Film
This post was written 11,297m above the Pacific, about halfway between Auckland & San Francisco. One advantage of a long haul flight is you get to catch up on those movies you wanted to see, but never got around too. Suddenly with thirteen hours and nothing else to do
Cool Software
While writing about the Lenovo W700DS I wanted to know what 11 pounds was, in Kilograms, so turned to a cool freeware utility I use all the time. "Convert" does what it says turning meaningless illogi...
A cat on the F1 Key... Originally uploaded by RobiNZ Makes travel planning difficult. I wondered why Internet Explorer Help kept opening...
A cat on the F1 Key...
IXUS 430 RIP Originally uploaded by RobiNZ Farewell brave little camera, thanks for all the memories you captured. After more than 5,000 photos from Vietnam to Orlando and around New Zealand (by car and bicycle) a fall onto concrete was just too much. The camera part works fine but
Cloud Computing
Above you see me trying to make sense of the various data serving, storing and sharing services that Microsoft offer. Currently I have a presence on them all but use Live Mesh the most. The problem...
CAD and BIM General
OK, it isn't that secret but Autodesk Design Review is free and can be used for more than "Review". Here's a couple of real world scenarios; Can we fit "X" in there? Say you want try options...
Comedy
XKCD have posted this, slightly NSFW, guide to thinking Metric (click to embiggen). It's pretty good and is the kind of mental conversion I do when thinking imperial. In the USA I convert temperate...
GPS and Mapping
I like how Garmin have connected their, proprietary, MapSource GPS software to Google Earth. I tend to prefer editing my Etrex downloads in MapSource but like viewing them in Google Earth. Thanks Garm...
It was a holiday weekend here, Auckland Anniversary. This evening I went for a bit of a drive to try a new road, before the toll started, and to get dinner: See The Northern Gateway Toll Road, or 214km for Fush n Chups (from TypePad)
Auckland
I was watching TV3 Evening News and they showed the new Northern Gateway Toll Road, which opened yesterday with a traffic jam. It's going to be $2 each way and I thought " I'll never see it " for seve...
Aimee draws me
