Automobile
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!...
CAD and BIM General
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...
It’s blog’iversary time again. 4 years since that first tentative post . To everyone, everywhere, thanks for visiting and subscribing! Boring 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...
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...
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...
Me
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...
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...
Cycling
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...
CAD and BIM General
I haven’t spent much time working with DataCAD. In fact, probably more time getting stuff out of it, for other platforms, than creating anything in it! However, news of a new release caught my attenti...
Books
For years I’ve subscribed to all three magazines published by Straight 8 Publishing: Driver Magazine - The latest and greatest from the new car world NZ Today - Travel, social comment and muc...
Cycling
I’m off for a holiday jaunt to Vietnam, including a few hundred km’s cycling , but imagine contemplating this trip by bicycle! I’ve added the feed to my reader to watch progress! TransAmerica Tra...