa Road Race! Crazy fast Kiwi: Steve Millen preps a Ford GT for New Zealand road rally - Autoblog Crazy fast Kiwi: Steve Millen preps a Ford GT for New Zealand road rally - Autoblog We got a
