Working for a company that designs some pretty impressive buildings this video of the Burj Dubai caught my eye. Whilst it isn’t one of ours, it’s equally impressive and this video shows just how tall the building is. I’m not sure how much I’d like being up there!
Author archives: Tom Basham
Pictures from Mars
From a fantastic set of pictures from Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on the Boston Globe’s Big Picture site. The MRO has been orbiting Mars for a few years now sending back hi-res images of the planets surface. The images are a real mixture of familiar looking landscapes and alien details like the swirls in the image above.
Windows 7 Device Installation without Administrator Privileges
Windows 7 Group Policy allows you to use Windows Update to install devices and printers without the need for administrator privilages or finding signed device drivers.
Direct Access Infrastructure Planning and Design
To go along with the release of Windows 7 last week, Microsoft have today released the Infrastructure Planning and Design guide (IPD) for DirectAccess.
Improved Silverstone for 2010
With all of the bad news coming out of Doningtons 2010 British Grand Prix plans, it’s nice to see that Silverstone has some plans of it’s own to create a new Arena Grand Prix circuit.