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21 July 2011
25 April 2011
Convert Audio Online (MP3, WAV, Ogg, WMA, M4A, AAC) – media.io
Convert Audio Online (MP3, WAV, Ogg, WMA, M4A, AAC) – media.io
I was in a pickle today, i had an audio recording on my iPhone, and needed to convert to to mp3.
I quick hunt around and after a few trial an errors, this is what I found, PERFECT!
11 April 2011
Story Structure 106: Five Minute Pilots
Story Structure 106: Five Minute Pilots
This is great... sounds like hard work, but well worth a shot..
10 April 2011
An old dream of mine... amazing what the internet brings back!
Many years ago, well around 20 I guess, I was reading an american airplane magazine, as I was about to be a pilot, I was flying mad. This photo from Oshkosh of a small ultralight, captured my imagination.
In fact it wasnt this photo, but it was this plane. Heres the design drawings.
Now, its 20 years on, we have model quadropod/hexapod copters, with camera mounted remote controlled everything, i even have a mini one that I can fly around my house. How about the personal plane, or even a personal one man hexapod copter? They are stable as anything, autonomous almost according to reports, lets make a mini copter.
So back to my mini plane, heres a link to someone making one. http://www.russia-ic.com/education_science/science/breakthrough/1073/ - http://www.001-lab.com/001lab/index.php?topic=1201.0
Wow, they are some shots, the thing is tiny yeah!
This page has some great specs : http://aeromaster.h12.ru/pg_us_prj_4/
So, on with my search for a one man helicopter based on a quadropod.
03 March 2011
24 February 2011
Turn your LinkedIn Profile into a Resume | Resume Builder
Turn your LinkedIn Profile into a Resume | Resume Builder
This is perfect, for ahem.... anyone looking to create or update their.. ahem... resume.
IF such a time was to arise, not saying you or I need one, or anything.
17 February 2011
15 February 2011
Use One Keyboard & Mouse For Two Computers (PC Only)
Use One Keyboard & Mouse For Two Computers (PC Only)
A terrific tool, latest version out today would you beleive.
Got two PC's at home? Got a monitor on each? Want to work side by side? Use this...
14 February 2011
Here’s a Super Simple Trick to Defeating Fake Anti-Virus Malware - How-To Geek
Here’s a Super Simple Trick to Defeating Fake Anti-Virus Malware - How-To Geek
Im blogging this because ive been there before !!! What a pain, but this super simple trick would be a great solution. I hope it works. Also, the supermalware remover looks good.
The problem with searching for a malware remover when you have malware is that most things just give you more malware and/or wont run. Bonus points here because this one comes with reccomendations.
07 February 2011
Fires in Roleystone - Feb 6 2011
Yesterday morning, a fire started on Brookton Hwy which quickly spread through the bush and burned houses in all directions. A friend whose house was much closer than mine and myself went investigating and found that we could help save some nearby houses.
These photos show our first check, then our subsequent efforts at putting out the flames, theres some video as well.
We did well, and thanks to all the people that hung around and helped do some good.
The photos below were taken on Contour Road, and we were fighting to save the houses on the Western end...
I was pleased to see fellow FMG(Fortescue Metals Group) employees dressed in PPE doing their best to help, whether supplying water or weilding a shovel, the end result was worth it, the people of Contour Road can breathe a sigh of relief. As we left, the cavalry arrived, the various fire brigades, about 5 trucks and vehicles to help guard the area overnight. Concerned residents we are, nuts we are not, climbing around the hilly bushlands with a fire on your butt at night is not clever. The rocks, cliffs and gusts of wind fanning the fire would make it a risky proposition.
These photos show our first check, then our subsequent efforts at putting out the flames, theres some video as well.
We did well, and thanks to all the people that hung around and helped do some good.
The photos below were taken on Contour Road, and we were fighting to save the houses on the Western end...
I was pleased to see fellow FMG(Fortescue Metals Group) employees dressed in PPE doing their best to help, whether supplying water or weilding a shovel, the end result was worth it, the people of Contour Road can breathe a sigh of relief. As we left, the cavalry arrived, the various fire brigades, about 5 trucks and vehicles to help guard the area overnight. Concerned residents we are, nuts we are not, climbing around the hilly bushlands with a fire on your butt at night is not clever. The rocks, cliffs and gusts of wind fanning the fire would make it a risky proposition.
