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
Cool Hardware
I’m still getting to know my new Sony RDRHX900 DVD/HDD recorder but already have found a some features I love and one that could be better. The Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is awesome for time shifting especially as we don't have anything like TiVo in New
Green
Brisbane encourages Smart parking, Dumb Auckland just thinks about revenue collecting. Why not encourage smaller cars in the city especially when you consider the probability of two Smarts in Auckland wanting to park in the same space at the same time is about zero? Smart parking 19.01.05 Brisbane
AutoCAD Architecture
Standards NZ are moving to XML format. They have their catalogue now as PDF and in a database format with its own viewer but the move to XML is interesting. For AEC perhaps this means there will be potential to integrate & reference standards information directly in the relevant BIM
Television
Prime TV New Zealand to screen Ellen MacArthur: In The Eye of the Storm. Prime TV SPECIAL: Ellen MacArthur: In The Eye of the Storm 7:30pm, Sunday 30 January 2005 In a BBC premiere special on Prime, it’s the extraordinary journey of a gutsy 25-year old who
Autoblog and Just Auto have updates on the whole Fiat/GM thing… The GM/ Fiat saga continues: [cont on Autoblog] ITALY: Fiat extends period of mediation with GM over put option: just-auto.com - Daily News]
Sports
After sailing B&Q 22,555 miles, at an average speed of 16.5 knots, its only just begun. With lead of 0 hours Ellen MacArthur faces a race to home as flaky weather has eroded the 4 day advantage held as she rounded Cape Horn. Follow this amazing
Professor Sid Watkins is probably not a name many would think of when naming Formula One stars. His contribution to the sport has been enormous. After 26 years service he has helped make Formula One, a once deadly sport, far safer. Thanks “Prof”. Motoring - F1 stalwart bows out Professor Sid
Science
Anyone with a several rechargable devices knows that the mix of chargers is a pain. Maybe the solution is one charger for everything? New Scientist Breaking News - One charging pad could power up all gadgets
Although written “for women” these tips are worthwhile for everyone. Travel: Travel Tools: Health: Top 'Travel Safe' Tips For Women So how can you enjoy travelling and keep safe, too? Read on for tips and tricks to keep you safe on your overseas adventures
AutoCAD Architecture
I have posted an update – as posted on the ADT Ng by Paul McArdle [Autodesk] - to my ADT Sheet Set DST corruption article. Its an explanation of the likely cause and recommended process to avoid the problem until a final fix is found. Link: Read my Updated Article
I like the new name, Airvillage, Boris Johnson suggests is more accurate than Airbus when talking about the A380 in an article on his blog. Airbus 380: This is not a bus, or even a tram or a train or ship. It is an Airvillage. Already Richard Branson is planning
Randy Baseler, vice president of Marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, has a new web journal. Not quite a what I’d call a Blog yet (no permalinks, comments or RSS feed) but looks like it will develop into one. Suggest Randy looks at Bob Lutz’s Fastlane Blog as a
