Automobile
Wanna buy a cheap Mazda...
A Welsh View: Ship Carrying 4,700 Mazda Cars Tips Over
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Automobile
Fiat Panda/Grande Punto Abarth due in autumn?
Fiat seem ready to rev up the Abarth brand again with Panda and Grande Punto Abarth versions. Rumours, prototypes, have been on the web for months but Channel 4 set a date. It’s always mystified me why they bothered with other “GT” branding with the unique heritage of Abarth.
AutoCAD
Select Similar routine for AutoCAD
I love Select Similar in ADT (ADT 2005 +) and am mystified why it's not a core AutoCAD feature. Pick a selection set of objects, select similar and all matching objects are selected. Melanie (S) P has posted a lisp for AutoCAD that achieves the similar results. Mistress of
DWF
Old enough...
Old enough to remember real turntables, vinyl that scratched and replacing worn needles… Old enough to have purchased, and still use, a first generation CD player Old enough, that I don’t need to be reminded by a DWF Blog Beyond the Paper: Orbit versus Turntable “For people old enough
Automobile
Autodesk Inventor designs F1 in Schools!
A great way to introduce Design Technology and Formula One to young minds RobiNZ CAD Blog: Inventor designs F1 in Schools! This is cool, school students design a CO2 powered Formula One cars and race for a trip to the finals at the Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne, Australia. RobiNZ CAD
CAD and BIM General
Inventor designs F1 in Schools!
This is cool, school students design a CO2 powered Formula One cars and race for a trip to the finals at the Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne, Australia. I’ve been to this GP twice and it’s a fantastic event. The circuit is a short tram ride from Melbourne'
The Hulme Supercar
The Hulme Supercar project, unveiled in New Zealand last year, was recently displayed as a pre-production model at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and London's exclusive Salon Privé exotic car show. New Zealand-built Hulme supercar debuts - Autoblog New Zealand-built Hulme supercar debuts - Autoblog Supercars NZ
Corel
Experimenting with image formats for screenshots
Today at work someone asked why I sent them a Portable Network Graphics, PNG format screencapture image rather than JPEG. JPEG rules for photos but try other formats for images with limited colours or large areas of flat colour, like screenshots. For that type of image PNG, even 24 bit,
The sexiest car?
The sexiest car in the world is a...
The sexiest car in the world is a Fiat!
This just has to be good news for the new Fiat Trepiuno 500 (right) which arrives early next year. The 1957 Cinquecento, Nuova 500 below, that inspired it has just been voted the worlds sexiest car by Britains Top Gear Magazine. Even Sally, the sexy Porsche 911 Carrera from the
Aviation
Were Boeing just lucky with the 787?
An article in The New Yorker has an interesting view of the Boeing/Airbus battle. They say “you make your luck” and that’s true but perhaps it takes a little luck to “make it”. Boeing 787 & Airbus A380 are great products so is the difference foresight reading shifting
MindManager
Goodbye email newsletter
Mindjet’s regular Email Newsletter is well written, full of good tips and has links to some great template maps. Yet, tonight I un-subscribed from it. Why? * If you are publishing an email newsletter, offer an RSS feed as an alternative. You won’t loose readers, if fact you’