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The USA becomes a fascist state
Trump’s new order on domestic terrorism really means fascism has arrived in the USA.
All the Ben's music
Ben Tangle's "All Of Our Chances" Single out today
Farewell TypePad, thanks for the memories
4,748 posts, ~2.1 million views, so many memories
ClassicItalia & Hobson Bay wandering
Went for a walk between the cars & lunch
Mark Hadlow's GOMIL is a triumph
One man, one bike, one stage, spinning thought provoking humour
Hello Ghost!
This is RobiNZ Blogs, a brand-new home for my former TypePad hosted blogs and future blogging. My blog is over twenty-one years old. Its purpose changed over the decades, from the initial focus on CAD (design software) to more about me, but is still the home for my content I
On the move, TypePad shutting down
My blog(s) will be on the move as TypePad, who've hosted them since the first post in March 2004, is closing down. For me this is just a hobby, is going to be quite a disruption for any commercial users. I can't complain given TypePad
Character amnesia and the death of handwriting?
Have you forgotten how to write? I pretty much have, cursive lower case anyway! When I did my Product Design Diploma, for three years, it was a requirement that all submissions (not just drawings) were printed. I pretty much converted to upper case printing for all my writing and never
The true 'The Penguin Lessons' movie story
The Lives Less Ordinary podcast has true story that inspired the delightful movie 'The Penguin Lessons' with Steve Coogan & Jonathan Pryce. Spoilers if you haven't seen it already but knowing won't reduce your enjoyment if do. I loved this movie, both for itself
Sports hydration, my cycling drink mix vindicated!
Loved this episode of Sliced Bread: Do drinks and powders with electrolytes help to hydrate you better? from BBC Radio 4. Greg Foote speaks to Graeme Close, Professor of Human Physiology and Head of the Research Institute for Sports and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University, and after a
Slow opening Revit Autodesk Construction Cloud Structural files? Of course it was the storage disk sector size!
Get a nice new certified CAD mobile workstation, put a trusted, much used, deployment of Autodesk AEC Collection Apps (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, Navisworks etc) on it and all appears fine until... * Go to open a small (26mb) Revit structural project file from Autodesk Construction Cloud and it takes 30-35
I'm with Katie, have no time for cycling snobbery
I thought the 'velominati' was a funny parody of cycling snobbery, then found some take it seriously as 'rules'. I mostly ride solo, in cycle kit but go out of my way to find non-sponsor branded team stuff. The thing that really gets me, and I
Flying Solo or Missing Males?
What started as an article share has also revealed an interesting view of on-line (left) vs 'print' (right) media. I read the 'print', actually digital on-line magazine app view, of today's The Independent' (U.K.) on solo parenting. But when went to share
Greg Johnson Vine Street Stories 30th Anniversary Tour
It was great to see Greg's Vine Street Stories 30th Anniversary Tour, the album live plus more, so good. Also nice of him to sign my first release 30-year-old CD! Although I mostly listen to his 'Tilt Your Interior - The Whole Kit and Caboodle' (box
ANZAC Day, Great-Grandfather Ernest Theodore Bock, my Michael Palin's 'Great-Uncle Harry'
I recently 'read' Michael Palin's 'Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire': Some years ago a stash of family records was handed down to me, among which were photos of an enigmatic young man in army uniform, as well as photos of the
A message for the Health Minister, written at 04:00, on Good Friday, in an Emergency Department
Posted when I saw this Facebook reel. It's 4am, I'm sitting in an A&E watching staff working their arses off, and getting insulted by a pathetic little upstart whose only experience in health organisation is as the ex-spokesman for the group "Stop Family
Vale Rich Sales (Salesoft CAD Solutions)
I am sad to hear Rich Sales, founder of NZ Autodesk Reseller Salesoft CAD Solutions, passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully, at his home recently. Rich was an Architect who saw the potential in this thing called CAD in the early 80s and pioneered use of AutoCAD for design in NZ.
Karanga-a-Hape Station precinct integration (Project K) despair
After years of consultation, design, and after they've started construction, Auckland Transport have backtracked on the people & cycle friendly aspects for spaces around the new Karanga-a-Hape Central Rail Link Station (see the links 1 & 2 below). It's the Canada St, Cross St, Mercury Lane
Regarding Treaty Principles Bill submissions | Christopher Luxon
Sent tonight: From: Robin Capper Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2025 18:53 To: Christopher.Luxon@parliament.govt.nz <Christopher.Luxon@parliament.govt.nz> Subject: Regarding Treaty Principles Bill submissions Regarding: "Look, we've been overwhelmed by the number of submissions. The positions on the Treaty Principles
March 2025 - 21st Anniversary!
Updated September 2025: Little did I know it would be my last TypePad Anniversary!
TechSmith Snagit confidential: Coincidence or great marketing?
Either way, nice one Techsmith Snagit, my essential screen capture tool. This arrived in my inbox today: TechSmith Snagit Advert about hiding sensitive information While I was listening to radio news about... Journalist releases texts sent by US Defence Secretary about military operation | Radio NZ | 22 minutes ago Details of
USA off the destination list?
(And I've been to Tibet)
Health Minister censors National Public Health Service Doctors? | Simeon Brown | David Seymour | Chris.Bishop | Christopher Luxon
This quote from Simeon Brown, Health Minister: Doctors fear Govt instruction means they can’t talk freely about public health issues - Stuff "Brown said: “Writing submissions opposing a fast-food restaurant in Wānaka, as Health NZ did last year, is not what New Zealanders expect from their health service.