Meeting readers...
It was cool, although slightly un-nerving, to be introduced to someone at the conference in Seoul who said: “Robin? New Zealand? I read your Blog!” Thanks for visiting wherever you are!
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Adventure South
Colosseum in Rome, India's Taj Mahal, Dunedin Railway Station?
Well, it’s a great place to hop on-board the wonderful Taieri Gorge train but up there with the Colosseum & Taj Mahal? I went to have a look at the station last year and the train was about to leave, seemed like a good way to spend the
Automobile
BMW no longer "The Ultimate Driving Machine"
UPDATE: 10–08–2006: The story that prompted this post was wrong, BMW: Still "The Ultimate Driving Machine" after all BMW are dropping “The Ultimate Driving Machine” slogan and adopting… “A Company of Ideas” I think that’s a company with one dumb idea, so who makes The
Metheny
Pat Metheny - Are You Going With Me
Another Pat Metheny masterpiece, thanks to jazzmannl for sharing these. Compare this, more faithful to the original on the album Offramp, with Anna Maria Jopek's impressive vocal version. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re_xVzTybU8&w=425&h=350]
Metheny
Pat Metheny - Minuano with the Metropole Orchestra
Pat Metheny - Minuano - with the Metropole Orchestra (Live from North Sea Jazz 2003) is just awesome. It’s one of Pat’s best tracks and works nicely with the orchestra. Can you buy this on DVD somewhere???? For comparison, there is a clip of the original Minuano (Six Eight) from
Metheny
42 strings, not an orchestra, just a guitar
Over on “A Welsh View” Robert Gale asks “Think you can play this?” (42 string guitar). Well, no, but I’ve seen someone who can! One the highlights of Pat Metheny’s recent New Zealand concert was a solo on the 42 String Pikasso Guitar. You can see a brief
MindManager
My cars map...
Inspired by Jack Yan's much more exciting list, decided to make my own list of Cars I've Owned, Driven, Rented. Regular readers probably won’t be surprised to learn this was created as a MindManager Map (seen in extended post) as there is no better way
Automobile
Cars I've Owned, Driven, Rented List Updated
I’ve re-posted my Cars I've Owned, Driven, Rented list in it’s original MindManager Map format.
Autodesk University
Autodesk University 2006 Class Spreadsheet
With almost 500 courses and 37 sessions running at the same time sometimes the toughest part about going to AU is deciding what to miss, you can’t be everywhere! In previous years my approach was to copy/paste the course schedule into a spreadsheet and use it’s filtering
Comedy
A packed beach in Summer
Don’t you hate it when the weather is great, you go to the beach but so does everyone else… China New Zealand Via A Welsh View
Formula 1
Bizarre Goodman & Coulthard interview - Hungaroring Q3
There was a bizarre post-qualifying interview at Hungaroring. It’s not in quotes, as is from my memory, but went something like: ITV's Louise Goodman interviewing David Coulthard about missing Q3 asked: How the cold [Hungaroring weather] is affecting you. He replied: It makes it more pleasant
Fiat
I doubt Kimi will drive for Ferrari in '07
I was just watched the post race press conference from Germany again while clearing out the recorder. I didn’t notice while watching live, it was about 01:30am local time, what Michael Schumacher said and Kimi’s reaction. Michael, with a beaming smile, patting Massa on the shoulder: “he’