Fiat 500s, new and old
The ‘new’ (not by the time I posted this) Fiat 500 TwinAir meets its older sibling. While the new one would be fine as an everyday car the old 500, or Bambina as it was known in NZ, is one for my “When I win Lotto garage”.
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
7.5 km Muriwai beach walk
Took Alf for a 7.5km (return) walk along Muriwai beach this afternoon. Managed to avoid the rain, met a few dogs for him to play with and wore one out which was the goal! Tried out the slow motion video on my phone, not exactly Baywatch… I think he
Another reason to go to Queenstown
Seems the NZ Skeptics Conference “will be held somewhere in Queenstown on the first weekend of December, 2016”. Might take my mountain bike (or rent one there) to experience some more* of this! NEW ZEALAND. PROVEN HERE. from Yeti Cycles on Vimeo. * I’ve only done some remote metal road
Sam Harris on food ethics, biodoom, Trump and more
A great, albeit long, discussion with Sam Harris on "The Joe Rogan Experience" episode entitled "#804 - Sam Harris Thursday, 02 June 2016 1:02 PM "The discussion on food ethics, at what point does killing to eat become acceptable, and the antibiotic disaster we're
A nice sight in Quicken 5 years early
This was nice to see today. Some bank admin meant there never was an 002
Confidence inspiring Building Design Suite 2017 install?
Seriously, System requirements, click… sigh… A bug in the installer? The install completed successfully, hopefully the actual software is less buggy!
New Zealand Autodesk Fusion 360 Meetups
Or, how I went to buy sushi for lunch and ended up joining another CAD Meetup group! A chance meeting, at the sushi shop, with Fusion 360 guru Scott Moyse led me to his new Autodesk Fusion 360 Meetup for users of this Product Design/Simulation/CAM platform. Scott is
Comedy
Australia, just cat + dog!
Australia will never look the same (h/t @conradhackett) pic.twitter.com/Y144EWNSWi — Chris Bramwell (@ChrisBramwell) May 18, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Autodesk CEO: Yahoo Is Becoming Increasingly Irrelevant
I don't disagree but thought it amusing this showed up in a Yahoo! Finance RSS search feed I've used for years: Autodesk CEO: Yahoo Is Becoming Increasingly Irrelevant | Watch the video - Yahoo Financeb May 19 -- Carl Bass, Autodesk's chief executive officer, comments on Yahoo
Revit User Group Wellington May Meeting Announcement
From the RUGWELL Organisers: This months meeting is at Jasmax Wellington office. We hope you can make it along for another dose of Revit enlightenment Wed 25 May 2016 @ Jasmax Level 1, Grant Thornton House, 215 Lambton Quay 5.30pm – for a 6pm start Please do not arrive before 5:
Dizzy and my Doctor prescribed YouTube!
Late last week I got a strange dizzy feeling walking up the stairs at work. Thought a bit odd as had just eaten lunch, so not low blood sugar, but it was more puzzling than disabling. I occasionally get mildly congested sinus, from allergies, so thought might be that but
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Revit User Group Auckland (Auckland) May Meeting Announcement
I’m a bit late posting this, see you there on Wednesday! When: Wednesday, May 18, 2016, from 5:30 PM 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: