Skeptic
An evening with Jeanette Wilson reviewed
Carl wrote: I went to a Jeanette Wilson show on Thursday. It was certainly an enlightening experience. Here is my review....
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
Skeptic
What the?
A blog thats not authored by a Painted Apple Moth, or did one escape? “As a West Auckland Painted Apple Moth aerial spray survivor…” Living Sustainably
GPS and Mapping
My first Google Earth Hacks upload was accepted!
I sent a location to Google Earth Hacks and it’s been accepted. It’s the track for the Race to the Sky (Snow Farm) at Cardrona, New Zealand. This is used for an hill-climb event similar to the Pikes Peak Event in the US and also manufacturer tire
Automobile
Fiats Future - They have one!
Italiaspeed have an article on the announcement of Fiats plans for the future. "By 2008 Fiat Auto will launch twenty new models, two new engines, safeguard its Italian factories, and invest almost ten billion euros in R&D, said CEO Sergio Marchionne " Fiat Business Plan Announcement - www.
Cycling
Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday - Armstrong Drives Cycle Sales
Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday usually refers to the auto industry. It seems that Lance Armstrong’s success has proved the rule for cycling. Armstrong's Success Drives Cycle Sales “Americans purchased more bicycles than new cars and trucks combined in the past year - and all without employee
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Intelligent Design and Pirates influence on global warming
www.venganza.org has a nice commentary on recent moves towards teaching Intelligent Design as a valid alternative to Evolution. The theory of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (with Noodly Appendages) is wonderful but I’m also intrigued with the statistical link between reduction in pirates and increase in global warming.
CAD and BIM General
BIM + Global Database + Bandwidth = The Future, Today
I’ve been playing with Google Earth and think it could revolutionise how companies with geographic resources, projects or assets, access their data. In a recent article, on AECbytes, Tom Sweeney comments that the convergence of BIM data, global geo-referenced databases, instant search and high speed data links could
Automobile
Punto Grande to bring Fiat back to Australia
Italian Car Australia report that the Punto Grande will be the car to “re-launch” Fiat Auto in Australia. Currently only the commercial Ducato range is offered. Punto Grande - the car to bring Fiat back to Australia Fiat Australia ~ Ateco Automotive Website
Automobile
Google Earth 2005 Formula 1 Circuits
Google Earth Hacks have a collection with all 19 2005 Formula 1 circuit locations for Google Earth. The example shown here is Silverstone in all it’s glory (Click on the thumbnail to see full size). Quality of the images varies a little but will only get better as Google
Weblogs
Who is reading?
This isn’t an original idea. Call it market research if you like but really I’m just interested to know why you read this site? * Any content/categories you want more or less of? * Have you read my other blog? (Did you know there was another blog?) If you
Talking post test
This post is to test something new, will talk about it when I have figured it out The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells [1898] http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/3/36/36.txt But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be inhabited? . . . Are we or
Automobile
Fiat Punto (199) Pictures & video
Official pictures of the new Punto have been posted at the Cars From Italy and not so official looking ones at AutoBlog.it. From what I’ve seen it’s a nice progression of the Punto theme. Sleek and sophisticated with a touch of Fiat Coupe to the grille. Lets