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It may seem strange but I don't remember anything at all significant about September 11, 20 years ago. September 12 though... I'll never forget. New York, NY, USA | Tue, 11 Sep 2001 | 8:46 a.m. Auckland, New Zealand | Wed, 12 Sep 2001 | 12:46 a.
I put a post on the work CAD Support chat about Autodesk rebranding today. It was just to advise the web asset colours and logos will probably change at some stage and not to think it is a ‘hack’. The new logo is bolder, simpler, than the previous and with
My Perfect Computer
Update: Mary Jo Foley reports: Microsoft leaves a loophole for those wanting to run Windows 11 on 'unsupported' hardware An "unsupported state," in this case, means your PC won't be entitled to receive updates via Windows Update. These may (or may not) include security
I have a weekly search running on TradeMe (NZ's local on-line trading site) for "Bravo HGT". Because they are rare here, anywhere, it usually returns only parts common to other Fiat models. Recently something different popped up: Fiat Bravo Brochure 1996 40 pages + gatefolds, superbly illustrated.
Had my last walk with Alfie this morning and a bit annoyed I didn't take any photos. No different to all the others, sniffed all the usual places, played with a couple of dogs in the park, walked home. He was fine until this evening when started panting
I was late to discover 'The Karioi Classic' and first did this brilliant gravel ride around Mt. Karioi and the Whaanga Coast (near Raglan) in 2017. I was quick to register for the July 2021 event—dubbed 'The Last Dance'—as it was the final time
There's a local takeaway place I go to irregularly, more often in winter than summer. Because I (still) use Quicken for managing finance it only took a couple of clicks to see over the last decade it's on average monthly, sometimes a couple of times a
Forty years ago, an iconic album was released. It was a couple of years later that I first heard it, courtesy of fellow design student Jeff Fisher at Unitec, and became a fan of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. The Arts Fuse have a lovely tribute to this album which,
March 31st means it is blog’iversary time. Seveneen years since that first tentative post! I really appreciate the connections blogging, and more recently Twitter & Facebook, have enabled. While the other platforms have taken over much of the day-to-day activity, I still prefer having the content I really value,
11.59pm on 25 March 2020 was the moment when Aotearoa New Zealand went into Alert Level 4 to contain COVID-19. https://covid19.govt.nz/ On Tuesday I joined a couple of thousand to watch live comedy (Bill Bailey was awesome) in a theatre. Today I visited someone in hospital,
Although best known for his iconic race commentary I'll also remember Murray's tales of his day job, advertising/marketing, outside of motorsport as well. His autobiography is well worth a read. I was privileged to be at the 2001 Melbourne kick-off to his farewell year, although
Some drivers have little regard for the safety of others, judging by this incident last weekend. I was cycling, at approx. the 30km/h limit, along Halsey Street with a considerate car following me. As we approached Jellicoe Street a Mercedes overtook both the following car & me (I monitored