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
Politics
You expect it from Labour but now National have decided I should subsidise parents. “National is promising a tax rebate - and a choice - to parents with children under five.” Hey Don, could I have a choice not to subsidise parents with children under five? Rodney Hide says the new National
Aviation
SPIEGEL ONLINE have an interesting series of articles covering the Airbus/Boeing battle and other news related to Airbus. “The Threat of a Mega-Flop: Will the A380 Become an Airbust?” is a good commentary on the challenges they face with the A380. They also have a Multi-media tour
Apparently the view in this photo, I took in 2001, has changed. The Apostles are a creation of erosion but eventually they succumb to it. Today another one did. Another of the Twelve Apostles crumbles - National - theage.com.au
New Zealand
A New Zealand company hoping to make waves around the world. New Scientist Technology - Surf's up, down at the swimming pool
Automobile
RobiNZ CAD Blog: Renault F1 use of Advanced Digital Manufacturing
CAD and BIM General
Gimag have a great article on Renault’s use of advanced CAD/CAM digital design, prototype and manufacturing techniques in Formula One. If you wonder how those vast F1 budgets are spent, this gives an idea of the huge effort just to create and develop the car components. gizmag Article:
Film
The film is out and from the early reviews its good! The League of gentlemen's Apocalypse Official Film News
Web/Tech
Yeah, new tools and toys from TypePad While they are rebuilding sites to incorporate the new features you may see some weird layout stuff going on. Everything TypePad - New Design Tools, More Storage, More Bandwidth
Weblogs
Yeah, new tools and toys from TypePad While they are rebuilding sites to incorporate the new features you may see some weird layout stuff going on. Everything TypePad - New Design Tools, More Storage, More Bandwidth
Automobile
Autosprint magazine have published photos of McLaren vs Ferrari in Turn 13 at Indy. You can clearly see the problems in the Michelin tyre sidewall. You can see the cover on this newsgroup post. Via Brian Sullivan's Random Musings: July 2, 2005
Web/Tech
elizabeth grigg has an excellent post on the mysterious world of Microsoft Word Styles. They are powerful tool but need to be understood to get the best out of them. Even if familiar with them you’ll probably learn from this article and there are links to some other great
Comedy
Hey! You wanna watch an TOON ANNOUNCEMENT thang! oddtodd has announced a regular, well maybe not that regular, ‘tooncast. The Tuesday Morning Coffay Show will be seen every, well most, ok perhaps some, tuesdays at oddtodd.com - Laid Off - No Nothing Productions. The first one is here and it’s
