CAD and BIM General
Cold Fire CAD
Another new CAD Blog! Link: Cold Fire CAD. "The look in your eyes as you head for the door is a cold fire"
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Music
Maritime Crew ~ New CD
Link: Maritime Crew. The Maritime Crew is currently working hard rehearsing songs for their 4th CD. This is going to be different from their previous CDs in that all of the 17 songs to be recorded are compositions by Captain of the Crew, Rudy Sunde. Rudy started writing sea songs
MindManager
Merge MindManager Maps with Combine All
Today found another neat function in MindManager. I had done each of my AU Session notes as a separate Map linked to an Index Map. I commonly use this when a map grows too large to be easily edited or viewed. You can easily break a map into separate maps
Weblogs
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Since March 29, 2004; Total number of hits: 37310 Average per day: 141.33 Today: 480 In the last hour: 8 This week: 1532
Traffic Waves, physics for bored commuters
Written in 1998, this works, you can fix traffic (around you)
Solo
Ellen Macarthur averages 16.8 knots for 10,000 miles!
B&Q has sailed a staggering 10,084 miles through the water at 0710 GMT this morning at the end of day 24 [Ellen has kept ahead of Joyon's record since Day 7] of her solo record attempt, at an average speed of 16.8 knots. This
Customs Charges
I was looking at Customs Charges and although many things are now duty free in NZ (PC's have no duty - yeah) there are still some strange items in the list... Graphic equalisers ~ 7.5% Sarongs ~ 19% Metal detectors ~ 7% Electric hairclippers – for animals ~ Duty Free Electric hairclippers
Auckland
David Byrne to perform in Auckland
Cool, one of my favourite musians is coming to New Zealand and performing in Auckland. Link to Ticktetek NZ Website: David Byrne My Backwards Life. David Byrne (ex-Talking Heads) visits NZ with My Backwards Life tour. The founder, songwriter and "voice" of TALKING HEADS. For the first time
A Welsh View: Why You Shouldn't Lend Your Car To A Mate
Link: A Welsh View: Why You Shouldn't Lend Your Car To A Mate. Why You Shouldn't Lend Your Car To A Mate
Weblogs
Understanding and Reading a Blog -- John C. Dvorak
Maybe this is stating the obvious but if you are new to Blogs.... Link: Understanding and Reading a Blog -- John C. Dvorak. W ith five million or more bloggers out there and even more readers it is assumed that everyone knows how to read a blog, or how they
Cool Hardware
Sony VAIO U Series
I see the "Sony VAIO U Series" is available in the US which means will have English operating system etc Currently its not available in New Zealand but what is odd is that the Sony Style.com (US) website shows a U70 being used with the Auckland Harbour
The wrangling between GM and Fiat
I am glad that I'm not the only one that doesn't understand the current wrangle between FIAT and GM. AutoBlog's Steven Diver doesn't either! I like FIATs and have always owned them but having seen what GM are doing to SAAB, the