RobiNZ Personal Blog

The Simpsons meets Star Trek

This is so cool, a mix of The Simpsons & Star Trek themes performed on a Rhodes piano, Theremin and Funnel! The Simpsons vs Star Trek - www.youtube.com Update 01–09–2006; Fixed the link Read more →

Auto magazines, Print vs Web

I’ve long been a reader of CAR Magazine and have read, subscribed to, a New Zealand car magazine Driver from it’s first issue. I still regard CAR as the best “World Title”, Driver the “Best local”. It’s strange that both have dabbled with the web in the past but have not really had much presence, certainly no match for their print editions. Recently, almost simultaneously, both have re-launched heavily revamped websites. It’s like they suddenly realised that the web was not going away! The Driver website is part of a company site, they publish several titles, and it’s approach is... Read more →

Kiwi Foo Report

Russell Brown reports from the Foo conference; Foo Report | Public Address | Hard News Well, that's it. Been there, got the t-shirt - a number of t-shirts, in fact - and am now down to processing it all. Foo Camp was very cool, and quite unlike any conference I've been to before…. Read more →

Pat Metheny Group "The Way Up" Live DVD due in October

I found the following item at CDJapan and thought you might be interested in it… IT’S THE DVD OF THE CONCERT OF THE BEST PAT METHENY GROUP RECORDING EVER RELEASED* c h a n d r a s u t r a: Pat Metheny Group The Way Up Tour Review “Even James Joyce, music lover that he was, couldn't help me come up with the adjectives to describe the experience of seeing Pat Metheny Group, on tour” Pat Metheny Group – "The Way Up" Live DVD Release Date:2006/10/18 http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VABG-1216 Running Time: 90mins, NTSC Format, Layers: single-sided/dual-layered, Aspect Ratio(s): 16:9LB, Regional... Read more →

Fiat Tetra Power: Four Fuels to choose from...

Clever engine management allows a Fiat Siena to run on whatever seems best… Treehugger: Fiat Sienna Tetra Power: Your Choice of Four Fuels Here is a world first for automotive technology: the four-fuel Fiat Siena developed under Magneti Marelli of Fiat Brazil…. Read more →

Traffic Light Thought - Mugged on the way home...

Not me, but my car. Sitting at the lights by the end of the motorway, waiting for the green when out of the blind-spot comes the dreaded windscreen cleaner. Before I could react the screen is covered... Read more →

Volkswagen Iroc @ CAR Magazine

There seems to be a fair bit of Audi (grille) and Volvo (C30 “shoulders”) DNA in the new Iroc concept/Scirocco… Volkswagen Iroc - First Official Pictures - CAR Magazine This is the Iroc, a sexy successor to the Scirocco coupe that Volkswagen will launch in 2008. Read more →

On Vox: Vox on the radio in New Zealand?

I'm writing this while listening to Radio Live (New Zealand) where Russell Brown and Graeme Hill are talking about Vox! » Read more on Vox Read more →

Fiat 500 gets into Guinness Book of Records

Some nice photos of the 23rd International Fiat 500 Owners event. Fiat 500 gets into Guinness Book of Records - www.italiancar.com.au The Fiat 500, the classic small car which will be reborn in 2008, has entered the Guinness Book of Records with more than 750 ‘Cinquecentisti’ creating the world’s longest one model traffic jam at nearly four kilometres long. Read more →

Porsche Cayenne facelift still ugly as hell

Unfortunately my daily commute takes me through Cayenne country so I get to see quite a few of these on the road, doing the school run…. It’s not a pretty sight, not even “quirky ugly with a purpose” like a Fiat Multipla, and it seems the facelift is not going to be any better. Why anyone would prefer the Cayenne over the cheaper, better looking Touareg is beyond me. Porsche Cayenne facelift caught sans camo - Autoblog I’m not even putting a thumbnail image here, Go and look if you must… Read more →