Automobile
Kiwi Alfa Romeo Racing
I got an email with a link to this local race series for Alfa Romeos. Looks like fun, but I don’t have an Alfa! Alfa Romeo Trofeo Series of New Zealand - www.trofeo.org.nz The Trofeo Series is a...
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MindManager
Hobie is leaving Mindjet...
Hobart Swan (External Affairs Manager) is leaving Mindjet ... Thanks for all you’ve done and all the best for the future Hobie!
The 101 New Zealand must-do list - Done, to do and why do!
“101 Must-Do’s” from a survey of 20,000 Kiwis … Most done , some to do , a few no idea why you’d want to Mitre Peak and Milford Sound Doubtful Sound – Not as easy to see but should be No 1...
Television
Ian Richardson dies, so long FU
I was sad to learn actor Ian Richardson has died. He had a huge variety of roles on stage and screen but like most I’ll remember him best for the very English Porterhouse Blue and brilliant political...
Web 2.0, HTML, XML, Mashup? - What's that all about?
I’ve read many discussions about “Web 2.0” and what it can enable but to be honest it never really clicked until I saw this. A brilliant video explains and demonstrates it all in about 4 minutes. W...
Automobile
A Ferrari theme park?
Ferrari brand exploitation gone mad or a brilliant idea? Whatever you think CAR have the scoop on “FerrariWorld”, the theme park, not the website … Ferrari theme park - First Official Pictures -...
Metheny
"The Way Up - Live" DVD hits New Zealand
I should be saying buy it at Amazon so I get some commission or at The Warehouse so helps my salary but if you’re in NZ you can click below to get the local Region 4 DVD version of "The Way Up - Live"...
CAD and BIM General
Reviewing Autodesk Design Review
Don’t know how I missed this great Kiwi BIM/software blog until now but check out David Harrison’s StressFree Blog . I found it via a great Design Review review (?) but also check out other great post...
CAD and BIM General
Ed Goldberg interviews Carl Bass
How do you become CEO of a leading design software company? Read on… Putting a Face on Autodesk – Cadalyst Cadalyst's Ed Goldberg discovers how Carl Bass, a self-proclaimed bad high school stude...
Automobile
Punto Bright, what a sight!
Sandy Myhre likes the Grande Punto (called the Punto in NZ as the old one is history)… Punto Bright, Breezy And Brio - Xtra Motoring When the all-new Punto was launched in the heart of the Fiat empire in Turin, music throbbed and acrobatic Spiderwomen tumbled down from the ceiling.
Film
Two views of America - Borat and Francis Fulford
I finally went to see Borat, the movie. It lived up to expectations by being rude, controversial, offensive (not to me but can see why some think that) and sometimes funny. Maybe if I had never see...
Last weeks Top 10 - Jan 29 – Feb 04
The Top Gear Stig http://rcd.typepad.com/personal/2005/05/the_top_gear_st.html 440 +5% FIAT http://rcd.typepad.com/personal/fiat/index.html 59 +34% Automobile http://rcd.typepad.com/personal/...