The Fiat 500e, but not yet the Abarth 500e, is just being launched in NZ. I got an email invite from Andrew Sims who had the 500e press preview car for test drives today (Sat Feb 11) & tomorrow prior to the Autumn public release. Decided not to waste their
Cycling
So true, I didn't write the script for this video, but could have because experienced it... Congratulations on thirty years Adventure South NZ, who I've travelled with since 2003.
Travel map in QGIS
Although a tropical storm was forecast it wasn't expected Friday January 27, 2023, would be Auckland's wettest day on record. Our average January rainfall, remember a summer month, is ~52mm and we got ~260mm on one day. It was raining all day but peaked in the
I have separate CAD/IT and Personal Blogs. The CAD blog came first but I wanted to blog about other topics. The base URL rcd.typepad.com/ (which maps to rcd.typepad.com) launches this index. Each blog has its own URL and Subscription for direct access if you are
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The blog for all my other interests! www.robincapper.net/personal/ Travel Blogging Quick Index Links: * 2024 Old Ghost Road with Adventure South [WIP] * 2021-2022 Time Out | 10 months travelling NZ by bike and car * 2019 Antarctic Mission | Antarctica (with Dr Karl), Buenos Aires & Iguazu Falls * 2019 Northland Twin
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Listened to this while riding the Hamilton Te Awa River Ride. It looks at a listener's question What's the most average sized thing in the known universe? I guessed before hearing and was way out. They look at it several ways, end up with some surprising
A new section of the Te Awa River Ride (Waikato River) recently opened; from Hamilton Gardens to Tamahere. It links the Ngaruawahia-Hamilton and Tamahere-Karāpiro sections I've previously ridden so I shot down to Hamilton for the day to complete the set. This ride concentrates on the new part
Happy New Year! I usually begin this post with "Another year has flown by..." but 2022 was a strange mix of COVID-19 impacted lockdown time dilation—where it both flew and dragged simultaneously—and a (temporary) change of lifestyle for me. I spent most of it—January to
Noticed something odd in a NZTA 'Road to Zero' ad (below). It shows a car on the highway in perfect weather swerving to miss a possum (you shouldn't), losing control and crashing into the roadside barrier. The odd part is at 0:00:38 police appear
My abandoned Twitter account may soon be deleted: Twitter Support ban announcement earlier today This goes beyond their previous action to ban posting social links in content. My account has been like this since I abandoned it. My Twitter Account with @Mastodon in username But then... Twitter deleted tweets and