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
I really like the HERE Drive+ GPS application on my Nokia phones. Although I usually know where I’m going I run it all the time for traffic and speed limit reminders. Recently swapping from Drive+ to any other app, even dismissing an incoming call, would cause it to close
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The end of March means it is blog’iversary time again. Eleven years since my first tentative post. If anyone is to blame, and thank, for all this it is Shaan Hurley. I read his Between the Lines AutoCAD blog before I really knew what a blog was. It prompted
I’ve got photos of my 2nd car somewhere but they are from a pre-digital era, possibly even some 35mm transparencies! Until I find them the articles and brochures on this site are a great reference: www.mirafiori.com - 128 Brochures & Magazine Articles Car of the Year -
Details of this Wednesdays RUGWELL March meeting: This months meeting is at GHD Wellington. I apologise for the late notice, but we hope you can make it along for another dose of Revit enlightenment, even if it is just to check out what has to be the best "smoko&
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Autodesk 360
Time flies. I’ve only been using the 2015 release full time for a few months* and 2016 arrives! Shaan shared a link to a YouTube playlist with highlights of the new release. Check it out while you download the install from your new Autodesk Account (formerly Subscription) page! I
Details of the upcoming RUGAKL March meeting, see you there? Join us from 5:30 for Please RSVP attendance, for catering & facility purposes $5 donation (receipt available) for Drinks and Nibbles. A Meeting Register is taken for NZIA CPD Points. http://www.meetup.com/rugakl/events/219188211/
Saw this in Waipu near the end of my Pedal for Plunket ride. Had to take a photo of this tribute to Kiwi slang captured in a sign. Nice one www.azscaffolding.co.nz!
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Today I rode Ruakaka to Wellsford for the Pedal For Plunket 2015 ride and it went well. Although State Highway One is busy we had a support car & van following warning of cyclists ahead. The traffic was great, quite a few supportive toots and waves as they went past.
Both of these are just a way to have fun on the water, but I think the foreground one is more my style (and budget). ‘Serene’ is 133.9m long (439’3” of those other lengthy measure units for US readers) and can cruise at 15kts… I’d cycled into
I'm listening to "NZ Motoring Podcast 5: The Luxury Car Special", which was recorded in a Rolls Royce. You can listen to it directly here: http://www.globalvoicemedia.com/stats/nzmotoringpodcast005.mp3 View the podcast's website from here http://nzmotoringpodcast.com/
