After 28 hours of non-stop flying/transit – Auckland, L.A., Denver – arrive at Orlando at about 05:00 am. I’d signed up for the Disney “Magical Express” Airport transfer. My bag took ages to appear on the carousel then I had go to another terminal to find the “Magical
Overheard this Airline staff comment, to another staff member, after about half the plane had asked… “They should make aircraft so every seat is a bulkhead or exit row. Wouldn’t fit many passengers in but would make our life easier”
Useful advice on buying Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs. Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (Chris Pirillo). Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (Chris Pirillo)
Rick Altman is a Corel & PowerPoint guru. In his February newsletter he shares a tip to achieve animated photos that are easy to change, swap out the image, without losing all the animation effect work. Don’t animate the photo, animate a shape with a photo fill! For details
Autodesk "DWF Evangelist" Scott Sheppard has a new Blog "Beyond The Paper" about everything DWF. http://blogs.autodesk.com/beyond_the_paper http://dwf.blogs.com (Posted from Orlando, Florida)
With the flack Telecom (NZ) have been getting lately over slow data rates for ADSL (particularly upload), New Zealanders may want to investigate other technologies like SNAP. This moves at a snail’s pace but clever use of DVD technology means high data transfer rates. Of course Blu-Ray will make
Ellen Finkelstein has a new AutoCAD Tips Blog. It's the same content as her site but, instead of being organised by topic, has the latest tips on a single page for easy reference. It's at: http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/autocad_tips_blog.html
Automobile
McLaren's new car looks stunning, lets hope the MP4- 21 is fast AND reliable. McLaren reveals new livery - pitpass.
It’s more than bizarre that only a couple of months after making the 28,000km return journey to Orlando for AU 2005 I’m about to do it again. Advanced Visual Technology are a U.K. based company and their first ever user conference is at Disney Resort – The
I’m thinking of getting a MP3 Player to replace my Minidisc Player but cant find one that: * Has enough capacity to take a reasonable amount of stuff – 1 or 2 gb is fine * Stores any kind of files – drag n drop – USB connection * Has a long battery life – 30
James Kendrick shares an awesome Tablet PC demo. I think my next PC has to be a tablet… jkOnTheRun Audio Edition #11- Tablet PC demo video The video was recorded totally on-screen using Camtasia Studio. Programs shown in the order of appearance in the video (WMV format, 1024x768, 17.6
DWF
I found this discussion group post by Scott Sheppard [Autodesk] interesting. He explains how DWF DPI (dots per inch) influences file precision, especially for measurement with Composer, and why you can set DPI to huge values, in image terms, without greatly impacting file size. Extract from Autodesk DWF Discussion Group
