A Kiwi, but not a flightless bird or brown fuzzy skin green centred fruit. Humanist, Skeptic, Cyclist, Car Enthusiast, Westie Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand | he/him
Photography
The Kingston Flyer, originally uploaded by RobiNZ. I'm not a trainspotter but the sight of this appearing out of the mountain gloom was too good to miss. It's for sale if you're interested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Flyer
Long before Gordon was effing, before Jamie was lisping or the myriad of “personality chefs” took over primetime TV I remember watching a cooking show for the sheer personality of the host, and I don’t really like cooking! The Stranglers theme introduced Keith Floyd, a cook (it’s what
AutoCAD Architecture
I’m waiting for Windows 7 64 before deploying 2010 at work so haven’t tried these. Lots of fixes, I mean updates, and they incorporate the recent AutoCAD 2010 update. Currently installing the AutoCAD Architecture update on my home machine to see how it goes. Between the Walls: AutoCAD
Revit MEP
I’m kind of embarrassed I hadn’t blogged about this before, so here ‘tis now. Simon is a local Revit Guru, who will be speaking at AU currently devoted to getting the Building Services world to stop drawing lines. This recent post on Revit 2010s network license timeout foibles
Photography
Glad I'm not going in this, originally uploaded by RobiNZ. Jean Batten was born on September 15, 1909. You can't leave Auckland without seeing her plane, suspended in the departure area, and thinking of how air travel has changed since her pioneering flight. On 16 October
Photography
He was wrong! Originally uploaded by RobiNZ Who was the man in the foreground who said this photo wouldn’t work?
AutoCAD Architecture
It seems time flies at Autodesk or “soon” means something different in New Zealand. Last week was my Subscription renewal anniversary. A couple of days after getting through that trauma (well, not really but…) a reminder email arrived. I nearly deleted it thinking it related to the, just completed, 09/
Cool Hardware
Jay Leno visits the McLaren Technology Centre to look at the new MP4-12C road car. The building is a Foster and Partners design, there is a glimpse of Bruce’s first car and a 1968 high wing M7C F1 car similar to the one featured in my current blog
Photography
Souvenirs series Originally uploaded by michael_hughes Check out this, the latest from Michael's cool "Souvenirs" series where tourist tat meets the real thing.
If you had an extra day each month - that no one else had - how would you spend it? Catching up with the sleep I loose blogging!
What's your favorite Beatles song? Bonus points if you share it with us. It's the one that reaches Across the Universe
The Fiat 500 is a pretty little car, both pretty and little. This is a special 500 with its little 1.4 Turbo pumping out 134kw/180hp to make it go, big Brembo brakes to make it stop, upgraded suspension & wheels to make it corner and a variable exhaust
