Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
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Another football game
I went to see another Bengal’s game this weekend. I didn’t ask John to go with me as I was afraid he might kill himself on the stairs. To be honest the real reason was I actually got DeAnna to come with me. I’m not sure if that’s because I was going or because one…
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Test of new digital video camera: Creative DiviCam 428
As I mentioned in a previous post, I just got a new very simple (i.e. cheap) digital video camera, the Creative DiviCam 428. It’s not sold in the states, so I contacted a friend of mine who lives in Japan and asked him if he could pick one up for me. As luck would have…
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CADwire: Alibre to bundle Acrobat 3D
Just saw this story from Randall Newton at CADwire.net on the bundling of Acrobat 3D in every seat of Alibre. I get why it’s a big deal from a publishing standpoint (everyone has Acrobat on their desktop), but I’m not quite sure I agree with the point that Mr. Newton tries to make about this…
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Trying out Google AdSense
As you will have noticed already if you are reading my page in a browser (and not through an aggregator) I have added a few AdSense ads to my blog. This is less to make any money, but more to see how the model actually works. I don’t get enough traffic to do much more…
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Test of new portable recorder
.!. It’s raining toys in my office the last few weeks. I got my Creative DiviCam 428 in on Monday and when I got back in the office today, my Edirol R-09 audio recorder had arrived. I really like the size of it, the fact it takes SD cards and has replaceable batteries. It doesn’t…
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UGS Shape Search wins reader's choice award
Thanks to the reader’s at DE for all the votes. The recognition is appreciated! Desktop Engineering Magazine – November 2006 – Readers Choice Award
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Some competition for Google spreadsheets?
This is a really nice app and the guys at Google should take a look before they release their next rev. I really like the graphing features, especially the fact that you can get a permalink to any completed graph. Should make web based reporting, really easy. Online Spreadsheets – EditGrid
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What will drive the tipping point for the 3D web
Interesting post from Terra Nova about the key factors in what will drive massive adoption of the 3D experience on the web. It’s amazing to me (perhaps it shouldn’t be) how similar it is to the discussions in the 3D CAD world. First we need interoperability, then we need accessible tools, then we need a…
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The virtual car show
.!. GM is one of our biggest customers and this is one of the coolest things I have seen them do in a long time. I have been thinking about the idea of the virtual car show for a while, and it looks like they may actually get there. A few suggestions for them: Let…