Auckland
Auckland billboard ban fails
I was driving home last night and wondering how long I’ll be looking at the Coke “summer” billboard down by Westhaven. It’s been a very mild autumn but pushing things to pretend it’s still summer. Of...
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
Auckland
Now Waterfront Stadium has sunk, Eden Park is OK!
So, the man that said we must have a Waterfront Stadium, to replace crappy old Eden Park, now thinks Eden Park is OK. Just a guess but I bet Dick Hubbard will be 100% behind this project just as he wa...
Aviation
Air NZ cuts leg room, but you can't help being tall!
Cutting leg room doesn’t worry me, at 1.7m tall, but strange Air NZ are prepared to squeeze tall passengers and overcharge small passengers , yet do nothing about overbooking planes or overweight pass...
Automobile
Official New Zealand Fiat Bravo website - No Ritmo Here!
Just found Fiat New Zealand have launched a “Bravo” microsite with details and a chance to “Register your interest”. No sign of model range or pricing yet though. There will be no “Bravo” in Austra...
Autodesk Labs
Presenting the Autodesk University Main-stage
What does it take to put on a presentation? For most it’s a PC, a projector and maybe a microphone. When there are thousands turning up it’s a little more complicated. Scott has posted a podcast showi...
Aviation
ABARTH TV Online
The new Abarth Division of Fiat have launched an on-line TV channel. Loads on good content already and sign-up for email newsletter to keep up to date with the return of the Scorpion. ABARTH TV T...
Autodesk University
The "Flight of the Conchords" touch down on HBO
On the way home from Autodesk University 2004 I sat next to a comedy writer for who was heading to NZ to script a pilot show for “Flight Of the Conchords”. They are a Kiwi Folk (as in music) Parody Co...
Rant
Women are so stupid they can't work out what to wear to work...
No, I don’t think that but imagine the uproar if a major news organisation published that. Apparently it’s OK to be as bigoted about men if you read the article linked to below. Its “casual Friday’ ev...
Sorry I used Sitemeter, it's gone but has impacted you
Sitemeter is a free/pay webstats service I used to supplement the very basic TypePad page count statistics. It shows visit/page view counts and generic info about visitors like OS, Browser, resolution...
Sorry I used Sitemeter, it's gone but has impacted you
Sitemeter is a free/pay webstats service I used to supplement the very basic TypePad page count statistics. It shows visit/page view counts and generic info about visitors like OS, Browser, resolution...
Formula 1
Will it be Massa vs Hamilton for the title?
It was a very Schumacher like drive by Felipe Massa, a better than Schumacher career start for Lewis Hamiliton. Perhaps the title will be between these two? I’d not discount Alonso but apart from M...
Cool Software
Scoble at Adobe
Robert Scoble has posted a series of videos about Adobe products. They are informal chats demo’s by members of the respective product teams. I’ve watched a few and they are a good way to learn about t...