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Kiwis rush to Windows Vista?

Just heard that a few minutes ago someone purchased the first ever retail copy of Vista thanks to our time-zone and stores opening at 12:01 to sell it. I wonder why would you bother? I have no b... Read more →

A new BlogJet and a Coding Robot?

Apart from when I’m travelling, computer-less, every post seen on this blog since January 2005 has been composed with BlogJet - an off-line composition tool. BlogJet 2 has just been released but I’ve... Read more →

Creating a concept - The Mercedes-Benz Ocean Drive

Motor Authority have posted a nice video compressing the design, visualisation and manufacture of the Mercedes Ocean Drive Concept car into 90 seconds. It’s interesting to see the mix of digital and t... Read more →

What is a Mind Map?

Tony Buzan explains what Mind Mapping is and how/why it works differently to conventional list or line based notation. Via Chuck Frey Read more →

InterGooglenet?

Interesting article about what may become the Googlenet. I, Cringely . The Pulpit . When Being a Verb is Not Enough | PBS I spoke recently with an old friend who is a bandwidth broker. He buys and sells bandwidth on fiber-optic networks around the world. And he told me something that I found not completely surprising, but I certainly hadn't known: Google controls more network fiber than any other organization. This is not to say that Google OWNS all that fiber, just that they control it through agreements with network operators… Via www.gapingvoid.com Read more →

Recommended Television for my Swedish Readers...

If you’re reading this from Sweden, according to the stat’s 1 – 2% are, keep an eye out for the Kiwi movie Whale Rider . It’s a wonderful movie based on Maori legend and filmed at Whangara – a small s... Read more →

Thinking about quitting your job to start a CAD Blog?

I wouldn’t recommend it but I’m not going to argue with the ranking NOVEDGE blog: Don't Quit Your Day Job to Start a CAD Blog If you listen to the buzz about blogs and bloggers you may get the w... Read more →

The Warehouse Toon

Click thru for a brilliant cartoon from Rod Emmerson regarding the recent events. Rod Emmerson: The Warehouse for sale - 18 Jan 2007 - News cartoons Inspired by… Woolworths seeks bid permi... Read more →

If you write about spam it's detected as spam

I’ve written about Rick Altman and his Corel/PowerPoint related newsletter before . They good and always worth reading. In the latest he makes some fearless forecasts including a mention about the... Read more →

CAD/Software System Documentation with MindManager and Camtasia

Regular visitors may have noticed that I mention using MindManager and Camtasia for documentation . It’s difficult to share real content here without extensive editing to remove confidential informati... Read more →