Fiat
Michael Schumacher wins, then retires
I saw one of his 90 wins live, at Melbourne, and all the others on the box. Todays announcement means Formula One loses it’s greatest driver at the end of the year. Looking though the statistics at IT...
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Politics
Politicians, declare and wear your sponsors!
Given all the kerfuffle about political funding in New Zealand perhaps this, via Jack Yan, is the answer. Make all candidates declare their sponsors and wear branding like sports teams do!
GPS and Mapping
Kiwi data update for Google Earth/Maps Photos
New Zealand benefited from the recent update to Google Earth with high resolution images of Auckland and Wellington replacing some previously cloudy, low res areas.
ActiveWords
Auckland AutoCAD User Group Meeting - 13th September 2006
Demonstration discussion of MindManager, Blogs, RSS Subscription and ActiveWords UI automation to assist with CAD related work, support, documentation and training. 18:30, 13th September 2006, Nort...
Automobile
A Biofuel Future, not for everyone...
When you discuss the “peak oil” problem, often Biofuel is mentioned as an answer. While it’s likely to be part of the solution this great post on the Tesla Motors blog explains why it won’t be the sol...
Automobile
Losing a Aussie legend - Farewell Peter Brock
Just weeks before the Bathurst 1000 , an event he won nine times, Aussie racing hero Peter Brock died in a crash while competing in a Targa rally near Perth, WA. It’s a great loss as. “Peter Perfect”...
Revit Architecture
Autodesk Buys Robobat Structural Analysis
Revit Building 9 , Revit Structure 3 and Robobat ROBOT Millennium were featured in the recent Salesoft “Roadshow”. The demo showed a building in Revit Building/Structure and ROBOT Millennium analysis...
CAD and BIM General
Growing a Kiwi 3D digital content/graphics industry
The link below has the details of my recent, unexpected, investment to assist in developing a world leading 3D digital graphics content industry in New Zealand. Ok, it’s not just me as via the Governm...
Automobile
The Mercedes with Ford style?
Seeing this photo on Autoblog reminded me… When I first saw the Mercedes CLS at the San Francisco Motorshow I couldn’t believe someone would copy the rear end of a Ford Falcon AU. That was one of t...
Automobile
Ford's New Chief in a "Tough Situation"
I only know of Alan Mulally, new Ford CEO, from Karl Sabbaghs book “Twenty-First-Century Jet” about the building of the Boeing 777 and some mentions on the Boeing Blog (which has been silent about thi...
Automobile
Can a Boeing man make Ford fly?
Fords new CEO will be a former Boeing Executive. Getting Ford back on track is a huge challenge, will it fly? Bill Ford steps down - News - CAR Magazine . Bill Ford is set to step aside as chief...
Automobile
The Classic Fiat X1/9
This article is about one of my favourite cars. The tiny X1/9 was Bertone design at it’s best (seen here) before later versions were ruined by US spec bumpers. The X1/9 was often termed the baby Fe...