Women talking about cars - Podcast
Great new(ish) podcast where Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews famous women about their life and the cars that had been a part of it. http://pca.st/op29
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
Traffic Light Thought – All the twos!
On the way home from BimAkl happened to notice, and pull over for a photo, when the Bravo odometer hit 222,222km!
BIM AK (Auckland, NZ) November meeting announcement
Registrations have opened for the November BIM AK event. Always a good event, I recommend attending for both the speakers and networking! This is our final event for 2016, with more planned for 2017 - be sure to secure your place! Registrations are now open for the November BIM AK
Revit User Group Auckland November Meeting Announcement
End of year social event for 2016, note the new venue (not far from the usual one). RUGAkl End of Year Social Event When: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 5:30 PM Where: Windsor Castle 144 Parnell Rd, Auckland. Just up the road from the Jasmax offices at the corner of
Why I’m sad not to be at Autodesk University 2016
I’d like to shake Carl Bass’ hand, or (and this is way out of character for me) hug him, for this tweet (below) soon after the first presidential campaign debate: Just to remove any doubt which candidate Carl was referring to this re-tweet and earlier tweet make it clear:
My perfect computer - Did Microsoft just reinvent the design office?
Way back in 2009 I wrote a spec for a design PC. It was inspired by the discovery of my 1980s design toolkit in the back of a wardrobe. + + + Long made obsolete by computers there are still some aspects of these tools I miss. Today Microsoft released a new Surface
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Vale, Capt. John’s final flight
A couple of years ago I wrote about a relatives amazing retirement project. After a lifetime of amateur and professional flying yesterday John made his last flight. Don’t really know the details yet, beyond what was in the newspaper report, but as with all aircraft related accidents there will
Skeptical Cycling in Queenstown?
I just signed up for the NZ Skeptics Conference 2016, Queenstown, 2nd-4th December but will be staying a bit longer for some heli-biking or similar adventures. Skeptics Conference 2016 - conference.skeptics.nz We have lined up some amazing speakers from the USA and Australia, as well as home grown
Proof of how dismally Google+ knows me
I read this as: Robin, discover ‘delete delete’ no point reading any further
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Bravo Carl Bass
Not all CEOs can be Carl Bass, bravo for saying this (screenshot below) (about Donald Trump)
Wi-Fi may reveal more than you think–Dr Karl
With reality capture becoming an important part of CAD/BIM any advance of this technology should be of interest. Imagine a technology sensing physical geometry, human biometrics, even touch device input and speech remotely. Then imagine it doesn’t require any new hardware installation to generate this information, just to
Fiat Bravo
East Cape by HGT, next time GTC?
The Fiat Bravo HGT was great fun on my recent East Cape road trip but there’s another Italian three door hatch which would be even better. In fact a V12 4WD Ferrari GTC4 Lusso would be just about perfect! In a way they are even distantly related*, can you