A recent work trip meant my first chance to drive a Hybrid car, Toyota Camry, and it was revealing. Hybrid, or compromised? I regard hybrid technology as a poor compromise rather than the best of both worlds. An optimised internal combustion car would not lug heavy, expensive battery packs or
I’m not there so have been following AU virtually this year. John Evans & Ralph Grabowski have already blogged about the media day: Autodesk University 2012 Media Day Highlights | Design & Motion Live Blogging: Autodesk Press Day 2012 - WorldCAD Access Live blogging goes overtime: FormIt - WorldCAD Access
Some conspiracies are real
Mindjet have announced a revised structure for their “Mindjet” subscription packages which meet with a very mixed reaction when first announced. In addition to the full “Business” ($30/month) subscription there is now an “Individual” option. This appears to add the Mindjet desktop application, formerly known as MindManager, to the
I have a double dose of Autodesk University sadness to report: My favourite AU bag has worn out! I have used my Autodesk University 2005 roller backpack almost daily since collecting it in Orlando. All those kilometres, including several further AU trips, finally took their toll and the base stitching
The elderly (work) HP 2710p Convertible Tablet PC got a bit fatter today. It’s about 5 years old and had a slim extra battery pack which clipped on the bottom extending battery life from a couple of hours to about eight. I picked it up from the desktop dock
This photo was randomly selected as my desktop image today. Somehow, of all the photos I took there it was one of the most memorable. On a fine sunny day Alcatraz is a nice place, but only when you know you can leave on the next boat…
I bet this is sorted in Camtasia Studio 8 but I found a patch which makes more memory available to the older Camtasia Studio 7 running on Windows Vista or 7. I ran into problems producing a 1920x1200 production getting an “E_OUT_OF_MEMORY error message”. After applying the
Unfortunately I’m just an interested observer of the Microsoft Surface/Windows RT release. Microsoft chose to omit New Zealand from the initial launch which is mildly annoying. It would have been more so I hadn’t already decided to postpone any purchase until seeing the full Surface Pro due
Love this boat shaped wharf on the river behind the Waitakere Trusts Stadium Arena. There are steps down to a floating (when the tide is in) marina dock platform.
Cloud Computing
UPDATE 2012-11-17: Mindjet have responded to customer comments with a new individual package. See: Mindjet did listen - A New Option for Individual Consumers Recently MindManager, the premium mind mapping application from Mindjet, has seen some radical changes. It’s not the typical application centred change — like new feature set,
Alfie was just resting, on a cemetery walk, as were those around him.