Automobile
Fiat posts a Net Profit - Thanks to GM
See what 2 billion euro can do - Autoblog - www.autoblog.com
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Web/Tech
Kiwi Tablet PC Shock!
Toshiba advertised the M200 Convertible Tablet PC in large format advert in a major New Zealand newspaper! I can’t remember the last time a Tablet model and Tablet OS were featured. Is the the start of something?
Aviation
Air New Zealand - they say it'll be better in August, maybe
Air New Zealand are advertising how wonderful their soon to be re-fitted planes will be for long-haul flights. No problem with that but why are they doing it now! Although you can book these seats now all their current passengers are being told how wonderful it will be.
Comedy
Man 1, Bank 0 - Patrick Combs
I heard Patrick on the radio last week and vaguely remembered his story when it hit the media. Last night went to see his show, part of the Auckland Comedy Festival. Man 1, Bank 0 ~ A True Outrageous Story He deposited a junk mail check, for $95,000, as a
AutoCAD
Working with Autodesk Discussion Groups RSS feeds
As a part of a update last month the Autodesk Discussion (news)Groups now have RSS feeds. I’ve been using them for a while to monitor a few key groups which I used to visit in Outlook Express. I use RSS Bandit as my feed reader so what follows
Automobile
Max Speaks
Max Mosley on the current season, changes for 2006, after 2008 and the BAR Honda debacle Max Mosley Press Conference @ The Official Formula 1 Website
Metheny
The Pat Metheny Group Is A Jazz Dynamo
I found another review of PMG’s The Way Up tour, this time from Houston, which I hadn’t seen listed on the PMG.com site. After reading Chandrasutra’s review of the Toronto performance and now this one I’m almost tempted to max out the credit card and
CAD and BIM General
Will the Adobe/Macromedia merger impact Corel?
Rick Altman has an interesting analysis of what the Adobe/Macromedia merger means for the for graphics software market and how Corel should respond to it. I’m a CorelDraw user because the Draw/Paint combo does all I require, and a whole lot more, for far less investment than
Automobile
Braking Conversation Coincidence
Coincidence is a strange thing. Today at work the lunchtime conversation somehow ended up being about an Aussie project to use hydraulics to store energy when vehicles brake, allowing it to be used to power them and supplement the engine. Its not a typical lunchtime conversation and I’m not
Weblogs
Blogs will change your business?
Business Week ran a story recently on the impact of blogging on business. It’s a good overview of what blogs are, how blogging and blogging tools developed and how they are changing the way business interacts with the public. They argue that blogging is as significant as the invention
Aviation
Have a nice day stalling 777's
This would be a fun job, as long as it did recover! The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Have a nice day at 730 mph Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann has taken a Boeing 777-200LR jetliner above 30,000 feet and let it stall, testing whether it can recover.. Via planenews.
AutoCAD
Autodesk NZ Design Master Quiz a great success
I just got home from the Autodesk 2006 Launch & Design Master Quiz. This was the official launch for all the “2006 Release Autodesk Products”. On arrival you could join informal industry focused demonstrations from the Industry Solution Dealers. These were held in separate rooms but were open so you