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Flying in QuietComfort - Bose QuietComfort 2 Noise Cancelling Headphones

I recently purchased a set of Bose QuietComfort 2 Noise Cancelling Headphones. I had read about them but got a chance to try them on a recent flight to the US as was sitting near someone who had a set. That brief encounter was enough to convince me to get some of my own for the trip home. The "Mark 2" version has all the electronics & battery housed inside the sleek ear-cups. Much neater than earlier versions had a separate control box for these. They are light and fold to slip into the good quality hard case, supplied for... Read more →

Review: Sony Vaio U70P Wi-Fi micro PC | The Register

The Register have a great review of the "Sony Vaio U". I already have the completely irrational desire; logic and commonsense on the window sill ready to fly, I'm trying to find a need for it! Link: Sony Vaio U70P Wi-Fi micro PC | The Register. "Absolutely everyone that I showed the Type U to wanted it, although no one had any real need for it. It's one of those devices that just elicits completely irrational desire - logic and common sense go out the window, and you're just filled with the desire to own one of these miniature marvels." Read more →

Amazon.com: 1 Click donation to Red Cross Tsunami Disaster Relief

Credit to Amazon for setting up a one click donation to the Tsunami Disaster Relief (via the American Red Cross). In addition to a personal donation the little bit of income from this blog (mostly earned via Amazon links) has been donated. If you can help its only a click away. Link: Amazon.com: 1 Click donation to Red Cross Disaster Relief. At least 50,000 people have lost their lives in East Africa and South Asia in the aftermath of the earthquake and resulting tsunamis on December 26. Thousands in Sri Lanka, India, Somalia, Sumatra, Thailand, and Indonesia are still missing;... Read more →

The Mad Cadder

Another new CAD blog: Link: The Mad Cadder. News and links on Autodesk Products such as AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, Building Systems and Revit. Read more →

Sauber Formula One car in Auckland

I made my regular bike ride stop at Continental Car Services today. It's always worth a look to see the exotic vehicles they have on display as I go past there when heading around the waterfront. Today was surprised to see a Sauber Formula One Car in the Alfa/Fiat/Ferrari/Maserati showroom. Worth the trip if you want a close up look at a fairly recent car (Salo's 99 car) but I don't know how long it will be there. Link: Continental Car Services in Auckland New Zealand. Holiday Hours: Wed 29 Dec/Thurs 30 Dec 8am – 6pm New Years Eve 8am-... Read more →

Asian tsunami arrives in New Zealand

I heard on the radio that the sea level at Milford Sound rose/fell 20cm this morning as the Asian tsunami passed. When you consider its something like 9400 km away it gives some idea of the power. Although far away we can help. If you are in New Zealand phone 0900 31 100 to make a $20 donation to the New Zealand Red Cross. Read more →

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" Read more →

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 using File>Send To>MindManager (as new Map). This moves the selected topic branch to a new map and creates a hyperlink to the new map file in the source file. You end up with a map that acts as an index for other maps. In the Multimap view below Map1 has... Read more →

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 Read more →

Traffic Waves, physics for bored commuters

I first read this several years ago. Try it, it does work sometimes and if you have a manual car, saves a lot of gear shifts... Traffic Waves: Sometimes one driver can vastly improve traffic.William Beaty 1998 I live in Seattle and my two daily commutes last about 45 minutes. (That's when I'm lucky; sometimes it's more like two hours each.) This has given me an immense amount of time for watching the interesting patterns in the cars. Boredom led me to fantisize about the traffic being like a flowing liquid, with cars acting as giant water molecules. Over many... Read more →