Cycling
Bamboo Biking
This is neat, a bamboo mountain bike! Bamboo MTB Frame - Brano Meres This is my second home-made frame. This time I used bamboo instead of carbon composite tubes…
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Aviation
Fernando Alonso and the Airbus A380 Super-Jumbo...
Searching my feeds for Fernando Alonso found this article. I was expecting an F1 story but this Fernando Alonso, test pilot and engineer, will be looking after the Airbus A380 Super-Jumbo. Size does matter The biggest passenger plane ever is taking to the sky. John Carlin tells the inside story
Automobile
Schumacher praises Alonso
Michael Schumacher commenting on the San Marino Grand Prix… Schumacher said. "But he didn't even allow the most minimal chance. He didn't make any errors. It was impossible to pass him." Full article: ThatsRacin.com | 04/28/2005 | Spain's Fernando Alonso saving
Books
Measure of measures
We use measurement everyday but have you given much thought how these definitions originated?I’m currently reading The Measure of All Things about Delambre and Mechain's meridian expedition of 1792-1799 to calculate the length of the metre. It’s a great read as combines scientific discovery, history,
Cool Hardware
Airbus A380 takes off for maiden flight
The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, is on its long-awaited maiden flight. www.Airbus.com ~ Seeing is believing has video, photos and reports from the flightdeck. BBC NEWS | Business | A380 takes off for maiden flight and its a successful first flight! BBC NEWS | The European Airbus
Aviation
Airbus A380 takes off for maiden flight
The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, is on its long-awaited maiden flight. Will this aircraft have the same impact on the aviation world as the Boeing 747? The 747 was a “bet the company” risk for Boeing that paid off and gave them dominance of the
Automobile
Holden = Buick
Holden V8 Supercars will be sponsored by Buick for the Shanghai race. Buick racing? - Autoblog - www.autoblog.com
Automobile
GTO derailed
Ouch, Want to buy a cheap Monaro, GTO… Train full of 2005 GTOs derails - Autoblog - www.autoblog.com
Web/Tech
Kiwi wins a top job at Microsoft
Lots of finance to manage! Kiwi wins a top job at Microsoft | BUSINESS | NEWS | tvnz.co.nz “Chris Liddell was chief executive at Carter Holt Harvey before he moved to the United States…” “Liddell's job at Microsoft, where he will also be chief financial officer, will involve accounting,
Automobile
San Marino Grand Prix - Ferrari is back!
Massive effort from the entire team, stunning drive from Michael, Ferrari is back in the race! Alonso showed he can cope with immense pressure and had a well deserved win. Not sure I like the new 2005 F1 rules & qualifying but if they mean races like this then perhaps
ANZAC
ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day, 25 April, is the anniversary of the landings that began the Australia and New Zealand Army Corp Gallipoli campaign in World War One. This does not commemorate a victory or even the worst battle in terms of loss of life. More New Zealanders were lost in battles on
AutoCAD
Autodesk DWF Viewer updated
A new version of the free Autodesk DWF Viewer is available. The main enhancements in Autodesk DWF Viewer 6.0 are Print Preview, revised Navigator palettes, menus, and tool-bars and an option to hide/show Composer Mark-up status colour coding. I like the new “always available” layer palette for layer