New technology tools constantly make me a newbie. Even technology that is easy to figure out make me have questions that I cannot answer right away. According to Wikipedia… Newbie (also said as nooby or newby) is a slang term for a newcomer… a somewhat clueless newcomer… It can have derogatory connotations, but is also [...]
A new search engine has appeared on the landscape… It is Cuil. Cuil was developed by a few Google “formers” who left the fold, got some investors and went it alone. It is interesting on the surface but not real flashy. So – I typed in “CADD Manager” and came up as #1 on the [...]
I admit that I do not return “cold call” phone messages. These are phone calls that I receive from vendors that I have not contacted. They are contacting me. They call and leave messages asking me to call them. They are cordial and offer information about products that I may not ever need. I feel [...]
“Today we’re presented with images in movies, on TV, and in the press that are of such good quality we don’t even think to consider whether the picture is of something that exists in reality or if it was generated by computer software. Of course, the right tools combined with the skills of computer graphics [...]
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No! – no spam from me! But I just received a message kickback from someones Barracuda Spam Firewall for an email that was sent out in my name. It was sent to some Barristers & Attorneys in Bermuda (of all places). I wanted to let you all know that I do not send spam, unsolicited [...]
Wow – are we all getting old – or what? Well maybe it is just me… AutoCAD is turning 25. And I remember it when it was just a toddler tool (sniffle, sniffle). It has grown up… And there is a web site to celebrate the milestone… Here is a blurb they sent me… “Autodesk [...]
With my tongue firmly placed in my cheek (in other words, I am poking fun here…) Some interesting notes from my review of trademark policies on the Autodesk website. Children under the age of 13 are not allowed to use the Autodesk website or transmit or otherwise submit personal information to Autodesk. (Please pass this [...]
I was looking through the readme file for AutoCAD 2008 and stumbled onto a list of the trademarks that Autodesk has used and is using. Some of these are active and some are nostalgic in nature…. I still have an Actrix box on my shelf. The following are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., [...]
Have you ever checked your Internet Speed? Here is a link to the tool that I use. It is very easy to use and the results are very understandable. Try it out. Here is another one that uses the same engine (by Speakeasy) but has a different interface. It also has comparisons to others and [...]
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