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
Weblogs
Oddtodd has a great new 'toon on his site. If you are on dialup it’s a its a 6mb download but what does that matter when its 6mb of brilliance! View the toon at oddtodd.com - No Nothing Productions For those that get Comedy Central there's
Web/Tech
While browsing wanted to go back to a site from yesterday. Opened History & set sort by date and found that IE thought I was on the net between 1601 and 1618? (it came right after restarting IE)
Science
Interesting tale of how New Zealander Ernest Rutherford pioneered the use of radioactive decay to determine the age of ancient objects. Read "Rutherford's time bomb" NZ Herald
Design and Art
McLaren Group's futuristic new headquarters, designed by Foster and Partners, has been officially opened. Home to McLaren Racing (Formula One); McLaren Cars (high performance road cars); McLaren Electronic Systems (automotive electronic systems); McLaren Marketing (marketing services); McLaren Composites (advanced composite structures) and several other divisions in the group.
Chris Sayer (Mini Transat)
Interesting article on the design of Mini Transat 650 Yachts by Brett Bakewell-White. New Zealand Division of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects newsletter - Issue 20 • December 2003 (Click to Open PDF format file) Image Info: Yacht Design & Base Image by Brett Bakewell-White, Sponsor & number layout:
AutoCAD Architecture
In ADT 2005 Viewport & drawing scale can be selected via the drawing status bar. There is a good selection and also custom but if that’s not enough Chris Yanchar mentioned in a newsgroup post: "The list of scales is much more extensive, and if we happened to
Design and Art
Artist Jill Perrotts exhibition "From Blue Yonder" featured some stunning coastal aerial landscapes from the upper North Island. Areas included: Whatipu, Awhiti, Cornwallis Point, Wairoa River & Dargaville, Bream Head, Mangawhai, Pakiri & Whangaparoa. The exhibition has finished but a selection of work from it can be seen
The 2004 Indy 500 Defending IndyCar Series driver Scott Dixon finally knocked Team Penske off the top of the speed charts at Indy this year.... Article at Racing-Live.com
Nice Photographic Blog: PhotographyBLOG This article is great, maybe a Canon Digital SLR will be my next "investment": Canon EOS 10D: A Year in Pictures
This is bad news from Toyota. Hopefully the attitude of Williams & other F1 teams interested in Scott will be more positive. XTRAMSN: Motoring: Motor Sport: Toyota Rule Out Dixon F1 Drive
Michael Schumacher claims 59th career pole Five wins in a row?
Current Affairs
Just found this, Does the leader of your country blog? Helen's Blog - Helen Clark Prime Minister of New Zealand To balance things up so does Opposition ACT MP (future ACT Leader?) Rodney Hide. I think his has more interesting content and you can add comments etc like a
