Andy's TransAmerica Trail Cycle 2008
This is way off topic but far more US readers visit here than my other blog so here it is! I “met” Andy through answering a question about blogging on LinkedIn . I guess this shows there are non-bu...
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Hackers are people too...
Is it prejudice that leads you to think of hackers as “ anonymous low life somewhere over there ” (wherever there is!)? Then you read the local news and see this prick* who is right here! * Neth...
Comedy
Project Virgle, Ben Elton's "Stark" becomes a reality?
When I saw this post I first thought of the date it was posted, 1 April, but soon after Ben Elton’s novel Stark : Australian billionaire, Sly Morgan is invited to join the Stark Conspiracy, a gr...
Try out the Grande Punto Abarth 'esseesse' in Rimini
An email arrived: “Try out the Grande Punto Abarth 'esseesse' in Rimini” Finally, I thought, Fiat have found about little Kiwi Fiat blog and invited me to test drive an Abarth… maybe even in Italy!...
It's really 2009 now!
I got home tonight to find my subscription update AutoCAD Architecture 2009 had arrived. Tomorrow it’s off to Salesoft CAD Solutions launch event for their Autodesk 2009 Software Launch/lunch with...
4th Anniversary!
It’s blog’iversary time again. 4 years since that first tentative post . To everyone, everywhere, thanks for visiting and subscribing! Boring Anniversary...
4th Anniversary!
It’s blog’iversary time again. Four years since that first tentative post . To everyone, everywhere, thanks for visiting and subscribing! Boring Anniversary B...
Design and Art
Amazing Paper Airplanes
This recent post on A Welsh View appealed thanks to my Paper Airplane obsession … A Welsh View: Japanese Scientists, Origami Masters Hope to Launch Paper Airplane From Space Shinji Suzuki, a pro...
Why I like a hosted blog
Cost of hosting, minimal Having a host to worry about this sort of thing, priceless. Doc Searls Weblog · Attention WordPressers “Take it from somebody who lost at least one whole blog entirel...
Tax Benefits
This month I looked at my pay-slip which stated exactly how much tax had been deducted over the (full tax) year and thought, that’s a lot. Yesterday, a fairly routine visit to the GP ended up with...
LinkedIn lives!
I’ve had a profile on LinkedIn , the business focused social network site, for quite a while. It recently had a major make-over and I find the new interface much more approachable. It also seems...
My Easter Monday Ride
This 100km loop has a bit of everything: A climb up the Waitakere Ranges to Titirangi Manukau Harbour coast Stop for a drink and watch a few aircraft at Auckland International Up Great...