RobiNZ Personal Blog

A cat on the F1 Key...

A cat on the F1 Key... Originally uploaded by RobiNZMakes travel planning difficult. I wondered why Internet Explorer Help kept opening... Read more →

Farewell to my Canon IXUS 430, R.I.P.

IXUS 430 RIP Originally uploaded by RobiNZ Farewell brave little camera, thanks for all the memories you captured. After more than 5,000 photos from Vietnam to Orlando and around New Zealand (by car and bicycle) a fall onto concrete was just too much. The camera part works fine but the screen is frozen at the instant of impact. Replaced by a Canon IXUS 980. Somehow it seems right that this is the first real* photo it took. * As in worth loading to Flickr/Blog Read more →

The Northern Gateway Toll Road, or 214km for Fush n Chups

I was watching TV3 Evening News and they showed the new Northern Gateway Toll Road, which opened yesterday with a traffic jam. It's going to be $2 each way and I thought " I'll never see it " for seve... Read more →

Happy New Year, and New Zealands best Ice Cream!

A amusing cross cultural moment yesterday (Sunday, Jan 25). We made our regular bike ride stop at Planet Ice Cream * - Shed 20, Auckland Viaduct - and the lovely lady who owns the store was there. It'... Read more →

Microsoft & Fiat help you drive green

Fiat Blue & Me technology, based on Microsoft Automotive, has a green driving advisor based on data logged as you drive. Read more →

A long take off run and scary landings...

I like the Aussie commentary on the first one... Read more →

Are Fonterra censoring their own site search to hide Sanlu?

The whole Sanlu melamine tainted milk powder tragedy has a very direct link to New Zealand. It's a company part-owned by New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra. The verdict today prompted me to look at thei... Read more →

Bob Jones's recession survival advice @ BusinessDay.co.nz

I like Bob and hope he's right Bob Jones's recession survival advice - BusinessDay.co.nz New Zealand is in the early stages of a recession, how long and how deep nobody knows. What we do know is that for a number of reasons it won't be nearly as bad as in Britain, the USA, China and many other countries... Read more →

Famous Art, Simpsonized

Fantastic, you must click through to this says RobiNZimpsonised Aviary - Creation on the fly / blog / Famous Art, Simpsonized Read more →

Fiat and Chrysler: An Italian Daimler Chrysler Sequel?

UPDATE 2009-01-21: The Deal is done? Deal signed between Fiat and Chrysler - Radio NZ Fiat + Chrysler doesn't seem like a brilliant idea at first thought. Anything + Chrysler would be a bundle of t... Read more →