4th Anniversary!
It’s blog’iversary time again. Four years since that first tentative post . To everyone, everywhere, thanks for visiting and subscribing! Boring Anniversary B...
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
Amazing Paper Airplanes
This recent post on A Welsh View appealed thanks to my Paper Airplane obsession … A Welsh View: Japanese Scientists, Origami Masters Hope to Launch Paper Airplane From Space Shinji Suzuki, a pro...
Why I like a hosted blog
Cost of hosting, minimal Having a host to worry about this sort of thing, priceless. Doc Searls Weblog · Attention WordPressers “Take it from somebody who lost at least one whole blog entirel...
Me
Tax Benefits
This month I looked at my pay-slip which stated exactly how much tax had been deducted over the (full tax) year and thought, that’s a lot. Yesterday, a fairly routine visit to the GP ended up with...
LinkedIn lives!
I’ve had a profile on LinkedIn , the business focused social network site, for quite a while. It recently had a major make-over and I find the new interface much more approachable. It also seems...
Cycling
My Easter Monday Ride
This 100km loop has a bit of everything: A climb up the Waitakere Ranges to Titirangi Manukau Harbour coast Stop for a drink and watch a few aircraft at Auckland International Up Great...
CAD and BIM General
DataCAD gets smart, or just a slow learner?
I haven’t spent much time working with DataCAD. In fact, probably more time getting stuff out of it, for other platforms, than creating anything in it! However, news of a new release caught my attenti...
Books
Robin, the Rail Trail and NZ Today
For years I’ve subscribed to all three magazines published by Straight 8 Publishing: Driver Magazine - The latest and greatest from the new car world NZ Today - Travel, social comment and muc...
Cycling
Follow the TransAmerica Trail 2008
I’m off for a holiday jaunt to Vietnam, including a few hundred km’s cycling , but imagine contemplating this trip by bicycle! I’ve added the feed to my reader to watch progress! TransAmerica Tra...
One smug cat to test Flikr Notes
Birman Originally uploaded by RobiNZ I wondered if Flickr Notes transfer to the blog. Cloe helped me test this.
Automobile
Fiat 500 2008 for sale in New Zealand already? (on TradeMe)
With the new Fiat 500 stilll weeks away in New Zealand someone has put theirs on TradeMe.co.nz. On Monday I passed by Ateco (Fiat NZ) , while on a cycle ride, to see if they had a 500. It was a public...
AutoCAD Architecture
AutoCAD Architecture 2009 and BIM?
It might not be parametric but AutoCAD Architecture 2009 (ACA) has included a number of updates which enable Building Model Information to be managed and exchanged. By refining existing features like...