I was browsing the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) site, saw a poster for a Boeing Above and Beyond Exhibition while cycling today, and stumbled upon an exhibition of one of my mid-1980s UNITEC (was then Carrington Technical Institute) Product Design Diploma Tutor’s work. Gifford Jackson taught
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the guns fell silent along the Western Front. The First World War had effectively ended. In addition to permanent memorials these Fields of Remembrance in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin commemorate this important centenary and honour
Enscape
I got a chance to try the latest Enscape3D 2.4 update Web Standalone sharing feature this evening and was very impressed. It offers a no plug-in model interaction very similar to the full desktop Enscape application or the previous .exe packages. The big advantage is “no install” as
Dynamo User Group NZ
Congratulations to all involved in organising/presenting the inaugural DUG-NZ meeting last night. A great turnout was treated to a mix of presentation (Amedeo Papi, who also created the awesome Dynamo Fern logo) and a workshop session (Monica Greco), hosted by Jasper Wong at sponsor WARREN AND MAHONEY’s
I wondered what change in ownership (earlier this year from Yahoo to SmugMug) might mean for Flickr and today noticed they are rejigging their free/pro user levels. Free users will soon be limited 1,000 photos, a few less than the 25,000 I have added there since 2005…
I nearly didn't go this way today, just to avoid crossing this SH16 roundabout, but traffic was light. Thankfully I saw a black car cutting across to do an illegal left turn (from the right/straight lane) in my "Take a Look" rear view mirror and,
Install the Microsoft Font Maker Windows 10 application from the Store. Then just write, with Windows Ink, these characters & symbols: Then these sample sentences: Adjust, if needed, a few simple sliders to fine tune: Save your writing as a True Type Font to use in any Windows application.
Seeing a green Fiat 132 in this Telegraph article reminded me of the first Fiat I drove. Although a slightly earlier model (and GL not GLS) our ‘family car’ was similarly rare, but not exotic, car in New Zealand. Although cheap to medium priced mass market cars in Europe Fiat
The first PC I owned had “a massive170mb hard drive” which was about the size of a large novel. Tonight I accidentally dropped 64GB memory (micro SD) in the car and heard a ‘clink’ as it fell and bounced somewhere. After 10 minutes searching I gave up looking as the
You think he'd* be more impressed, Revit 2019 running on a Surface Go! * Surface Pen and (small) dog for scale
I have seen reports of Magpies defending their nests from cyclists but had never encountered it, until yesterday! It comes from the tree on the left, on Oruarangi Rd, Ihumatao (near the Stonefields, Auckland Airport)
Why isn't there an official way to tell another driver to light up?
