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
New Zealand
Awoke to a nice day in Coromandel and after a cheapskate breakfast (Up & Go, coffee and an apple) headed for Driving Creek Railway for the 10:15 departure. This was short drive from the Anchor Inn Motel (nice) where I stayed. I thought I had been here as a
Way back in 2009 I drove the 5 cylinder Ferrari to Wellington to see the "Formula One ™ – The Great Design Race" exhibit. I have a week off and decided to give it some exercise and explore one part of New Zealand I haven't been to before.
Time for another RUGAKL meeting, already! Where: Jasmax, 2 Marston Street, Parnell, Auckland (From the top of the stairs, turn right at reception, meeting space past the café area) Please join us from 5.30pm: • 6:00pm : Welcome and Introduction • 6:05pm : Presentations: • Chris Vorster will be showing Virtual Reality
Wow, would have expected Microsoft, if anyone, to do this! “Corel grows its portfolio with the addition of the industry's leading mind mapping and information visualization software OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 9, 2016) Corel today announced that it has acquired the Mindjet® MindManager® business from Spigit, expanding
Registrations have opened for the August BIM AK event. Always a good event, I recommend attending for both the speakers and networking! * Registrations are now open for the August BIM AK Event * When: Thursday 25th August, 5.30-8.00pm * Where: GHD, Level 3, GHD Centre - 27 Napier Street Freemans
Lost car keys found and returned, before I even noticed
Politics
From the outside, thankfully far away, this is how it looks to me.. P.J. O’Rourke: I’m Endorsing Hillary Clinton, the Devil We Know - The Daily Beast Let me tell you why Hillary is a great presidential candidate—by comparison. Don’t rush me here... Did I
Neat story about a little Fiat in a big country. Fiat Panda in the Northern Territory – Wheels Magazine We check out the Northern Territory’s new unrestricted-speed highway for ourselves. Not in a Ferrari, but a baby Fiat…
On 9/07 Alfie and I completed a 5.82 km walk with my Microsoft Band. The evening gloom, and a crescent moon with Jupiter keeping it company, made for an interesting atmosphere. Check out my full session!
Shock, Formula 1 have rediscovered* Windows! There is now an official app, desktop and mobile, but wonder how it will compare with the brilliant third party PitlaneOne? Official Formula 1 app races onto Windows 10 PC and Mobile | Windows Central * There hasn’t been an official F1 app on Windows
Autodesk's convoluted systems mapped
Me
Quite sobering watching the 2016 version of “Roots” having visited the US plantation location used for episode one. I saw Evergreen Plantation, Wallace, Louisiana in 2007 when I was in New Orleans as part of a tour. Still privately owned it was rather unusual in retaining real evidence of the