Travel
San Francisco beauty
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!
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
All my Tweets, Wordled
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
RobiNZ at #RTCAUS 5 – Scanning and BIM’ing
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
Traffic Light Thought – Passed by a 2CV Bamboo!?
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
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RobiNZ at #RTCAUS 4 – Three speakers, three approaches
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
Google FeedBurner: unreliable rubbish or deliberately misreporting?
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
What a line up for NZ Skeptics Conference 2013!
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
Nikola Tesla honoured in comic infographic
I’ve always been intersted in both the myth and (incredible) reality of Nikola Telsa. He truly did pioneer many technologies which make our society what it is. theoatmeal.com has a great comic tribute to Nikola Tesla
Traffic Light Thought – The nail in the puddle, what are the odds?
Ok actually a garage thought but anyway; Got home from work on a wet night, car in the garage, fire on, dinner on, telly on, all is well. Later in the evening I need some wood so its out to the garage where where I have a couple of days
A West’ie Harbour walk with Alfie
I took Alf on a bit of a walk down my memory lane this weekend. I grew up in Massey and back then the suburb which is now West Harbour was just paddocks! There have been more than a few changes and although I am familiar with the area by
Traffic Light Thought – Bravo HGT around the world
According to WolframAlpha clocking up its 166,000’th kilometre means my Fiat Bravo HGT has been around the world just over four times. (166,000 km = 4.1 × equatorial circumference of Earth). I happened to notice it on the odometer sitting at the lights in Henderson on the way
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RobiNZ at #RTCAUS 3 - A surprising keynote
I must admit to being underwhelmed when I first saw the Revit Technology Conference organisers had selected, self described, Clinical Psychologist, Author and Wearer of Socks Nigel Latta as the keynote speaker. I haven’t seen much of his TV work but was once rather surprised how much credence he