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This is what I do in my spare time

25 February 2010 at 9:46 pm » Comments (3)

Fencing. With swords, not pickets, barbed wire, etc. I gave it up 25 years ago, then took it up again about 18 months ago. I now fence all three weapons, ...more »

Comment censorship

15 February 2010 at 10:25 pm » Comments (10)

I want your views on how much control I should exert over the comments that people make here. I've been led to thinking about this by a couple of things. ...more »

If you admire somebody, please let them know

5 February 2010 at 2:32 pm » Comments (1)

This post has nothing to do with CAD or the other subjects I occasionally cover. Last month, I unexpectedly lost two of my colleagues to cancer. Wayne was a loud, larger-than ...more »

Shorn Shaan – you saw it here first

17 January 2010 at 1:03 pm » Comments (1)

I was amused to see Shaan Hurley losing his locks at AU. Some of you may recall me suggesting this course of action a couple of years ago. How close ...more »

My first computer

14 May 2009 at 6:04 pm » Comments (8)

My first computer was a Dragon 32, which I think I bought in 1982. With a massive 32 kilobytes of RAM and a proper typewriter keyboard, it was quite advanced ...more »

Not another SpacePilot PRO review

17 April 2009 at 4:41 pm » Comments (12)

This post is not about the new SpacePilot PRO 3D controller from 3Dconnexion (a division of Logitech). This post is about the Internet coverage of the launch of that new ...more »

Buying 24″ monitors – is now the right time?

15 April 2009 at 2:27 pm » Comments (8)

I'm doing my bit to reduce the impact of the global financial crisis. Yesterday, I went out and bought a couple of new 24" monitors to replace my perfectly functional ...more »

Cadalyst lives!

26 February 2009 at 9:14 am » Comments (0)

I was happy to receive an email from Nancy Johnson this morning informing me that Cadalyst is going to continue. From March onward it will be published by Longitude Media, ...more »

Blogging = arrogance?

18 February 2009 at 10:22 pm » Comments (13)

Here's a quote from somebody I know: Blogging is an inherently arrogant concept. It implies that your opinion is worth more than that of other people. At the risk of offending all ...more »

A year of nauseam

18 February 2009 at 10:17 pm » Comments (1)

This is one of those awful self-indulgent blog posts you hate, so just skip it and read the more interesting stuff a bit further down instead. It is now a year ...more »

Interesting times ahead for Cadalyst

17 February 2009 at 9:30 am » Comments (6)

As many of you may know, I've been writing for Cadalyst since 1995. Yesterday, I read in David Cohn's summary of the history of Cadalyst that in 1991, Lionel Johnston ...more »

AutoCAD 2010 release date

13 February 2009 at 2:45 pm » Comments (3)

After my recent attendance at the AutoCAD 2010 launch, I have a few dozen subjects I'd like to blog about, lots of video editing to do, and not enough free ...more »

Let’s have your Autodesk University stories!

2 December 2008 at 1:40 pm » Comments (1)

I am an unashamed Autodesk University enthusiast. I'm not at AU this year, but if I was I'd be blogging about it like mad. I had all sorts of plans ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – How many people really are using the Ribbon?

25 June 2008 at 8:45 pm » Comments (5)

I was interested to see Shaan Hurley reporting the Ribbon usage figures from the Customer Involvement Program (CIP). Shaan's figures show Ribbon non-users at 46%, my poll results show it ...more »

The Ribbon Man interview – fluff?

13 June 2008 at 4:12 pm » Comments (0)

Looking at the comments, it seems not everyone is happy with the Matt Stein interview. If so, I'm sorry you feel that way about the piece. In my own defence, ...more »

Advertising, ethics and editorial freedom

25 March 2008 at 9:12 pm » Comments (19)

In a recent blog post, Roopinder Tara included this throw-away comment: Pure bloggers don't do advertising, so no worry about advertising pressure -- the secret and unstated fear of us all ...more »

Music – Top 3 Debut Albums. Number 3: Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin

9 March 2008 at 9:58 am » Comments (0)

For this review of my third favourite debut album of all time, I dusted off the trusty old turntable so I could hear it as it was originally heard. It seems ...more »

Thanks for the welcome

1 March 2008 at 8:51 pm » Comments (0)

A belated thank you to Kiwi Robin Capper for his welcome to the CAD blog world. Here's a snap I took of Robin at Autodesk University 2006: Similarly, thanks to Lynn ...more »

Blogger? Journalist? Whatever!

29 February 2008 at 2:09 pm » Comments (1)

Roopinder Tara has raised an interesting point about how different CAD vendors treat journalists and bloggers. Ralph Grabowski has responded with a "Who cares". Now you have more CAD blogger ...more »