20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
The file format of AutoCAD is DWG. Over the years I have heard it pronounced so many ways and I wanted to hear from you, and why.
Do you say the letters D W G? (That’s what I do.)
Do you say DraWinG
Or do you say Dwig and make me cringe when you do?
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today was the first official day of Spring. The vernal equinox apparently occurred (autumnal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere) with the sun’s position, but not necessarily resulting in an instant nice weather…
I read an online articles headline stating blueprints were dead. I would love that, but in reality I find that proclamation of blueprints being dead as a headline hard to believe at this time. This topic also started a flurry of tweets discussing if paper blueprints were really dead and discussing if hardware could survive some work environments.
I first saw this animated short movie being shown before a feature movie Wreck-it Ralph in November at the cinema but now Disney is releasing the Oscar nominated "Paperman" on YouTube for everyone to enjoy. It is very creative animated short which blended traditional animation and some complex computer animation methods resulting in an amazing retro style.
Not a normal reboot by any means but actually a new drive and starting from the fresh Operating System and rebuilding as well a performing a tech-xersism to rid the machine of evil bits and bytes. I had to reinstall everything to get back to where I was before my drive and OS decided to get sick or possessed by ancient evil spirited code for the past two weeks seriously hobbling my ability to work between crashes, lockups and blue screens. I am very rough on hardware due to all the unreleased technology I install and uninstall or the crazy things I research and try as well as travel incidents like last year in remote Northern Turkana basin Kenya and having to place my laptop on blocks of ice due to the 115+ degree heat, and then AU 2011 where static electricity built up from all the walking and I touched my laptop and the motherboard fried.
One of the biggest challenges when rebuilding your machine is knowing what your hardware is, what is installed, and what are you registration keys for the installed application.
I know many of my friends are in Vegas this week for CES and thought I would point out one of the biggest threats to your computer and network, thumb drives. You see them at all trade shows or even just laying around in public like the one I found at the gym.
Most of us at Autodesk “deskers” are spending time with our families and friends for the annual Autodesk week of rest and the holidays. This is the time of year I format my computer and backup and rebuild it after…
A fascinating look at Amazon.com by Gizmodo.com
”Santa's Real Warehouse” http://bit.ly/TMGeCo
Goal Zero Solar and their Goal Zero Nation is actively helping assist those affected by the East Coast storm “Sandy”, and those who continue to try to recover their lives and get needed power and fuel. Goal Zero Solar just this weekend have driven a truck full of Goal Zero Solar equipment to the East Coast to give away. They are also contributing one of each product for each purchased this month to help even more.
Autodesk has some of the most comprehensive health and wellness programs of any employer to encourage employees to get healthy using a carrot instead of a whip. Autodesk employees recently participated in the Global Corporate Challenge to walk, be more…