Flying Spaghetti Monster
Are you a Pastafarian?
Pastafarians, followers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Panda's Thumb: Flying Spaghetti Monsterism gets national press attention
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AutoCAD Architecture
Architectural Desktop User Feedback
If you use Autodesk Architectural Desktop you probably have some opinions you think worth sharing and ideas to improve it. Autodesk are setting up a new forum for ADT customers to feedback their thoughts on the application via on-line surveys. The Autodesk Architectural Desktop Customer Council registration process involves a
AutoCAD
Autodesk User Group International AutoCAD Wish List Ballot
Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) have posted the AutoCAD Wish-list candidates. The wish-list is presented to Autodesk during the AUGI AGM held at Autodesk University. It’s your chance to vote and make your wishes known! AutoCAD Wish List Ballot - Autodesk User Group International (Requires free AUGI registration) UPDATE:
ActiveWords
Isn't this a CAD blog?
It may appear that this “CAD Blog” has been taken over by an ActiveWords meme. The articles started as one short post. Over time the draft grew to be too large for a single post so I decided to break it up. I was going to release them over a
ActiveWords
More for less with ActiveWords - Part 5 - The Results
Continued from ActiveWords Part 4 So far ActiveWords has saved me about 3.7 hours work in 78 days. How do I know? ActiveWords keeps a log of it’s use and gives a productivity report. Maybe 3.7 hours doesn’t sound a huge amount but this is while
ActiveWords
More for less with ActiveWords - Part 4 - Living with words that are active
Continued from ActiveWords Part 3 ActiveWords watches your actions and prompts you to create an active word for repetitive tasks. It means your productivity increases as your wordbase grows. Using ActiveWords soon becomes so effortless that you really miss not having it available. It’s a good thing that the
Auckland
Clever Policing, Not
Driving to work last week I rounded a corner to find a Police checkpoint. Not certain but looked like a regular WOF/Rego check. It’s great they get dangerous cars off the road with these but this one was in a really stupid location. The checkpoint was on West
Skeptic
Creationism and brainwashing
David Saul, University of Auckland, comments on the re-branding of Creationism as “Intelligent Design”. Now, creationism, and brainwashing? | Public Address | Speaker “…along came ID (Intelligent design) and IC (irreducible complexity). These brazen pieces of rhetoric are alas, creationism dressed in a lab-coat and safety glasses to make it look like
Automobile
C-Sportlounge Stunner
Citroen continue to impress with the C-Sportlounge concept car. Takes the “stretched headlight” look to an extreme but it works! CITROEN C-Sportlounge
ActiveWords
More for less with ActiveWords - Part 3 - The learning process and some configuration tips
Continued from ActiveWords – Part Two I didn’t take up Buzz’s offer of a personal tour mainly because I’ve been too slack to get set up for Skype. It’s on the urgent to-do list right after procrastination. Anyway it gave me the chance to experience same introduction
ActiveWords
More for less with ActiveWords - Part 2 - So what does it do?
Continued from ActiveWords - Part 1 Well, I downloaded and installed the trial version of ActiveWords and started to use it. It runs for 60 days in trial mode to give you a good chance to see if it works for you. So what does it do? Imagine tapping a
ActiveWords
More for less with ActiveWords - Part 1 - How I discovered ActiveWords
Hobie (the Gnomedex 5 star from MindManager) blogged about some software called ActiveWords. He said it’s the best thing since MindManager as it can run applications, navigate the web, search and more just by typing keywords. I think MindManager is the best thing since… well it’s just the