Marlborough\West Coast Cycle Day 1 – Christchurch & Hanmer Springs
Port Hills, then driving North to Hanmer Springs
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
Adventure South | 2012 Marlborough \ West Coast Cycle with Bas
Posts and photos from my Adventure South December 2012 Returning Clients Tour including: Port Hills & Diamond Point Christchurch, Hanmer & Lewis Pass, Moana to Westport (West Coast), Motueka (inc Takaka Hill), Nelson Lakes, Marlborough Sounds and Kaikōura. Blog Posts: * Adventure’ing South for my ninth cycle tour! - It
Marlborough\West Coast Cycle Day 0 – Prelude
A shattered city on a sunny day
Apple, iCalendar as good as maps
Boxing Day: What day is it?
More or Less: How tall can a Lego tower get?
The BBC Stats podcast “More or less” investigates a topic I remember researching as a kid. Ok, maybe ‘researching’ is pushing it a bit but I do remember building Lego Skyscrapers until they toppled. BBC News - How tall can a Lego tower get? So - how many Lego bricks,
Traffic Light Thought – So Hybrids can be fun?!
A recent work trip meant my first chance to drive a Hybrid car, Toyota Camry, and it was revealing. Hybrid, or compromised? I regard hybrid technology as a poor compromise rather than the best of both worlds. An optimised internal combustion car would not lug heavy, expensive battery packs or
Virtual Autodesk University 2012 Media Day Highlights & Keynote
I’m not there so have been following AU virtually this year. John Evans & Ralph Grabowski have already blogged about the media day: Autodesk University 2012 Media Day Highlights | Design & Motion Live Blogging: Autodesk Press Day 2012 - WorldCAD Access Live blogging goes overtime: FormIt - WorldCAD Access
Adventure’ing South for my ninth cycle tour!
Some conspiracies are real
Mindjet did listen - A New Option for Individual Consumers
Mindjet have announced a revised structure for their “Mindjet” subscription packages which meet with a very mixed reaction when first announced. In addition to the full “Business” ($30/month) subscription there is now an “Individual” option. This appears to add the Mindjet desktop application, formerly known as MindManager, to the
Autodesk University
A double dose of Autodesk University sadness #AU2012
I have a double dose of Autodesk University sadness to report: My favourite AU bag has worn out! I have used my Autodesk University 2005 roller backpack almost daily since collecting it in Orlando. All those kilometres, including several further AU trips, finally took their toll and the base stitching
A swell battery no more
The elderly (work) HP 2710p Convertible Tablet PC got a bit fatter today. It’s about 5 years old and had a slim extra battery pack which clipped on the bottom extending battery life from a couple of hours to about eight. I picked it up from the desktop dock
No Escape from Alcatraz
This photo was randomly selected as my desktop image today. Somehow, of all the photos I took there it was one of the most memorable. On a fine sunny day Alcatraz is a nice place, but only when you know you can leave on the next boat…