Author: Nick Hodge

Spacenerdery

OK, now I am getting a little space-nerdy. During the 1970’s, the Russians successfully launched and landed probes to Venus. The corrected images captured are here. Images of Venus. Compared to what we are seeing from Mars in the 21st century, its amazing what the Russian technology could do.

Sydney InDesign User Group

Eliot Harper is pleased to announce the inaugural meeting of the Sydney InDesign User Group!

Eliot, now working for Fuji Xerox in Sydney, previously assisted the InDesign CS team manage the beta release program. If you want to know all the gossip and secret stuff, you need to be here. Apart from that, Eliot is a great guy to know. Oh, Michael Stoddart and I should be there too.

When:
Thursday 4th March 2004, 6-8pm.
Where:
51-53 Murray Street, Pyrmont.
What:

  • Learn what happens behind the “big red A”. Eliot Harper worked on the Adobe InDesign product team during version 2.0 and CS development, and will share a “behind the scenes” view of product development.
  • Grow your understanding of the power of InDesign. InDesign users will explain how they use InDesign at work, and show how they are using the product to unleash creativity.
  • Experience new ways to grow productivity with InDesign. Eliot Harper will share tips and tricks on how you can drive InDesign to it’s full potential.
  • Meet other InDesign users and share your opinions.

Interested? Attendance is free. Register at: http://www.indesignusergroup.com/sydney

Ricky Gervais: Humor

Quote from Ricky Gervais, at the Golden Globes: “We’re not from these parts. We’re from a little place called England. You know, the place that used to run the world before you guys.” I don’t know what was funnier: the quote, or the lack of reaction from the stiff audience. The best humor is the truth…

Richard Dawkins on the evolutionary aspects of the birth of the Mac: Apple of my eye

MacOS X and Mars

What is Mac OS X? has to be the best technical article describing the lower level aspects of MacOS X I have read in recent times. Next to developer documentation, its a good read for MacOS X experts. The content and style reminds me of a 2.5 days course I created and ran 10 years ago: “Mac Support Expert”

Mars nerds: you can use the same software the scientists are using to visualize the data from the Spirit rover: Maestro. Installed and worked like a treat.