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Smart Brisbane encourages Smart parking, Dumb Auckland doesn't

Brisbane encourages Smart parking, Dumb Auckland just thinks about revenue collecting. Why not encourage smaller cars in the city especially when you consider the probability of two Smarts in Auckland wanting to park in the same space at the same time is about zero? Smart parking 19.01.05 Brisbane City Council is the first local government authority in Australia to endorse legal parking of two smart cars in one parking space. Brisbane city councillor Graham Quirk told the Courier Mail: "If people want to go to the trouble of buying environmentally friendly, space-saving cars, we ought to be giving them incentives."... Read more →

Standards New Zealand to adopt XML

Standards NZ are moving to XML format. They have their catalogue now as PDF and in a database format with its own viewer but the move to XML is interesting. For AEC perhaps this means there will be potential to integrate & reference standards information directly in the relevant BIM object style/family. Computerworld - Standards body to adopt XML Standards New Zealand, the body that oversees the development of industry standards, is to convert its catalogue of more than 3,000 standards to XML… Read more →

The Fiat/GM thing

Autoblog and Just Auto have updates on the whole Fiat/GM thing… The GM/ Fiat saga continues: It looks like we will have an end to all this by next week when the mediation is over. Fiat still holds firm and it is expected that GM will pay…[cont on Autoblog] ITALY: Fiat extends period of mediation with GM over put option: Fiat SpA said on Monday the end of its mediation period with General Motors had been pushed back until February 1, but that it will have the option to compel GM to buy its troubled auto division beginning the following... Read more →

A true Formula One Star retires

Professor Sid Watkins is probably not a name many would think of when naming Formula One stars. His contribution to the sport has been enormous. After 26 years service he has helped make Formula One, a once deadly sport, far safer. Thanks “Prof”. Motoring - F1 stalwart bows out Professor Sid Watkins, who stepped down as Formula 1's medical head on January 20, leaves behind a far safer sport than the one he entered 26 years ago…. Read more →

More information on ADT Sheet Set DST file corruption

I have posted an update – as posted on the ADT Ng by Paul McArdle [Autodesk] - to my ADT Sheet Set DST corruption article. Its an explanation of the likely cause and recommended process to avoid the problem until a final fix is found. Link: Read my Updated Article Read more →

Airbus 380: It is an Airvillage

I like the new name, Airvillage, Boris Johnson suggests is more accurate than Airbus when talking about the A380 in an article on his blog. Airbus 380: This is not a bus, or even a tram or a train or ship. It is an Airvillage. Already Richard Branson is planning to fill his 380s with casinos and gyms and coffee parlours Read the full article at: Boris Johnson MP Read more →

Randy's Boeing Blog

Randy Baseler, vice president of Marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, has a new web journal. Not quite a what I’d call a Blog yet (no permalinks, comments or RSS feed) but looks like it will develop into one. Suggest Randy looks at Bob Lutz’s Fastlane Blog as a good example of corporate blogging. In the posts to date he reviews their sales in 2004 (inc 7E7 sales launch) and has comment on the Airbus A380. We will probably see both as Air New Zealand have 7E7’s (& 777’s) on order and the airport here has been altered to cope with... Read more →

Top Gear picks its favourite Cars

Top Gear (BBC’s motoring programme) picks its favourite Cars. Some you’d expect to see (Ferrari 430) and there are a few surprises; even a Holden (with Vauxhall branding)! What would I have from their list? Peugeot 1007, Ferrari F430 and Citroen C4 Cars of the Year - Top Gear Awards 2005 Read more →

FIAT Croma: Right this time?

Big Fiat's are not usually a wonderful thing. Probably the only exception was the FIAT 130 Coupe. The previous FIAT Croma was built on a shared platform also used, with various modifications, for the Lancia Thema, Saab 900 and Alfa Romeo 164 models. It was not the worst in class but was far from the best. Now they are trying again with the new one sharing a GM platform. Second try for the Croma name and you have to hope its more successful this time. It needs to be. Preview pictures on the FIAT Home Page. Fiat is having it... Read more →

Reduce Recurring Task Clutter

Nice tip from 43 Folders to handle those tasks that need to be done but not clutter up your to do list between time. Outlook does this when you choose “Regenerate new task [number] weeks after completion” as the recurrence. 43 Folders: The Beauty of the Recurring Task “A great feature for handling a lot of stuff you don’t want to forget about—but that you don’t want sitting interminably on your to-do list…” Read more →