Court Summons
July 30, 2008I got home the other day to a pair of quite concerned parents. I had a letter, addressed to me, with the insignia and address of the ’sherrifs department’ printed in the upper corner.
They hadnt opened my mail, something which happens occasionally (probably not as much as my friend who shares the same initials as [...]
Newsgroups for idiots
July 14, 2008I know there a lot of people who don’t know about newsgroups or have become completely frustrated in using them. The thing is… they’re great and probably provided by your ISP for free. Finally something that uses all the potential of ADSL2+.
If you are still confused with what im talking about, its like torrents but [...]
Arduino preface
May 27, 2008When I was in year 10 (or 11, I can’t remember), the school ran an after school exracurricular class for electronics. On the whole it was pretty boring but I did learn some pretty cool things. I learned how to solder, got my TAFE certificate 2 for double sided and surface mount components. We did [...]
Global Transit Thoughts
February 6, 2008It takes me 45 minutes to drive to work.
This is interesting because I could reach any other point on earth quicker.
Let me explain:
If you drilled a hole through the earth and installed a set of frictionless rails (or some kind of vaccuum tube). The time it takes to go from one side of the [...]
Something Special…
September 17, 2007The “The Avalanches” DJ “Dexter” performs a live at the wireless set at Triple J. This is incredible. Listen to it.
He covers practically every song genre, mixing it all together.
www.awam.com.au/storage/dexter
Torrenting for Pros
June 24, 2007
Follow this guide if you want to download movies, download tv shows automatically or access your download interface remotely.
I figure that most of my closer associates already know all about this stuff but for the benefit of all Ill share the torrenting set up guide used by pros in “the industry”.
1) Get uTorrent, its quicker, [...]
New Toy
May 18, 2007
Well a week old now…
Tamiya TA-05
White Ferrari 430
Needless to say it looks a bit more beaten up now. Big race this Sunday!
Think about this
April 20, 2007On the same day 32 people were killed at Virginia Tech, at least 115 people died from a car bombing in Baghdad.
Me Tube
April 19, 2007Watch these things
http://video.google.com/url?docid=6204903272262158881&esrc=sr1&ev=v&q=mario+frustration&vidurl=http://video.google.com/videoplay%3Fdocid%3D6204903272262158881%26q%3Dmario%2Bfrustration&usg=AL29H23XXriTaYL7vgvl8sRlH4ghcKWV_Q
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WiiBlog (4 of 3) : Photo Supplement
April 17, 2007
Dad and Nan playing bowling
Sister willing the ball to the right in bowling
I took the Wii to dinner at my wonderful girlfriends place last night. Needless to say it turned out to be a hit. Thats the mothers having a tennis battle.
The IR LEDs on my custom sensor bar.
You can see the sensor bar wires [...]
WiiBlog (3 of 3): Outside the box
April 16, 2007I have had the Wii for about a week now, its been a lot of fun, especially with groups of people. However, as fun as playing it is. Its almost as much fun doing things with it which are not supported out of the box.
The Modchip – The first day after I got my shiny [...]
WiiBlog (2 of 3) : The real world
April 11, 2007Sunday night, one of my guests that had been with us for the weekend had gone home and it was just the family and my cousin. That night wasn’t my first wii session of the day as I had got up at 9 for a quick session in the morning before church. The morning session [...]
WiiBlog (1 of 3) : First Impressions
As many of you will know it was my 21st recently and many of you chipped in for my group present: A Nintendo Wii.
While I didn’t know exactly what was in the box, the wii was one of the things I mentioned that I would like.
Before: I think I thought the Wii would be great [...]