Fiat
This is good news for FIAT in our part of the world. The last FIAT sold in Aussie was the forgettable Regata. After a long absence they are returning to Australia with a limited range of cars. Even with our tiny market New Zealand has a far wider range of
Web/Tech
Seems like addresses pretending to be my net provider Xtra.co.nz are being used by spammers. I've had 4 messages today with dubious .zip file attachments supposedly from Xtra. All deleted thanks to Mailwasher. UPDATE: Have had bogus emails over the past few days from info @ xtra.
Film
Great review of one of my favourite films. It was supposed to be a parody of 1984 but in 2005 it seems more cutting than ever. Does fiction become reality? Film Recommendation: Brazil (Aaron Swartz: The Weblog) “if there were ever a time to watch it, it is now; it’
Web/Tech
Will the "Intel Inside" badge look like a blemish on a stylish Apple? Link: Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips | CNET News.com. Via Dave’s World via Scoble from 32000 ft. UPDATE 04–06–2005: Confirmed by Scoble: Skeptics can't believe Apple is
Design
ART ATTACK ~ Kiwi art & photography by Grant and Lesley.
Aviation
The A380’s six month delay explained: A380 delivery delay upsets SIA, Qantas - ATW Daily News “Chew [SIA CEO Chew Choon Seng] told this website that the delays "were due to engineering and electrical problems." Via Online Travel Review
MindManager
Goodbye to the current .mmap,and hello to new .mmapx, based on XML and ZIP. Sorry I made that up, no need to change anything as MindManager’s default file format .mmap is already based on XML and ZIP* so Microsoft are playing catch up! I got carried away after
AutoCAD
Goodbye to the current .dwg, and hello to new .dwgx based on XML and ZIP. Sorry, made that all up*. I got carried away after writing this post…. * It is true for DWF which is an open format that uses XML and ZIP as seen here
Web/Tech
Robert Scoble first hinted and now it’s out many others are blogging about the announcement that the next Office will use Microsoft Office Open XML Formats as its default. Goodbye to the current .doc, .xls, .ppt and hello to new XML based.docx, .pptx, .xlsx What does this really
Cameron Reilly & Des Paroz have a new podcast about “Personal Productivity”. Its going to cover methods, habits and technology that help you get through what you need to get done! The Podcast Network :: The Personal Productivity Show #001 Topics include Activewords* and MindManager and Microsoft Outlook and Acer Tablet
Weblogs
Ellen Finkelstein has posted a link to a post by Tim Yang “ 15 things you can do with RSS (it was supposed to be 10, but I got carried away)” but adds some more “ things ” of her own These include sug...
AutoCAD
Shaan has posted a useful conversion chart ( see right ) showing which settings to use to get a given precision in a DWF. DWF is capable of impressive precision but the default settings are rather low...
