Penn Says
Sony gave Penn Jillette a bunch of camcorders and the result is Penn Says … I miss his radio show, heard via podcast, but these gems fill some of the void. I’ve Subscribed! Introduction to Penn...
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
The Truth About; the Fiat Grande Punto and the USA
Do Americans need a Fiat Grande Punto? The Truth About Cars think they might. 2008 Fiat Grande Punto Review | The Truth About Cars Despite the word “Grande,” the Punto is 158 inches long– a litt...
Camtasia
Splitting a video into separate files with Camtasia
I had a large 40 minute video file with several demos and wanted to refer to parts of it in a presentation. That’s simple to open the file with a hyperlink but I didn’t want to be searching for the co...
A1GP
Why I'm not at the A1 Grand Prix?
You’d think someone who’d trek across the Tasman to the Australian Grand Prix would drive a few hours down the road to the A1 Grand Prix at Taupo. You’d be wrong. For some reason A1 Grand Prix does no...
ActiveWords
Doh! Why not use an ActiveWords script for blog comment forms?
Sometimes the obvious isn’t very obvious. Following thousands of blogs means I’m often leaving comments. Even responding to comments on my own blog requires the same process as readers use. It’s stand...
Religion
The Bad Astronomer on Scientology
What is it with Hollywood and Scientology? Bad Astronomy Blog » So much for Will Smith “Scientology is such tremendous garbage it makes the Moon Hoax look like brain surgery.”
The MacBook Air - Form without function?
It looks lovely, but then you see at all the compromises in spec and wonder… If Apple are so smart why can’t, or won’t, they design a user replaceable battery ? I’d rather have one of these
Comedy
Where does old software go when its retired?
Video: The Lone Server via James.Random()
Cool Software
Online Photo Sharing in Plain English
Lee LeFever’s latest video is a brilliant explaination of “ Online Photo Sharing in Plain English ”. Kiwis who use New Zealand's largest ISP Xtra, said to be 500,000, already have a "free" Flickr Pro...
Automobile
Tata Nano, it doesn't need power steering or electric windows!
Tata seemed to pulled off a remarkable feat creating a small, efficient, relatively safe (certainly compared to a moped) and cheap ($2500) car - the Tata Nano . So why did New Zealand TV news seem...
MapInfo
Taking Notes with SnagIt and MindManager
SnagIt and MindManager are great authoring tools but recently I’ve been using them for something different. I’ve been getting training on a new, to me, mapping/demographics application. While they had...
Sir Fleamund Hillary - The Cardoso Flea Circus honour Sir Edmund Hillary
Todays news of Sir Edmund Hillarys death has been reported around the world. His legendary achievements have inspired many tributes but I remember seeing, several years ago, probably the strangest ima...