Flight Simulator 2004 Vs Real
Las Vegas from a helecopter
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
Cool Hardware
Flying in QuietComfort - Bose QuietComfort 2 Noise Cancelling Headphones
I recently purchased a set of Bose QuietComfort 2 Noise Cancelling Headphones. I had read about them but got a chance to try them on a recent flight to the US as was sitting near someone who had a set. That brief encounter was enough to convince me to get
Cool Hardware
Review: Sony Vaio U70P Wi-Fi micro PC | The Register
The Register have a great review of the "Sony Vaio U". I already have the completely irrational desire; logic and commonsense on the window sill ready to fly, I'm trying to find a need for it! Link: Sony Vaio U70P Wi-Fi micro PC | The Register.
Weblogs
Amazon.com: 1 Click donation to Red Cross Tsunami Disaster Relief
Credit to Amazon for setting up a one click donation to the Tsunami Disaster Relief (via the American Red Cross). In addition to a personal donation the little bit of income from this blog (mostly earned via Amazon links) has been donated. If you can help its only a click
Sports
What Happened to Konica/Minolta
Konica Minolta (formerly Zana) retired from the Sydney Hobart. This is the best account I've found of what happened, Around the World of Sailing - December 28, 2004 Coming the last two hundred miles by bus wasn’t the way we planned it.” These were the wry thoughts of
CAD and BIM General
The Mad Cadder
Another new CAD blog: Link: The Mad Cadder. News and links on Autodesk Products such as AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, Building Systems and Revit.
Sauber Formula One car in Auckland
I made my regular bike ride stop at Continental Car Services today. It's always worth a look to see the exotic vehicles they have on display as I go past there when heading around the waterfront. Today was surprised to see a Sauber Formula One Car in the
Asian tsunami arrives in New Zealand
I heard on the radio that the sea level at Milford Sound rose/fell 20cm this morning as the Asian tsunami passed. When you consider its something like 9400 km away it gives some idea of the power. Although far away we can help. If you are in New Zealand
CAD and BIM General
Cold Fire CAD
Another new CAD Blog! Link: Cold Fire CAD. "The look in your eyes as you head for the door is a cold fire"
Music
Maritime Crew ~ New CD
Link: Maritime Crew. The Maritime Crew is currently working hard rehearsing songs for their 4th CD. This is going to be different from their previous CDs in that all of the 17 songs to be recorded are compositions by Captain of the Crew, Rudy Sunde. Rudy started writing sea songs
MindManager
Merge MindManager Maps with Combine All
Today found another neat function in MindManager. I had done each of my AU Session notes as a separate Map linked to an Index Map. I commonly use this when a map grows too large to be easily edited or viewed. You can easily break a map into separate maps
Weblogs
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Since March 29, 2004; Total number of hits: 37310 Average per day: 141.33 Today: 480 In the last hour: 8 This week: 1532