Opononi to Ahipara ~ Northland Sojourn 2012 Day 4
A great dafe breakfast, and ride
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
Baylys Beach to Opononi ~ Northland Sojourn 2012 Day 3
Giant trees, giant dunes and the best view in Northland
Auckland to Baylys Beach ~ Northland Sojourn 2012 Day 2
Wednesday dawned fine and clear. I know this because, unusually for me, I was up. Although not leaving till 8:00 I decided to go into town early to avoid traffic hassles. It was good as just beat the Auckland rush, arriving in town about 7:15. After dumping my
Auckland Prelims ~ Northland Sojourn 2012 Day 1
An Auckland Meetup
'An Honest Liar’ - The Story of the Amazing James Randi
Sometime over the holiday break, one of those frequent rubbish days of a summer not to remember, I stumbled upon the documentary film ‘Being Elmo’ on a Sky channel. It was a fascinating look at Kevin Clash's life and career to as the man behind Elmo. Although released
New Zealand Google Maps (and Earth) get Traffic!
There aren’t many people in New Zealand but we have more cars/head than most (~2.5 million cars/4 million people). Then consider not far off half the population live in one city and it is squeezed onto a narrow isthmus between two harbours*. So we do have
Golf Hotel Whiskey visits Boeing, Seattle
Events at home foiled my plan to visit Seattle on the way home from Autodesk University last year. I got to see the airport but only during a 3 hour stop over. A visit to Boeing is still on my to do list, maybe next time? Delivery flight for new
Sky NZ Formula 1 2012 coverage sucks
As sent to Sky New Zealand: Do you offer a discount for my Sky Sport Subscription due to poor quality product? The F1 coverage from Melbourne was absolute rubbish. No intro, vast chucks with no commentary and mismatched sound (car engine noise after all the cars had stopped running?). In
The Formula 1 Countdown…
Yay, Melbourne Grand Prix time!
Register to see Autodesk’s “Lead The Way” Virtual Event, while I’m on my bike!
In late March I’m off to tour Northland — the north of NZ’s North Island — with a bunch of similarly crazy cyclists. Ten days of cycling a mainly coastal circuit around the beautiful Northland scenery. I just hope some summer weather we haven’t had yet arrives really late!
The Most Astounding Fact — Neil DeGrasse Tyson
When I first understood this (probably thanks to Isaac Asimov’s books or Carl Sagan’s Cosmos) I thought it was amazing. This presentation is beautiful: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU&w=640&h=360] via RichardDawkins.net UPDATE 2012-03-16: And here is the 10
A poke at software architecture
Click through for a classic Geek & Poke: Thank God Not Everything Is Software .