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
Adventure South
Watching NZ Story on TVNZ One, about Lydia Bradey the first woman to summit Everest, thinking about Bas's Tibet/Nepal ride next year. Then they showed a clip from an old news broadcast which had (I'm pretty sure) Geoff Gabites, as NZ Alpine Club President, commenting
Ever seen something on the road and thought; ‘If only there was a cop to see this’? I’ve done the *555 thing a few times but only to report dull stuff like road debris hazards. Recently I was driving home through suburban Sunnyvale and caught up with a car
This listing on trademe reminded me of a fine little Fiat didn’t own and only ever drove a few times. The price seems a bit OTT but if as good as looks in the photos would be in my “When I win Lotto Garage”, if I had won Lotto.
I’ll leave covering the Apple announcement to the many iFan blogs other than to say it was more a story of refinement than surprise for iPad, nice for OS X Mavericks upgrade to be free on the desktop. What I wasn’t expecting was a new AutoCAD for Mac
Been a while since I did any trail riding but this shows New Zealand at it’s best. Heli-biking in Queenstown looks awesome. I’ve only done some remote metal road riding (left) and a part day single track ride down Skippers Canyon (right). That will have to change as
Adrift from Simon Christen on Vimeo. Lovely capture of San Franciscos infamous fog. In spite of several visits it is not an aspect of San Francisco I have ever seen!
I requested my Twitter archive and created this summary with Wordle. A neat way to see what, and who, has got my attention on Twitter since joining in 2009 To make yours: 1. Log in to twitter.com, settings and request your archive. 2. Download the .csv file from the
Revit Technology Conference
One feature of RTC was the increased application of 3D scanning and point cloud technology in architecture. In some ways this topic showed the breadth of RTC as all aspects of scanning were covered. In the exhibit hall the capture technology was represented by hardware suppliers and consultants offering scanning
Although I’ve never owner, even driven, a 2CV it is on my “Cars to buy when I win Lotto” list. Although a few were imported they aren’t exactly common and I’ve never seen a 2CV Bamboo until this one passed me on the motorway. Most the imports
One of the joys of the Revit Technology Conference is the variety of content offered. Sessions include technical demonstrations, hands on labs, discussions and reviews of industry. The problem is you can’t see all the sessions. I’m going to cover a some I attended in the next few
Weblogs
I don't chase blog stats but wondered what the demise of Google Reader would mean for RSS use. It appears that Feedburner (which I use for watching that) is either broken or blatantly lies. My Feedburner Subscribers (the green line below) plummeted from ~9500 to ~250 after Google
Skeptic
What an awesome line-up of speakers, I’m working on a plan to get to this Wellington event as soon as I hit Publish on this post. In some ways it will be a reprise of The Amazing Meeting Australia 2010 (Sydney) where I met Kylie Sturgess and heard both
