Is it Formula 1 or Formula One?
Seems like both are used, even on the official site; www.formula1.com/ is run by Formula One Administration Ltd And used both ways on their site; 20 Mar 2008 – The BBC wins rights to UK...
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Spam Delights...
Mailwasher lets you see the spam, and delete it, before you download it but sometimes it’s actually worth reading: What a pace… In just as little as 2 *weeks* you can have a masters degree...
Aviation
Airport Lasers - criminal nuisance or attempted murder?
I was “lasered”, with a small red dot presentation type, while driving over the harbour bridge the other night. It was distracting until I worked out what it was, but still wonder where it was coming...
Who is Aussie Stig?
See my TypePad blog; I know the identity of Aussie Stig!
I know the identity of Aussie Stig!
It should have occurred to me at the time. A famous Aussie auto-blogger suddenly announces he’s giving up , actually scaling down, blogging because of work, family and other commitments. Then a week o...
Peter Bromhead, New Zealander of the year
To get this paragraph in “Granny Herald”* was worthy of the highest honour. Peter Bromhead’s column in the Business section of today’s NZ Herald paper was about the perils of publishing: * For o...
Top Gear Australia, might work?
Warren Brown was great in Peking to Paris . It won’t be the Loud Mouth, Hamster, Mr Slow show but I think Top Gear Aussie might* work! Of course the big question will be: “Who is Aussie Stig?”...
Automobile
The Bravo HGT time warp - from the Web wayback machine
I found this, admittedly PR, description from the Fiat NZ website in 2000 thanks to the Wayback Machine Web Archive. http://web.archive.org/web/20001204161700/http://www.fiat.co.nz/ FIAT BRAV...
On Vox: QotD: Why I Blog
Why do you blog?Submitted by littleduckling. » Read more on Vox
QotD: Why I Blog
Why do you blog? Submitted by littleduckling. It started, in 2004, because I was feeling guilty. I'd learned a lot from others AutoCAD & IT sites/blogs and felt I should give something back. A blog was an easy way to have a web presence without the hassle
SnagIt 9 - the ribbon edition!
When I saw Betsy’s post this morning I just had to try the new SnagIt. Although only about 20mb it took a couple of hours to download which either meant our net connection was sluggish (most likely) o...
Here's the obligatory iPhone post
New Zealand is finally going to get the iPhone. Should I care? How does the iPhone do against my requirements; Outlook Sync , finally! GPS , cool except I’ve already got a GPS Robust? Will...