Wide load avoidance thanks to the bike mirror
Take A Look Mirror to the rescue
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Just a bit less of me
A “The Conversation” tweet about weight loss caught my eye yesterday. I know, thanks to an old blog post, in November 2006 I weighed 68 kg. I also know, thanks to another old blog post, I also weighed ~68 kg in 2013 but had been up to 75 kg sometime
Traffic Light Thought–Corrections Van CAN numbers mean what?
For years I have seen Corrections NZ Prisoner transfer vans on the motorway heading North in the morning commuter traffic. They are distinctive and all have a prominent identification in the form of the letters CAN followed by a number. I’ve always wondered what the CAN indicated, an abbreviation?
Traffic Light Thought–Spooky sights in Waikumete Cemetery
Normally a dusk dog walk in the cemetery would not worry me but I saw something rather spooky tonight. It wasn't supernatural but I did wonder what about a dozen cars cruising slowly around, seemingly following sat nav maps, was about until one went past close enough to
BIM AK August Meeting Announcement
BIM AK August registration is open, see you there! Thursday 23rd August, 5.30-8.00pm The August event will be focused on BIM in Construction featuring a presentation from Gabor Gulyas of PDC Group on the $3.5b Brisbane Queens Wharf project, along with a construction industry panel discussion. Attendance
Vintage X1/9 road test
It’s not quite Top Gear…
Vale Sergio
Sad to see this news tonight about Sergio Marchionne: Sergio Marchionne, who engineered the merger of Fiat and Chrysler and revived their fortunes, died at the age of 66 https://t.co/94sQvzlLgt — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 25, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Starting with an
No cycling on this Auckland cycle path
Rather than fix the problem - variation of bridge surface treatments from good anti-slip to none along the Henderson Cycle Path - the answer is a new "No Cycling" sign. Other stretches with the same surface further along have use signs at all. Other places nearer Hwy 16
Making my Perfect PC? A peak beneath the Microsoft Surface at Autodesk University #AU2017
It was more by chance, than planning, that I ended up in Jeff Stewart’s session at Autodesk University 2017 (AU2017) last November. I was talking to some Microsoft representatives in the exhibit hall and they mentioned it was on the following day. Somehow, I had overlooked it while setting
New Zealand
The road tolls for too many
I saw a tweet comparing U.S.A. / U.K. road toll statistics: I'd say you wouldn't want to drive on US roads on holiday this summer. The UK has a population of 65m; the US is six times bigger at 325m. However, deaths on UK
CorelDRAW 2018 disappears on Windows 10
I still use CorelDRAW for graphics, old habits die hard and I like it, but could not get my veteran 2012 version to run on my Surface Book (Windows 10 1803). It installed ok, started and displayed the splash screen for a while, then vanished. Since it was pretty old,
Science
Scanning the LHC
Fascinating look at the CERN, European Organisation for Nuclear Research, LHC facility captured by laser scanners: Inside CERN - lidarnews.com “The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is situated 100 meters below ground at CERN and is considered the biggest single machine on the planet. It is also the location of