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
Sadly I won’t be there but, having attended RTC Au/NZ last year (see posts here), know I will be missing a fabulous event. If you can get to Melbourne, my favourite Aussie city, hurry up and register! RTC Australasia 2014 www.rtcevents.com/rtc2014au/ Pullman Hotel, Melbourne Thursday
Windows
I don’t miss Windows XP but my current Windows 8 lock screen reminds me of that iconic XP Bliss background, with a twist. The sculpture is “Horizons” by Neil Dawson from the Gibbs Farm Sculpture Collection, Kaipara, New Zealand. This is a 2D visual illusion made of steel tube
Automobile
It’s always good to find fresh new edition of Car magazine in the post. Even better to find my photo in the May 2014 Issue My Month section! “Saw this duo from the road and had to stop for a photo. The best of car design next to something
Brilliant story, technology and people changing lives. School in the cloud: Children with mentors on the other side of the worldAn unlikely friendship between an Indian schoolboy and a retired teacher in London is showing how a new approach to teaching and technology is changing lives.BBC NewsByAlison GeeBBC World
Ernest Theodore Bock 1881-1918
Grafton Bridge a transit lane today (Easter Monday)? Didn’t get me, I was on a bicycle, but a bit mean on visitors who might not notice this empty bridge was closed to cars as on a busy week day.
Like the new photo background and transparent tiles on Windows Phone 8.1. Currently reminding me of cycling in Vietnam. An extreme close up of a rice paddy.
March 31st means it is blog’iversary time again. I find it hard to believe a decade has passed by since that first tentative post. It was rather special to spend a few days last week with the Shaan Hurley (on the left wearing a cap below), who inspired me
Watching the launch web presentation, live
Autodesk invited bloggers from around the world to meet with AutoCAD product managers, specialists, AutoCAD team members and a gold beta user for a deep dive into the new AutoCAD 2015 release. I’d seen the beta before this trip but was interested to learn what had driven the changes
Allowing some extra—and it turned out not needed—travel time for traffic, unavoidable road works and the slick check in process at Auckland Airport means I’m through security looking at a departure board which says ‘Relax’. Time to blog! I’ve been invited to an AutoCAD Blogger day
Second RUGAKL Meetup of the year but I’m going to miss it. Join fellow Reviteers as I wing my way to lovely San Francisco for a week of blog related activities, sightseeing and some hilly cycling! Please join us from 5.30pm 6:00pm : Welcome and Introduction 6:05pm