Bravo HGT 200k
Heading home tonight looked at the odometer and had to take the slightly longer route. Stopped (safely) for a snapshot of the mighty Flying Spaghetti Machine clocking 200,000 Kilometres Robin Sent from my Lumia 1520 Windows Phone
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It must be too sunny for vacuuming
Vacuuming on a nice day sucks, even the machinery agreed. Seems those brilliant old, Dalek like, Tellus vacuum cleaners only last about twenty years. Then they stop sucking and emit a burning smell! UPDATE: Perhaps it is time to buy a Roomba!
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Windows 10 great, thanks to 8(.1) and Windows Phone!
It took me a while to get the release Windows 10 installed on hardware which does it justice. I’d been trying the ‘insider’ builds on an old machine which only gave me a chance truly test one aspect of Microsoft’s latest operating system: how well it runs on
Bethells Beach Spring
Almost a summer feeling at Bethells Beach today, except you could walk barefooted on the black sand without frying your feet!
Kiva across the world
I love how a few clicks, and a few dollars, can help people around the world again and again. Just added 10 new Kiva loans, all funded from repayments of previous loans. My current loans support these categories If you want to try Kiva use this link: http://www.kiva.
A year ago today, my highest ever cycle ride
Hard to believe a year has passed since we reached Everest Base camp. In a strange way hard to believe I got there at all, let alone most of the way (from Lhasa) by bicycle! Himalayan Cycle 14 — Everest Base Camp return(A mix of travel notes and comments added
Alfie pondering, leap or not?
Quite a bit of rain made this more of a jump than normal. He did it, but not without a bit of a think.. Overspill on the Upper Nihotupu dam was pretty too, but made climbing the steps up the face a bit damp. Plenty of water for westie Aucklanders
The NZ flag which has it all: Union Jack, Stars, Fern…
Damn! I didn’t think to repurpose this, created in 2001 for Chris Sayer’s Open 50 sponsorship proposal, into a flag contender for John Key's mad crowd-sourced flag replacement competition. Given the current “keep the old”, what about the Union Jack, maybe Southern Cross Stars, or a
Reality Capture
Using reality as your model
While there are lots of examples of using point clouds for modelling reference I thought this example using them to avoid modelling was impressive. Why model if it isn’t needed? Hear from SSOE Group how they are using ReCap for breaking up scans in order to simplify projects and
Wow, cash for food
Almost a novelty to see these days. The family in front of me at the supermarket paid in cash. Nearly $300 in $20s. Operator had to count twice :) Remember going to supermarket (with Mum) as a kid and everyone paid cash or cheque, Operators entered every price by hand, from
Vale Cilla Black
Today’s news reports of Cilla Black’s funeral and this random Windows desktop background selection (from thousands of possible images) seem worth a mention. Although not really my generation I grew up more than aware of Cilla Black. My parents liked, and often played, her music and gave her
@Windows Phone 10 set-up gear fail
The new @Windows Phone 10 Build still has set-up screen gears that spin but don't mesh. Pedantic perhaps, but not that hard to get right! ⚙️Comment from 2025: More symbolic of Windows Phone demise than appreciated at the time?