RobiNZ Personal Blog

Aussie Grand Prix to stay in Melbourne until 2015

Brilliant! I’ve been a few times and loved it. Melbourne at Grand Prix time is awesome. Hope to get back for some more now it’s gpoing to be around for a while. Grand Prix to stay until 2015... Read more →

On Vox: A sky, a jet

As I write someone is being interviewed on TV, a British show, and the sky above is crisscrossed with contrails. I noticed them in the US when there, especially Florida. In New Zealand they are a rare sight, a good one enough to justify a photo. » Read more on Vox Read more →

In Conversation - The late great physicist Richard Feynman on ABC

Brilliant, thanks to Phil Plait for finding this; In Conversation - 26 June 2008 - The late great physicist Richard Feynman Scientists are sometimes accused of diminishing the beauty of the natu... Read more →

Brilliant, the Truck Protest "gridlock" eased my commute

Normally I leave for work at about 08:20 to get across Auckland, from the West to the Shore, for a 09:00’ish start. This avoids the worst of the commuter and school run traffic. An 08:30 start means a... Read more →

Humphrey Lyttelton

I’m dreadfully late posting this. I knew of Humphrey’s jazz but it’s the Chairman of “I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue” I’ll miss most, thanks Humph. BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Obituary: Humphrey Lytte... Read more →

Good God, a TPM medal of honour!

Battleground God - www.philosophersnet.com/games/god Can your beliefs about God make it across TPM's challenging intellectual battleground? Congratulations! You have been awarded the TPM medal o... Read more →

Slow truckers

From The Now Show (talking about the rolling road blocks in Britain) “…a fairly pointless protest really. If causing great convoys of slow moving traffic gave you political clout then the Carava... Read more →

Montezemolo's Ferrari

The Telegraph have a great profile of Ferrari ( Fiat) Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo as momentum builds for the launch of the “affordable” Ferrari Califorinia. Apart from some dubious styling, t... Read more →

The Street, Why the @#$@ is it screening at 23:00???????

I thought The Street, Series one, was was brilliant, funny, tragic, poignant, inspiring, compelling television. It’s won awards, it’s fantastic, even TVNZ seem to think so by their own blurb. SO WH... Read more →

A miracle?

He has arrived! Shipment Location Date Time International United States 06/25/08 5:23pm Arrived Abroad New Zealand 07/01/08 7:29am... Read more →