Automobile
Chris Bangle, the man who revolutionised BMW Design, has a new role as Creative Design Director. In addition to BMW he now looks after the design direction of Mini and Rolls Royce. Does this mean an end of the “Banglisation” of BMW? Top Gear have an interview with new Chief
Automobile
So how long before they respond, new tyres and new car for Bahrain? BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Bridgestone accepts Ferrari blame Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone has admitted that it is to blame for Ferrari's poor showing in Malaysia…. UPDATE: 24–03–05: www.italiaspeed.com report that Ferrari
Cool Software
I found this neat free PowerPoint utility after seeing someone with the wonderful task of inserting and re-sizing lots of digital photos into a PowerPoint presentation doing it manually. Older versions of PowerPoint (up to 2000) have no way to do this and while later versions (XP onwards) can
Games
This is funny and a bit tragic, unless you are a credit card fraudster! I’ve noticed how little notice most places take of your signature but this tests it to extremes… The Credit Card Prank – How crazy would I have to make my signature before someone would actually notice?
Cycling
I took my bicycle to New Plymouth last weekend as found a road on the map that looked interesting. Egmont Road climbs from the coast to the Mt Taranaki North Egmont Visitor Centre. I had been up there by car many years ago but thought it would a good ride
Photography
No, not the herbivorous invertebrates with a segmented body and many legs! See RobiNZ CAD Blog: Millipede Memory
Web/Tech
No, not the herbivorous invertebrates with a segmented body and many legs… Terabit memory in tiny (really tiny) space, seems like the answer to storing multi megabyte Building Information Models. IBM lets Millipede storage out for a stroll | Tech News on ZDNet IBM tantalised chip aficionados at CeBit here last
AutoCAD
Today I got preliminary details of the New Zealand Autodesk “2006” product release in May. The Auckland event will be a “quiz format” similar to last years with a few changes reflecting suggestions received. A couple of years ago Autodesk changed the format of their release event to a “game-
Photography
How to make a pinhole camera out of your digital SLR The Canon EOS 1Ds pinhole camera Tired of spending heaps of cash on your lenses…
Photography
Seems compact digital cameras will be subject to the same price (margin) pressure as compact film so the manufacturers are looking at growing the Digital SLR market. I’ve recently got a compact digital camera and its great for “everyday” use but yearn for the control and precision of a
AutoCAD
Shaan has posted a neat video of AutoCAD LT being packaged for delivery. You tend not to consider the logistics of actually getting a product to market. Creating it may be mission but once that design/code/product is finished a huge team have to make it a reality. With
Music
From Greg’s newsletter today: Indirect from New Zealand to New York One of the most celebrated songsmiths from down-under comes up-over ..after 3 years in LA, we need some culture like a monkey needs bananas. Live @ The Bitter End this Friday 25th 7pm 147 Bleecker Street (between
