RobiNZ Personal Blog

ANZAC Day 2008, in Vietnam

Although ANZAC Day is always significant I will remember 25 April 2008. I was on a cycle tour of Vietnam with a neat bunch of people from New Zealand, Australia, Holland and Japan. It was was a non-riding day, a bus ride from Hue to Hoi An. Over the trip our Vietnamese guide had shared quite a lot of his life story. He was a child in the war, his father had served with the South Vietnamese army, alongside US (and I presume ANZAC) which meant a hard life post war. Some of his family had escaped to the U.S.,... Read more →

RobiNZ Gone

I’m off-line until May. If you wish to leave a comment or trackback feel free but they will be held for approval when I return. If you’re wondering where I’ll be… click here Read more →

The Uno lives, another six months...

It’s the six monthly Warrant Of Fitness, road worthiness inspection, time again. Seems like just last month when I got the last one ! Where did the last six months go? The Mighty Uno got through wi... Read more →

Schmap'ed

One of my photos appears in the Schmap Florida Guide. Look for “Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex NASA Parkway (Ea...” in the map widget below Read more →

TVNZ vandalise the Service Of Thanksgiving For The Life Of Sir Edmund Hillary

I just sent this to TVNZ. Why plaster the ugly TVNZ logo (circled in red) in the middle of the screen (widescreen, corner of a 4:3 screen)? If it had to be there, why didn’t they at least use... Read more →

A NSU/BMW Genius dies

His work with BMW and the fact that the brilliant Ro80 inspired Audi to create the 80’s “aero” 100 makes Claus Luthe one of the most influential auto designers ever. Ex-BMW chief Claus Luthe die... Read more →

Hackers are people too...

Is it prejudice that leads you to think of hackers as “ anonymous low life somewhere over there ” (wherever there is!)? Then you read the local news and see this prick* who is right here! * Neth... Read more →

Project Virgle, Ben Elton's "Stark" becomes a reality?

When I saw this post I first thought of the date it was posted, 1 April, but soon after Ben Elton’s novel Stark : Australian billionaire, Sly Morgan is invited to join the Stark Conspiracy, a gr... Read more →

Try out the Grande Punto Abarth 'esseesse' in Rimini

An email arrived: “Try out the Grande Punto Abarth 'esseesse' in Rimini” Finally, I thought, Fiat have found about little Kiwi Fiat blog and invited me to test drive an Abarth… maybe even in Italy!... Read more →