EOS Magazine have details and a review of the Canon 350D. Its the long awaited successor to the EOS 300D. I just got a Canon IXUS which is a nice compact everyday camera but a 350D would be a great companion EOS 350D key features EOS 350D report EOS 350D
CAD and BIM General
This guy looks disturbingly familiar… For over fifteen years Roger Penwill has been drawing cartoons about computer aided design (CAD), having experienced the delights and hassles of using the program AutoCAD as an architect. Here is a selection of the CADALYST cartoons.... The Penwill Cartoon Gallery
AutoCAD Architecture
I’ve made up some MindManager resources for ADT Project Components as I required them to document our Project Standards. These are images and icons which can be used as Topic images and Map Markers (for filtering etc). If you are an ADT/MindManager user and want a set contact
TypePad
The TypePad Home Page has a new look. Its now part of the Six Apart site alongside Moveable Type, Live Journal and TypeKey. All share a nice new clean design. What's Happening On TypePad features lists of recently changed Blogs/Photoblogs and now shows thumb-nails of featured sites.
Cool Hardware
Google “Bose good bad” and you’ll find many passionate articles about Bose products and how good, or bad, many people think they are. Newsgroups host endless debates between those attacking and defending Bose. I own a few Bose products – Acoustimass® 5 speakers (AM5), QuietComfort® 2 Headphones and Wave® Clock/
Web/Tech
Some interesting stuff from computerworld.co.nz Telecom keeping a wary eye on Skype A third of NZ broadband users have Skype, telco says But thats only 40,000! There are still only 120,000 Telecom broadband users in NZ? I wonder what the total for all broadband is? Kiwis
Some of the best coverage I have found on the future of Fiat/Alfa Romeo after the GM settlement is at ITALIASPEED. Fiat reaction and Alfa Romeo/Maserati Future at ITALIASPEED.COM
Which is a little more than the $500 million first mentioned. So what now for Fiat? GM pays Fiat $2 billion - Autoblog - www.autoblog.com
Some outside trades stop work when it rains. Maybe no clouds = No office work? It’s tough concentrating on a computer screen when this is the view from the office!
Auckland
Just got home from seeing David Byrne tonight. It was superb. After great a short set from a local support band (whose name I missed sorry!) he walked on stage and said “It’s 25 years since I was last in New Zealand, some things have changed, I’m really
Sports
I thought this was a wonderful gesture from Francis Joyon. Link to full message on Team Ellen Website …I was hoping to keep the record for a bit longer, but it was not something that I put on a pedestal either. During the press conference following my arrival, I pointed
MindManager
Mind mapping is powerful, combine it with MindManger and its probably overwhelming the first time you see it. Nick Duffill has some great advice on how to introduce people to the concept of Mind Mapping...
