Sports
* When Sky TV (Digital pay TV) had the New Zealand rights to Formula One I had Sky TV. * When Sky TV dropped Formula One I dropped Sky TV. * Sky TV have the New Zealand rights to Formula One again… * And WRC Rally…. * And I’ve just signed up again….
Fiat
After contributing to the demise of my Mum’s red Fiat Uno it seems kinda fitting to replace it with another little red Fiat. She’s now getting about in “Rosso”; a Punto.
MindManager
FreeMind is great open source mind mapping software. MindManager users can now use a free Mindjet Labs add-on to import FreeMind map files into MindManager Pro 6. FreeMind Import ~ www.mindjet.com/labs. FreeMind Import ~ www.mindjet.com/labs
Automobile
Eurocarblog have what is claimed to be sketches of the new Fiat Stilo. It sort of has a “Grande Punto Grande” look. I couldn’t get to the link posted – bandwidth restriction – but the thumb-nails on the post are good enough. Sketches of the new Fiat Stilo - www.Eurocarblog.
Comedy
Useful tip from Sketchblog; Sketchblog » Blog Archive » The F.P.E.S. 0.0 - 1.1.0. Sketchblog » Blog Archive » The F.P.E.S. 0.0 - 1.1.0 Today is a great day for the cat freedom movement! The prototype Feline Protection and Enhancement System is
Television
I found this interesting comment on the BBC doco, Supervolcano, which screened in New Zealand tonight. It was a good drama but I wondered about the accuracy of the science behind it. From this comment it appears the BBC did a reasonable job merging fact and fiction, if erring towards
Corel
It’s said Corel made the new release CorelDRAW X3 to avoid an unlucky release 13* but it didn’t help Corel U.K.’s launch featuring London Zoo's “Christopher the Chameleon”… IT Sneak: The curse of Corel. IT Sneak: The curse of Corel * Maybe with good reason;
Corel
Corel will add support for the new Office 12 XML formats to Wordperfect when Office 12 is released. Via and more comment at: Brian Jones: Office XML Formats : Corel to support Microsoft Office Open XML Formats. Via and more comment at: Brian Jones: Office XML Formats : Corel to support Microsoft
CAD and BIM General
It's from a Microsoft Flight Simulator related blog, so games focused, but there is some useful info on the Microsoft Windows Vista DirectX Graphics system changes. The Little Wheel Goes in Back : What I Know About Vista. The Little Wheel Goes in Back : What I Know About Vista
Television
Monte Carlo is on but can’t find any mention in the free to air TV sport listings. WRC was on 3, where is it now?
Automobile
It may not seem that remarkable to see an Alfa Romeo 159 except this one was in the USA where Alfa’s have not be sold since the mid ‘90’s. I suspect it’s there because Fiat Group use Microsoft Windows Automotive or maybe Robert Scoble is getting a
In a week of milestones (kilometer’stones?) two involved Fiats; * My mighty Uno achieved “All the Two’s – 222,222” (km) * In a moment I made my Mum's Uno a bit shorter than it oughta be. Thankfully nobody was injured, just a bent car & bruised ego . Never
