Lunar Eclipse
Not the clearest, a bit of halo and at the limit of IXUS zoom, but you get the idea.
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Moving AutoCAD Architecture Projects, even if Windows objects
This post, republished below the break, first appeared as a guest post on Shaan Hurley’s Between The Lines ~ Autodesk Blog. Shaan was visiting remote regions in Africa and enlisted some guest bloggers to fill the time he was off-line and save him from getting eaten by wild animals.
Bruce McLaren Trust back online
Great to see the revamped Bruce McLaren Trust website back on-line with impressive new site. An amazing historic resource and lots of information on the Trust’s activities. Bruce McLaren Trust - www.bruce-mclaren.com In July 1990 a small memorial trust had been formed to honour Bruce. Upon
Autodesk Exchange App Manager
There’s a handy App to manage your installed Autodesk Exchange Apps! You can check app status, install updates, access help, uninstall and rate them from one dialog. Get Autodesk Exchange App Manager free from the Autodesk Exchange website. UPDATE 2012-06-3: Must add, this is currently for AutoCAD
How things change: It's in the bag
Never thought of antique TV game shows as source of economic inflation comparison. I grazed into a TVNZ Heartland repeat of an early 80s "It's in the Bag". A contestant turned down $800 and took the bag. She won: - Zip Appliance Package: Toaster, Jug & sandwich
Tata Nano, all the car you actually need?
I think I stole the title from an old Citroën 2CV advert: “All the car you actually need”? The Tata Nano hasn’t quite hit the sales predictions but cheap doesn’t have to mean bad, simple is clever. As I said when it launched, this little car really embodies
A fine liner but not a Dream
I looked up knowing a Boeing 787 Dreamliner was somewhere in New Zealand. I even knew earlier in the day @dannews had been fortunate enough to fly to Christchurch in it. Immediately above a sleek twin engine jet was passing over glinting in the sunset. It's hard to
Fiat punks VW on Google Street View
Very clever Fiat brilliantly punks VW on Google Street View | Technically Incorrect - CNET News Fiat workers notice a Street View car filming in their area. So one staff member decides to drive right up to the door of VW's nearby headquarters and park a Fiat 500 there…
I broke my Snagit, then I fixed it - Snagit Editor C++ runtime error
I can’t imagine working without Snagit but faced that horror last night. How I broke it I had CAD application publishing (digital print to DWF file) and was editing some captures while it was working. The computer was occasionally a bit slow as the publishing consumed chunks of processor
Lawrence Krauss, brilliant about Nothing!
When I heard Lawrence Krauss, author of A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing, was giving a lecture at The University of Auckland I had to be there. I’ve always regretted missing Richard Feynman’s 1979 Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures. I was 13 and although
Revit User Group Auckland May Meeting Announcement - Revit MEP Infrastructure Project
* When: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 5:30 PM * Where: Jasmax, 2 Marston Street, Parnell, Auckland * Please join us from 5.30pm: * 6:00pm : Welcome and Introduction * 6:05pm : Presentation: Revit MEP Infrastructure Project (Revit MEP Technical Leader at Aurecon) * 7.00pm: Wrap up – Tips, Tricks & Open Forum Please RSVP
Invest in science, get your name ‘drawn’ in glowing bacteria!
Siouxsie Wiles is a microbiologist and bioluminescence enthusiast who heads up the Bioluminescent Superbugs Group at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. I know her through the Auckland Skeptics in the Pub Meetup Group. BSG make bacteria that glow in the dark to better understand how to prevent and fight