Design and Art
I first heard this when it was uploaded in February 2016 but it’s timely to share given the recent news of her death. I was familiar with Dame Zaha Hadid’s work but Desert Island Discs gives some insight into Zaha Hadid, the person. Due to copyright restrictions her
The new @Windows Phone 10 Build still has set-up screen gears that spin but don't mesh. Pedantic perhaps, but not that hard to get right! ⚙️Comment from 2025: More symbolic of Windows Phone demise than appreciated at the time?
AutoCAD
Imagine the ultimate workshop… A place to think, dream, tinker and play with ideas that could change the world. Imagine it packed with all the design and manufacturing technology you could desire. Imagine the ultimate location for your ‘shop’: harbour side in centre of a beautiful city, a short walk
I’ve updated my blogs to a new responsive layout using a beta TypePad Responsive Theme Builder. Responsive Design lets the site to resize and reflow to a variety of screen sizes (below right). The old template just cropped the view and added scroll bars (below left). Responsive TypePad TypePad
Design and Art
I saw this lecture in Auckland and enjoyed it. Professor Marcus du Sautoy covered the influence of Maths* in music, visual art, design, and writing. I really went to see him present, as much as the topic itself, but came away with some new things to investigate. I hadn’t
I arrived back from Tibet to find some very welcome news from Shaan Hurley. Autodesk now provides students, teachers and schools WORLDWIDE with free* access to Autodesk software: 3-year licenses of 80 titles of the exact same software that our commercial customers use. Free Software for ALL Schools, Teachers, and
Design and Art
I don’t miss Windows XP but my current Windows 8 lock screen reminds me of that iconic XP Bliss background, with a twist. The sculpture is “Horizons” by Neil Dawson from the Gibbs Farm Sculpture Collection, Kaipara, New Zealand. This is a 2D visual illusion made of steel tube
Science
This is off topic for the CAD Blog but if you have any interest in science and/or art you must see: Radiolab Live: Apocalyptical and Amazing - RobiNZ Personal Blog
UPDATE 05/3/2013: Unfortunately I won’t be able to attend due to another event the same evening. Damn! Worlds of interest collide for the next Auckland Nerd Nite. Meet, greet, listen, talk, have a drink or two as Nerd Nite talks nanotechnology, 3D printing and analog computing. I
Business
Since I’ve been a customer I can only remember a couple of changes in Autodesk branding. They recently they announced a new logo so it is goodbye to the old: Hello to the new: Autodesk, autodesk, Autodesk, AUTODESK? I like the new logo but wonder about the uppercase text.
One of the most amazing aspects of this whole “blogging thing” is the unexpected connections it brings. Primarily this has been meeting, both virtually and in person, some amazing people like the subject of this post. Way back in March 2010 Edwin Prakoso ran an AutoCAD Tips competition on his
Although I have spent quite a bit of time with the consumer/release preview editions I haven’t written much about Windows 8. To date I’ve only run it in virtual machines on desktop hardware. Although useful to try some Windows 8 features, review technical aspects and build familiarity
