RobiNZ Personal Blog

Radiolab Live: Apocalyptical and Amazing

I’ve heard all their podcasts—so expected the typical Radiolab brilliance—but this video of the Radiolab Live tour is amazing. I heard the audio version on Sunday and just watched the video. If you have any interest in science and/or art you must see this. Robert Krulwich and Jad Abumrad appear with comedians, musicians, video, that distinctive Radiolab audio mix and ‘live’ dinosaurs to tell of endings which changed our world. Radiolab Live: Apocalyptical http://www.radiolab.org/live/ Thanks to everybody who came out to see us on our 21-city tour! We had a blast, and we're so proud of how this show turned... Read more →

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 →

John Key’s affordable housing solution?

Seen in Huapai, his electorate, today. A reasonable re-locatable family home that should be quick to build. Auckland and Christchurch housing problem sorted. Read more →

Fiat in the USA!

Found via Sporting Fiats Club (U.K.) but thought worth sharing here Read more →

Odd Todd’s dog math cures Odd Dog?

It was great to find Odd Todd on Twitter last night. Had been a while since I visited his site and I did not realise he was tweeting. Little did I know it would also help cure Alfie’s recent annoying behaviour of barking, seemingly at nothing, from about 19:00 till bedtime. As I read Odd Todd’s recent tweets Alfie started barking, again. Then I saw this: When I ask my dog 'What's 1+1?' He looks at me like I can go f myself for mocking his dog brain... — Odd Todd (@OddTodd) April 13, 2012 What is bizarre, ok maybe... Read more →

Kenneth Williams defines specialisation

New Zealand WHAKA* YEAH!

What two OE “Kiwi fullas” stuck in Australia made to try and win a ticket home for the Rugby World Cup: And it worked although means they are returning on “The great crusade” Aussie Wallabies Supporters tour, to cheer for the All Blacks! * Whakahuatanga – Pronunciation: The ‘wh’ digraph (the combined sound of two consonants) is usually pronounced as an English ‘ f’ sound. Read more →

Kiwi humour meets celebrity - Ben Boyce from WANNA-Ben

Ben Boyce decides he want to be… A rock star, stuntman, superstar actor, rapper or whatever then goes & interviews real ones to find out how. These are the highlights from WANNA-Ben, the full interviews are on his WANNA-BenTV YouTube Channel Read more →

The answer wasn’t supposed to be 42?

Found this via a Tweet by @jangles BBC News - Go Figure: What can 72 tell us about life? You know the joke from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy in which the answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe and everything is 42? It was a typo. Should have been 72. The author, Douglas Adams, was secretly an economist and statistician who pretended to be a sci-fi writer of comic brilliance to hide his shame. Possibly…. Read more →

Clarke and Dawe, on Murdoch