Aviation
Qantas adds inflight WiFi to all flights
This is great news for someone who’s a long-haul flight from everywhere! TrustedReviews - Qantas Adds Inflight WiFi PSUs To All Flights Qantas, the well known letter 'u' hating airline, has anno...
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
Aviation
Air New Zealand goes "all twin long-range" by 2012 - 747 to go
Air New Zealand will be a twin engine long-range when Joe Sutter's Jumbo , and aging 767’s, are retired to be replaced by a new 777 787 fleet. The first 747 replaced Air New Zealand’s first “widebody”...
Automobile
Fiat and New Zealand E10 Ethanol blended petrol - No!
Fiat New Zealand have a page with info on the new E10 Ethanol Blend. Not much to say as, at the time this was posted, no current Fiats are compatible. Check for updates at Fiat New Zealand: Fuel...
Automobile
Fiat 500 selling like a rocket!
Fiat’s little ‘un has arrived, and it’s selling like crazy! No word on the New Zealand pricing but I know planning for it’s debut here continues so they must have some RHD capacity still free! L...
AutoCAD MEP
A Tablet PC for CAD/BIM?
As it’s an evolution from “the drawing board” combining CAD/BIM software and Tablet PC seems natural. I wonder why it hasn’t been done by the major market players? In the early days hardware was a rea...
Fiat Bravo
2007 Skeptics Conference
Posted at the request of Chair– Entity Vicki Hyde: Magic, mystery and medicine make up a potent mix at this year´s Annual Skeptics Conference, being held at St Andrews College, Christchurch, ove...
Automobile
Killer Kiwi roads or killer Kiwi drivers?
Dave Moore asks if Kiwi roads or drivers can be blamed for accidents. Killer roads or killer drivers? Dave Moore in Drivetalk - Stuff.co.nz I always get my dander up when people say that our ‘cr...
CAD and BIM General
Real world tales of Revit BIM’plementation
These articles share tips from the front line where BIM theory meets production reality: BIM Do's and Don'ts – Cadalyst Beau Turner* Joe Eichenseer (Avatech Solutions) offer some real-world insi...
Automobile
Grande Punto 1.4 T-jet
Autoblog have some detail on the Grande Punto 1.4 16v T-Jet. I wonder if New Zealand will get this 120 bhp “warm hatch” or stick with the diesel as our fastest Punto while we wait for the Abarth…...
Camtasia for YouTube
If you want to output Camtasia movies for YouTube this clip from www.dougstech.com has some great tips on output profile settings for video, audio, compression…
Music
Raising money for the Big Bang?
My interest in cosmology and music meant this headline from a New Zealand Symphony Orchestra newsletter appealed. Raising money for the Big Bang - nzso.co.nz NZSO players and their friends put their shoulders to the wheel in a Wellington concert that will raise money for some new percussion instruments.
Websites as graphs
This is a graphical map of my blogs structure generated by: Websites as graphs - an HTML DOM Visualizer Applet See this image grow with Jing: http://www.screencast.com/t/toiKtZiWw