The Rush to Save Timbuktu's Crumbling Manuscripts, written 9 hours ago, The Rush to Save Timbuktu's Crumbling Manuscripts Fabled Timbuktu, once the site of the world's southernmost Islamic university, harbors thousands upon thousands of long-forgotten manuscripts. A dozen academic instutions from ar...

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Under New Management, written 4 days ago, One new SolidWorks User Group, and a couple of new user group leaders make their debuts over the next week. First up, Kelly Frazier takes over the helm at the Colorado SolidWorks User Group tonight in Boulder, CO. Next in...

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Speed and Flexibility Inspire World Wide Wadio To Upgrade To Fairlight's CC-1 and Xynergi Technology, written 8 hours ago, World Wide Wadio, the premier radio production company in the USA, is upgrading its studios to encompass Fairlight's Crystal Core technology. Due to take place later this month,...

Chemical Engineer Elected As UTM New Vice-Chancellor, written 6 days ago, The guessing game is finally over after the new Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) is elected. Datuk Prof. Dr. Ir. Zaini Ujang, 43, is officially the new Vice-Chancellor of UTM, replacing Tan Sri Professor ...

Florida DOT selects AutoCAD Civil 3D, written 3 weeks ago, Here are a few links to coverage of a press release regarding the Florida Department of Transportation, and their decision to implement AutoCAD Civil 3D for roadway Design.CBSNews.comMSN.comTen Links.comBe Better...Have a Better Attitude!

AU Speaker Sessions, written 1 week ago, My 6th year teaching at Autodesk University, what an honor! The following is a breakdown of my classes:CV210-1P The Art of Implementing AutoCAD Civil 3D (Power Track)Wednesday, December 03, 2008 at 1:00pmAbstract: "Introducing Civil 3D into your producti...

Dynamic Mirror, written 3 hours ago, I've been struggling lately trying to come up with some juicy tidbit to write about. Then I had an epiphany of sorts: "There are plenty of new SolidWorks users out there who may read my blog, why not write something for them?" Without further ad...

Synchronous Technology Pt 2, written 1 week ago, Huntsville, Alabama will not live up to your expectations of the deep South. Everyone is from somewhere else. I have yet to hear a drawl. I am told Huntsville has the highest concentration of PhDs and the second biggest number of supercomputers in the...

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Maverick?, written 1 week ago, Oh, and "Maverick"? Seriously? Somebody thought that beating that tag until it bled was a great idea? What do people associate Maverick with these days? Crummy '70's economy cars? Old James Garner horse operas? Tom Cruise before he went nuts? The more these p...

bad times may not be that bad, written 13 hours ago, Recently everyone is talking about economy downturn and people from my batch are worrying that the job market may be worse next year when we graduate.But I am optimistic.'Cos lately I have been receiving calls from companies wanting to hire me NOW...

Just Time Pass....., written 1 week ago, Just Time Pass.... Some fun facts from another blog called tellmewhyfacts Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. Google receives about 200... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for fu...

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Richard Atterer defended his PhD-thesis, written 4 days ago, At LMU in Munich Richard Atterer defended his PhD thesis on Usability Tool Support for Model-Based Web Development. The external examiner was Prof. Martin Gaedke- it was great meeting Martin again, we shared an office some years back at Te...

Cal Henderson's awesome keynote at DjangoCon2008, written 3 weeks ago, Did I say it was awesome ! You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Superior Technical Resources - Mass Properties Engineer, written 4 days ago, Mass properties engineering support is required for completion of a database of estimated, calculated and actual data, weighing of parts and aircraft. The Mass Properties Engineer is responsible for review of air vehicle dr...

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