RobiNZ Personal Blog

Nikola Tesla honoured in comic infographic

I’ve always been intersted in both the myth and (incredible) reality of Nikola Telsa. He truly did pioneer many technologies which make our society what it is. theoatmeal.com has a great comic tribute to Nikola Tesla Read more →

Traffic Light Thought – The nail in the puddle, what are the odds?

Ok actually a garage thought but anyway; Got home from work on a wet night, car in the garage, fire on, dinner on, telly on, all is well. Later in the evening I need some wood so its out to the garage where where I have a couple of days supply to save venturing into the outside wood box at night. It’s perfectly silent (no howling winds, no rain pounding on the steel roof, no hail!) and I heard a very faint burbling noise coming from somewhere near the car. Maybe I left the radio on (it runs with ignition... Read more →

A West’ie Harbour walk with Alfie

I took Alf on a bit of a walk down my memory lane this weekend. I grew up in Massey and back then the suburb which is now West Harbour was just paddocks! There have been more than a few changes and although I am familiar with the area by car & bike decided to explore it on foot. The red line below is about 10km, quite a hike for a little dog! The starting point was a new pedestrian/cycle bridge which crosses the motorway (hwy16) from near the Wesgate shopping centre. I watched it being built (on my commute... Read more →

Traffic Light Thought – Bravo HGT around the world

According to WolframAlpha clocking up its 166,000’th kilometre means my Fiat Bravo HGT has been around the world just over four times. (166,000 km = 4.1 × equatorial circumference of Earth). I happened to notice it on the odometer sitting at the lights in Henderson on the way home from work tonight. Read more →