New Zealand from the Space Station
Excuse the cross posting but I think this image of New Zealand, NASA’s picture of the day, justifies it! RobiNZ Personal Blog: Stunning Space Station view of New Zealand Has d etails and link to...
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Stunning Space Station view of New Zealand
This remarkable image of Christchurch, Kaikoura, Nelson and Wellington from space was NASA’s Image of the day. STS-116 Mission Specialists Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left) and Christer Fuglesang participate in the first of the mission's three planned sessions of extravehicular activity as construction resumes on the
Auckland
Traffic Light Thought - Why am I here?
Why did I take the old off-ramp, to get to the North Western Motorway, which requires a detour through town with three sets of traffic lights and not the new connection? Sitting at the lights for o...
Automobile
A Panda in the Dakar Rally?
Not the cute furry bamboo munchers! SFC have news, and great photos, on Fiats entry in the Dakar Rally… Sporting Fiats Club - Pandas on the Dakar Rally Starting from Lisbon on 6th January and fi...
Automobile
The Fiat 500 is coming to New Zealand!
Due in 9 months! (15 September 2007) This is mine, design your own at www.fiat500.com
Office
Microsoft's new homepage – Folders that aren't, don't work!
I read about the re-designed Microsoft Web site in Tim Leberecht’s post where he critiques the new page, and the Zune Site. After trying it I found it doesn’t work that well, in fact it doesn’t meet a...
Automobile
Traffic Light Thought - BMW Camry?
I was sitting at the lights and saw about the back 1/2 of a new car in an adjacent lane. I looked and thought from the taillight and boot/rear guard that it was some sort of mid-size Beemer but the...
Cycling
5 things that people don’t know about me?
Hobie tagged me to blog 5 things that people don’t know about me, Hmmm…. My musical career did not progress beyond Grade 1 Piano. I now only play the CD’s… As a kid I did, and liked sailing....
Automobile
2007 Fiat 500 bound for Australia! - What about New Zealand?
The Age report the new Fiat 500 is going to be sold in Australia, which means it’s very likely to be seen in New Zealand! Fiat 500: budget retro-car bound for Australia - News - Motoring - theag...
Automobile
Top Gear, Hamster returns!
He’s back, fantastic! Top Gear | Hamster attends TG Awards Richard Hammond celebrated his first day of filming for the new series of Top Gear by attending the TG Cars of the Year Awards last Thur...
Autodesk University
Enrico’s Venice
I discovered Enrico’s Blog several years ago and borrowed his idea of using your own photos as a blog header. It probably wasn’t his idea but the header at the time I visited was memorable for someone...
CAD and BIM General
SOM and Gehry Technologies' Digital Project
Randall breaks the news that SOM are adding Gehry Technologies' Digital Project to their software portfolio. I met Darren Rizza in Seoul earlier this year after his presentation on “ Pioneering Pro...