RobiNZ Vox: August 2008

A Morrie 1100 can look good

Jack Yan's Classic Brits Down Under post reminded me of one I saw in the carpark under the Christchurch Art Gallery:

The only Morris 1100 I've ever liked

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On TypePad - A See Bee flight to remember

Memories of an sea-plane flight from Great Barrier Island;

Returning from The Barrier, in a shower of spray...

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This is a Vox to TypePad Test

Sorry Vox'ers nothing to see here. I wonder if " ' ... and ! will be ok on the other side.

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Car Magazine - The ugly "Good, Bad & Ugly"

I started reading Car mag's regularly about the late 70's & fondly remember Car Magazine's Good, Bad & Ugly section. It's three sentence reviews slammed some - lots - of junk cars with cutting comments. I still remember one for a Cadillac (can't remember which model, but it could be any):

Summary: "As flash as a rat with a gold tooth" *

I still buy Car every month and think it's probably the best International auto mag but the paper version has no GBU. They do have a GBU section on their website but the layout is awful for browsing so I sent this via the website email contact;

Hi,
Was just discussing the “Old” Car with a friend and bemoaning the lack of a GBU section in the current one. I was pleased to find it on-line but wonder why you’ve made it such a dismal experience to browse. While it’s fine to get detail on one model clicking into several screens means scanning the GBU, for laughs, like the old paper one isn’t pleasant.
The Car GBU GBU
For: Some of the comments are great
Against: Finding them is impossibly tiresome.
Summary: Send this section back to the design team
Suggest you expose this level of detail on the main page;
Make
Model | Star Rating | Detail Link
For: ###########################
Against: ###########################
Summary: ###########################
Model | Star Rating | Detail Link
For: ###########################
Against: ###########################
Summary: ###########################
Yes it would be long, but at least you’d be able to read it.
Regards,

I wonder if it will have any impact

* The only web reference I could find for the origin of "As flash as a rat with a gold tooth" indicate it's an Aussie slang term. There were a number of Aussie Writers & Editors at Car which may explain how it got there.

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QotD: It Came and Went

Any last minute summer plans for the weekend?

Nope, but I've got an excuse as summer is months away here in New Zealand!

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QotD: Chip Off The Old Block

Which side of your family do you resemble more?

Not, I hope, the dark side...

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A new look

I've tweaked my Vox blog to a 3 column layout more like my TypePad blogs. The colours here are different to my TypePad Black & Silver (well grey) which I adopted as soon as I worked out how to change TypePad themes back in 2004!

I consider them to be New Zealands "colours" and have been told they work ok.

I've decided to keep my Vox theme more flexible and match the banner image which I change occasionally.The new one is a photo of Rangitoto Island, in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, which I took ages ago when we had blue skies & sun! After months, literally, of rain it's hard to believe!