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Autodesk® VIZ Materials: Gilding the Lily Opening General Session Building Design and Construction Session AU kicked off for me with a 3 hour Viz/Max session with Ted "Viz God" Boardman. I'd been told by Rich Sales he would be good and he was. The focus
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Today I got registered and had one AU related meeting. Was great to be here early and beat the 1st day registration rush. Now people have the Id's you can see how many are involved. This is going to be the largest AU ever - over 4400 registered.
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Had a look around the MGM Grand this morning. By NZ standards its huge, 5000+ rooms, 170,000 sq ft (17000msq) of gaming. Have a nice room looking along the strip towards the Bellagio. I have tickets for a couple of shows, George Carlin and Rita Rudner, later in the
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Arrived at the airport in SF to find no sign of my flight on the board. Due to the storms out east it had been canceled and I was moved to a later flight. Not really a problem as had a look around SF airport and managed to read a
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Spent the morning in the city then went to see some friends I met cycling in NZ. Ginny & Paul live about an hour by train south of SF. I arrived to find Ginny preparing mountains of food. I had a lovely thanksgiving dinner with them, family and a friend.
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After an early start - even managed the hotel breakfast that ends at 9:00 for the first time - called Shaan Hurley and arranged a visit to Autodesk. They are in San Rafael which is north of the bridge which presented a slight problem as I haven't
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Woke late again, not sure if this is jet lag or just being lazy. I suspect lazy... Was another great day and decided to tick of another tourist trail must see. Went to Alcatraz and it was well worth the trip. You buy a ticket but can stay as long
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Apparently it was cold this morning but I don't know as slept in. About 10am I picked up a rental bike and headed for Golden Gate. Needed some film so popped into a camera shop near where I'm staying. The Chinese owner asked if I was
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Made it to SF OK although think have had my xray dose - I went thru 8 scans and one complete bag search (at check in at Auckland would you believe). LA was very busy but waiting in line was entertaining as they were filming some reality show (3 camera
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Just getting the "It's actually happening" feeling for the Autodesk University trip. It seems like months since I booked because it is! I leave on Saturday for as have some time in San Francisco before the main event. Will be posting travel notes to the CAD
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Dr. Lynn Allen has another video on-line for Autodesk University attendees. Do you have AUOS? Get a diagnosis from "Dr. Lynn Allen" (Windows Media Player) The first in this series was: How to Avoid "AUOS" (Autodesk University Overwhelm Syndrome) (Windows Media Player)
Often hear people say that Monorail would be one solution to adding capacity to existing corridors. "Just put a Monorail along the motorways..." but what would it cost? This is a very simple calculation is based on Las Vegas new Monorail that cost approximately us$87 (NZ$134)
