Automobile
C:\Trollhattansaab.net /end
Trollhattansaab.net, the best Saab blog in the history of the Internet, has come to an end. I thought it was a brilliant read don’t even like Saab! Swade sets out the reasons for his decision in a...
Robin Capper
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
Automobile
A Queens Birthday present for me
Fiat Bravo HGT 2.0 Originally uploaded by RobiNZ It's a long weekend to celebrate the Queens Birthday but I got myself a present. In these days of peak oil, downsizing and economy driving I get a car with TWICE the capacity and more than THREE times the
Revit Architecture
Revit Technology Conference 2008 - Revit User Group Sydney
The Revit Technology Conference is happening in Sydney, late June. I attended the NZ event last year it was a great Revit focused “Mini Autodesk University”. It’s a chance to hear about the latest in...
Indy
Dixon wins the Indianapolis 500, brilliant!
Scott Dixon made history with today’s win. Congratulations to him and those, especially his parents, who backed his rise to the top Motorsport: Dixon stays out of trouble for Indy 500 win - 26 M...
Comedy
Cosmic connections
Today’s space news and too long spent playing with blog design* this weekend made this cosmic blog‘toon seem rather relevant. From the excellent xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and...
Cool Software
Technical illustration, demonstration and art with Silverlight
Michael Scherotter created the impressive illustration, and functional demo, below with Microsoft’s Silverlight Epression tools. His post details the creation process, how it’s hosted and shared. It’s...
Weblog design changes - Work in progress
If you’re reading the feed you won’t have noticed but visitors to the weblog page will see some layout changes. I’ve changed the side-bars to a right hand layout and tweaked the layout a little. This...
Weblog design changes - Work in progress
If you’re reading the feed you won’t have noticed but visitors to the weblog page will see some layout changes. I’ve changed the side-bars to a right hand layout and “de-cluttered” them: The med...
Rod Drury has a plan to fix Microsoft
Rod, Xero , Drury has laid out an 18 point plan to “fix” Microsoft. It’s big (theres a few points below) and it’s radical but I suspect, with the $50 billion not spent on Yahoo!, they could do it....
CAD and BIM General
Global "BIMStorm" Forecast to hit London
A reader emailed me about BIMStorm London which is happening in June (details in the extended post). BIMStorm aims to raise the awareness of BIM and how the AEC industry is, or should be, using collab...
Spirit of Place, A Photographic Exhibition featuring Auckland's West Coast
This appeared on our company intranet today is worth sharing. Paul Kettle has some lovely work on his site and is exhibiting as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography Spirit of Place – Ope...
Tablet PC
An Aussie Tablet PC Blog!
It’s good to see some, reasonably, local Tablet PC resources. Tablet PC Blog - blog.tabletpc.com.au Australian Tablet PC information resource via www.gottabemobile.com/