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The sexiest car in the world is a Fiat!
This just has to be good news for the new Fiat Trepiuno 500 (right) which arrives early next year. The 1957 Cinquecento, Nuova 500 below, that inspired it has just been voted the worlds sexiest car by Britains Top Gear Magazine. Even Sally, the sexy Porsche 911 Carrera from the
Were Boeing just lucky with the 787?
An article in The New Yorker has an interesting view of the Boeing/Airbus battle. They say “you make your luck” and that’s true but perhaps it takes a little luck to “make it”. Boeing 787 & Airbus A380 are great products so is the difference foresight reading shifting
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Goodbye email newsletter
Mindjet’s regular Email Newsletter is well written, full of good tips and has links to some great template maps. Yet, tonight I un-subscribed from it. Why? * If you are publishing an email newsletter, offer an RSS feed as an alternative. You won’t loose readers, if fact you’ll
Digital Paper takes flight
Charts be gone! RobiNZ CAD Blog: Digital Paper takes flight Electronic ink, digital paper, takes to the air…. RobiNZ CAD Blog: Digital Paper takes flight Electronic ink, digital paper, takes to the air….
Tablets in school!
My Granny used slate tablets in school. It appears Tablet is back although these (PC’s) are convertibles. The evening news reported on Project Chaos – a trial of tablet and other new IT technology in NZ public schools. It looked like they were having fun while learning lots, a good
Digital Paper takes flight
Recently I blogged about digital design of Aircraft using the title “The end of paper flight?”. The odd thing is that many flights, especially in light aircraft, are totally dependent on paper – thick books of charts and flight instructions. It seems rather primitive to have pilots carrying hundreds of bits
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Kiwi street mapping goes mainstream
The trademe auction site is probably New Zealand's most visited website. They just have launched smaps which offers street level mapping for all New Zealand. Although Google and Microsoft have recently added NZ street data smaps doesn’t use either. The data is from Terralink and the map
John Walker's blog - Fourmilog
Reading Jimmy, again, I find John Walker (the Autodesk founder not the Kiwi Athlete) has a blog. I knew of his website, as read The Autodesk File there a few years ago, but the blog is well worth a visit/subscription. I really like his book reviews as they cover
Adventure South?
Why the new category: “Adventure South”? All posts in this category are related to trips I’ve done with a New Zealand adventure/cycle tour company: Adventure South. They operate mainly in the New Zealand’s South Island but also offers some tours which venture into the North Island. Over
Tablets back in school
My Granny used slate tablets in school. It appears Tablet is back although these (PC’s) are convertibles. The evening news reported on Project Chaos – a trial of tablet and other new IT technology in NZ public schools. It looked like they were having fun while learning lots, a good
The Grande little car that saved Fiat?
Another profitable quarter thanks to new models like the Grande Punto. It’s not the first time the small cars have pulled Fiat back from the brink... Fiat posts another profitable quarter, raises forecast - Autoblog Fiat posts another profitable quarter, raises forecast - Autoblog