Auckland
Levitating Stadium latest plan
Well why not, we could build a levitating 60,000 seat staduim held up by Telekinesis and float it around Auckland to the various citoes as needed. Crazy idea, well it’s no worse than the stupid idea o...
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
DWF
Scoble's video demo of Adobe Acrobat 8
Robert Scoble has exclusive Adobe Acrobat 8 videos on-line. He interviews Rick Brown, Adobe’s director of product management for its knowledge worker business unit, about the future of Adobe Acrobat a...
EMF legal problems for Kiwi Blogger
This is one to watch. Someone taking legal action against a kiwi Blogger for exposing dodgy product claims...
A story about true Kiwis
Just read it, it’s worth it Let me tell you a little story. | Whale Oil Beef Hooked This is a true story. If ever anyone tells you that we have endemic poverty in New Zealand, or that you can't...
MindManager
CNN to feature Mind Mapping
Hobie from Mindjet sent this note about mindmapping pioneer Tony Buzan featuring on CNN quest. For Kiwis these shows screen on Sky CNN: Time: ( NZ Local Time) Sat 23 Sep 2006: 18:00 Sun 24 Sep 2006...
Auckland
Jim Kunstler on "The Antipodes"
I don’t share Jim Kunstlers view of the future but its interesting to read about his recent visit to New Zealand. He did get the population a bit wrong, more like 4 million than 3, but otherwise it’s...
Automobile
Kiwi's like Punto Diesels
It seems Kiwi’s like compression ignition Puntos. I’d say the odds were skewed by the current model range offering 3 diesel and only one petrol engine. David Linklater finds the Punto isn’t perfect bu...
Photography
Here be dragons...
I don’t know why I like Komodo Dragons, certainly not cute or cuddly yet totally fascinating. This image captures that perfectly. eclecticism: Boy Meets Dragon Boy Meets Dragon
Automobile
Fiat buys back Ferrari
Fiat bring Ferrari back into the family. It will be interesting to see what they do with Ferrari. The article mentions a link to Spyker, who are currently buying Midland F1 Team, which I wasn’t aware...
Aviation
Flight deck view of an A380 flight test
Flight International get to ride on the giant. Flight International : Riding shotgun on an A380 flight test Having been reporting on the A380 and its predecessor the A3XX for a decade, it was wit...
MindManager
Editing MindManager Maps with Microsoft Word?
If you are testing Microsoft Office 2007 this post on the Mindjet Blog may be of interest as Mindjet are looking for input. When I read, back in June 2005 , that Microsoft Office 2007 was going to use...
Automobile
Punto Grande Rally!
The Punto Grande proves to be a rally, as well as sales, success. Fiat Punto takes European Rally Championship title . Fiat has won the European Rally Championship with three rounds to spare with...