RobiNZ Personal Blog

Another President as stupid as George Bush?

It seems hard to believe, but.. Mike Huckabee Says [about evolution] "It's Just a Theory" - Sandwalk Maybe Mr Huckabee should read this A scientific theory is an established and experim... Read more →

John Walker vs Apple/iTunes

AutoCAD pioneer John Walker isn’t very impressed with Apple’s latest video venture. I’m not an ipod owner, nor likely to be… Apple/iTunes: Tiberius Time (Fourmilog: None Dare Call It Reason) Sure... Read more →

Landing at Courchevel Airport, France

Not the first time I’ve seen this airport but this video shows the approach really well. via A Welsh View Read more →

What do TV adverts say to me?

I’m sure fortunes are spent by experts in the mind control they call “Marketing” and “Branding” but you wonder about the message they are trying to convey. Here’s what I get from watching them*:... Read more →

New Zealand, the Fiat 500 model range & pricing is out!

Fiat New Zealand have released the model range and price details for the Fiat 500 three months ahead of it’s release. Prices start at a recommended retail price of $26,990 for the Fiat 500 Pop 1... Read more →

Felipe Massa joins Schumacher, Alesi in the Ferrari Fiat 500 Club

Felipe Massa has a been presented with very special Fiat 500 Turbo. I remember remember reading Michael Schumacher and Jean Alesi also owned 500’s but theirs were the, slower, 1950’s Nuova 500. I wond... Read more →

Boy racer (?) chases F1 dream

in New Zealand the term “Boy Racer” is associated with jerks that drive high powered road cars on public roads, badly, so I think Stuff have “stuffed up” using it in this context. Brendon Hartley is a... Read more →

Can you be an "Extraordinary Ordinary" person?

In the current TVNZ Close Up Promotion Mark Sainsbury says last year they met some “Extraordinary Ordinary people”. If extraordinary is “Beyond what is ordinary or usual” and ordinary is “Commonly... Read more →

Five Star Verdict for the Fiat 500

Verdict on Cars rate the new Fiat 500 Fiat 500 road test, specification - Verdict On Cars Fiat's got the basics of its modern Cinquecento absolutely right - it earns a rare five stars. Read more →

Penn Says

Sony gave Penn Jillette a bunch of camcorders and the result is Penn Says … I miss his radio show, heard via podcast, but these gems fill some of the void. I’ve Subscribed! Introduction to Penn... Read more →