I asked the new Bing AI chat about me. "What is the new Bing? The new Bing is like having a research assistant, personal planner, and creative partner at your side whenever you search the web. With this set of AI-powered features, you can: Ask your actual question. When
I like 'The Conversation' website and get the NZ edition weekly email newsletter. Read it today and thought a photo, on an article about arts funding, looked a bit like one I took in Auckland Art Gallery. Clicked on the link to find they had picked up my
Clicked on a LinkedIn comment, on a post by a CAD world connection, and thought I recognised an Antarctic location in the profile header photo. A web search soon had me at Margaret Plumley's lovely sketchbook from a trip similar to my 2019 Dr Karl Expedition. Her blogs
The Fiat 500e, but not yet the Abarth 500e, is just being launched in NZ. I got an email invite from Andrew Sims who had the 500e press preview car for test drives today (Sat Feb 11) & tomorrow prior to the Autumn public release. Decided not to waste their
So true, I didn't write the script for this video, but could have because experienced it... Congratulations on thirty years Adventure South NZ, who I've travelled with since 2003.
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Although a tropical storm was forecast it wasn't expected Friday January 27, 2023, would be Auckland's wettest day on record. Our average January rainfall, remember a summer month, is ~52mm and we got ~260mm on one day. It was raining all day but peaked in the
I have separate CAD/IT and Personal Blogs. The CAD blog came first but I wanted to blog about other topics. The base URL rcd.typepad.com/ (which maps to rcd.typepad.com) launches this index. Each blog has its own URL and Subscription for direct access if you are
The blog for all my other interests! www.robincapper.net/personal/ Travel Blogging Quick Index Links: * 2024 Old Ghost Road with Adventure South [WIP] * 2021-2022 Time Out | 10 months travelling NZ by bike and car * 2019 Antarctic Mission | Antarctica (with Dr Karl), Buenos Aires & Iguazu Falls * 2019 Northland Twin
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Listened to this while riding the Hamilton Te Awa River Ride. It looks at a listener's question What's the most average sized thing in the known universe? I guessed before hearing and was way out. They look at it several ways, end up with some surprising
A new section of the Te Awa River Ride (Waikato River) recently opened; from Hamilton Gardens to Tamahere. It links the Ngaruawahia-Hamilton and Tamahere-Karāpiro sections I've previously ridden so I shot down to Hamilton for the day to complete the set. This ride concentrates on the new part