Automobile
Cool Volkswagen Touareg Ad
Cool Volkswagen Touareg Ad ~ RobiNZ CAD Blog
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Design and Art
Cool Volkswagen Touareg Ad
Smith & Foulkes take Volkswagen's Touareg through a hand-drawn obstacle course containing roadbumps, falling rocks and swamps. Very cool. Volkswagen's new Touareg ~ 'boards - Screening Room via adjab.com
Weblogs
How CEO Blogging can change the way a company interacts with the public
Bob Lutz, GM Vice Chairman, has used a Fastlane Blog post, Context is Everything , to reply to media coverage in which he claims comments were taken out of context. What I find interesting is the u...
Automobile
Bob Blogs Back: GM: No plans to shed a brand. Period
What I find interesting is the use of the blog to directly respond to press reporting. How would this have been done prior to CEO blogging? By replying directly on the Blog, Bob is able to state his case with no third party intervention. This isn’t possible in the traditional media formats. It’s a p
MindManager
MindManager - A good RSS Reader?
In a post on the Mindjet Blog Francois Lavaste suggests that MindManager could be used as your RSS reader. While the RSS capability of MindManager is very useful I don’t think it’s an efficient reader unless you only track a few feeds...
Automobile
World Rally Championship is in New Zealand but I'll miss it!
The WRC comes to town next week but I wont be able to see it as I’m leaving for the South Island the same day. When I booked this holiday last year the Rally was in later in the year but the change to fit in an extra event
Weblogs
Julia Lerman Blog - Don't Be Iffy...
Its a great blog but it was the “Disclaimer” that caught my eye. One benefit of being self-employed. Julia Lerman Blog - Don't Be Iffy... Disclaimer Since I am self-employed, I suppose that the opinions expressed herein do, indeed, express those of my employer.
Rant
Choosing Spectacles - a nightmare
I went to the Optician today. I nearly broke my specs at Easter and decided a second pair would be a good idea before I managed to completely wreck them. If I had managed it the alternatives would have been: Old dark Polaroid prescription sunglasses or disposable contacts that are
MindManager
The Mindjet Blog
Mike Jetter, Chief Technology Officer at Mindjet, has launched The Mindjet Blog focusing on MindManager and mind mapping.
New Zealand
Five cent coin to be scrapped - Who cares?
The Reserve Bank is scrapping the 5 cent coin. It won’t worry me, does anyone really use them these days? I was amazed to find the US still using 1 cent coins, what's the point of them? Also odd that they still have one and two dollar
Sports
Disney to sponsor Volvo round-the-world race entry
Is Mickey joining the crew in the next Volvo round the world race? Not quite, but Disney are getting involved: The Black Pearl, Aye, aye Johnny Depp ~ www.ybw.com
Religion
The media death watch
It seems that this Easter the world media was in “death-watch mode” chasing stories about people who are close too, if not yet experiencing, the final stages of life. Strangely, these are all recent events when usually its a time that a death 2005 years ago (or thereabouts) is