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
Formula 1
There was a bizarre post-qualifying interview at Hungaroring. It’s not in quotes, as is from my memory, but went something like: ITV's Louise Goodman interviewing David Coulthard about missing Q3 asked: How the cold [Hungaroring weather] is affecting you. He replied: It makes it more pleasant
Fiat
I was just watched the post race press conference from Germany again while clearing out the recorder. I didn’t notice while watching live, it was about 01:30am local time, what Michael Schumacher said and Kimi’s reaction. Michael, with a beaming smile, patting Massa on the shoulder: “he’
Cool Hardware
70,000 litres of paint 358 single bottle bombs 33 sextuple air cluster bombs 22 Triple hung cluster bombs 268 mortars 33 Triple Mortars 22 Double mortars 358 meters of weld 330 meters of steel pipe 57 km of copper wire 1 High-rise Apartment Block 1 Website 1 Blog
Television
Sony bail out of Plasma, so it’s all direct or projection LCD from now on for “Colour like.no.other” Sony to halt PDP-TV production - www.digitimes.com Sony to halt PDP-TV production - www.digitimes.com via www.engadget.com via www.engadget.com
Politics
I’m not sure if I had any Chinese readers via RSS but it appears their govt will ensure I don’t. Micro Persuasion: China Blocks FeedBurner RSS Feeds Micro Persuasion: China Blocks FeedBurner RSS Feeds FeedBurner, which powers hundreds of thousands of blog, podcast and mainstream news feeds (including
CAD and BIM General
Interesting article on Tablet PCs enabling information rich field work. Mapping the Future of Field Geology - ScienceMatters @ Berkeley In 1818, William "Strata" Smith ushered in the modern practice of field geology with his publication of the first hand-painted, color geological map of England and Wales. Two centuries
Automobile
Inspired by Jack Yan's much more exciting list...but with comments & memories. Like my own version of CAR Magazines:The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (GBU). Explore the map (below) by expanding/collapsing the branches, clicking the link icons will show the wikipedia post for that
Automobile
CAR deliver their verdict which is… Well, you can see it’s not ugly! Fiat Grande Punto Verdict - GBU CAR Online Fiat Grande Punto Verdict - GBU CAR Online CAR Magazine - The World's Most Authoritative Motoring Magazine CAR Magazine - The World's Most Authoritative Motoring Magazine CAR Magazine
Automobile
I’ve long been a reader of CAR Magazine U.K. It’s still probably the best car magazine but has always had a patchy, weak Internet presence. It appears that may change as they have re-launched their site with some bold claims. I’ll be watching to see
Formula 1
Losing his cool then losing time, with a penalty, means he faces a mega-drive to recover. Is this coincidence or caused by pressure from Ferrari’s resurgence? F1 News > Alonso gets time penalties - Grandprix.com F1 News > Alonso gets time penalties - Grandprix.com F1 News > More
Can it be? Talk Radio is usually thought to be the realm of cranks, intelligent design advocates and conspiracy theorists but there is a small sign of hope… Astronomy (not astrology) and science feature between 10:00 & 11:00 on Graeme Hill’s Saturday morning Radio Live show. Grant
Automobile
This is the article mentioned in the earlier Bravo post. The Kia mentioned is the new Kia Ed Surprise tie-up for Stilo? | Auto Express News | News | Auto Express Could Fiat be about to make a dramatic Korea move? According to one industry insider, the Italian firm is set to