24 January 2011
We’ll Try | xProgramming.com
We’ll Try | xProgramming.com
Interesting story, I like the concept, maybe I could try it.
The hardest thing with most projects is getting people to know what they want up front to write the cards and user stories.
25 December 2010
As time goes by.... XP Desktop, where are you now?
Surely you are familiar with the picture below. Its the infamous standard widows XP Desktop wallpaper. Normally accompanied with a little bit of music, or a blue screen of death, whichever.
What you may not know, or needed to know, or want to know, but will know, if you read on... is that the picture was taken at Sonoma County, California, southeast of Sonoma Valley near the site of the old Clover Stornetta Inc in 1996. An interview with the photogragher reveals the following;
"The most distributed image ever is being phased out. What remains is a hill in Sonoma Valley, California.
Charles O’Rear used to pass that hill almost daily between his home in Napa and his wife, Daphne, who lived in Marin County. He always carried his medium format camera.
It was hard even to slow down on highway 12/121. But one day, it must have been in January, he pulled over. After about a month of rain the sun comes up, and there is beautiful green grass. The weather during the winter can change dramatically. A break in the storm. Intense blue sky with cumulus clouds. Maybe later that day it rained.
Blue was an important brand color already in ’95. Clouds and sky being a common theme in many aspects of the product’s identity and collateral. Illustrating potential and opportunity.
Continuing the cloud theme, but with added grounding. The horizon gives a sense of scale to the image. Makes it possible to imagine being there.
Because of the danger of that road and where he was standing, he didn’t take a tripod. His camera, when handheld, needed to be shot at least at a five-hundredth of a second. Whatever that translates into on a sunny day. Probably 500 at 5.6.
With property prices in Sonoma reaching $75,000 per acre for bare land, most hills were being developed into vineyards or homes. On this hill grapevines had been planted. But in the early 90’s a Phylloxera bug infested the grapes and made them unusable. The entire vineyard had to be pulled out. For a few years the hill was covered with grass. Green at the time of the photograph.
Green was the second main color in the branding scheme and in the User Interface. Running late in the product development cycle. Looking for a nature shot. “The reality of real life”. The image matched the brand colors. It fell completely into place, in terms of sky, clouds, blue plus the green field.
By the time the image was purchased, grapes had been planted again on the hill in Sonoma Valley."
So, 14 years on, Windows XP has almost moved on, with great reluctance, Microsoft Vista tried to take its place, but failed, and now we have the mighty Windows 7 trying its hardest to be your OS of choice.
By the way, this was written on Windows XP.
But what of that famous hill, that landmark of hundreds of millions of XP desktops worldwide? Has it like XP been replaced, was it green, was it covered in houses, did it have a giant Windows logo carved into it?
I was curious, so, with the help of the omnipresent Google, which wasnt actually around when XP went live, i discovered this.....
If your like me, your probably thinking.... ugh!! I mean, grape vines are lovely, and tend to make nice wine, but i do feel sad in a nostalgic sort of way. Kind of like seeing an old friend after many years and noticing he now looks old, then thinking, hey.. maybe im old now too!
Since the original was taken, the valley was planted with grape vines, and probably doesnt have the same aesthetic appeal, but im sure that a whole new generation will be enjoying the output from that hill in the form of a nice bottle of Nappa Valley finest. Maybe there's a lesson for me there, time to move on, and appreciate the new crop of Windows.
Fancy an Apple anyone?
22 September 2010
Backup iPhone Contacts - and add to Skype
I had a crap time today with Contacts, it seems nothing is getting any easier with all these mobile devices and different communications packages, such as Skype, GMail, iPhone (iTunes blahh!).
Firstly, how do you get your contacts out of iPhone. Have a read, its all about syncing with various email systems, but nothing to just simply get them to a file. So we have to follow suit. This is the best way I found. I use windows, so dont shoot me please Linux and mac users.
My Situation
Windows 7, iPhone 3GS with OS4.01, iTunes 10
Extract iPhone Contacts
Using iTunes, sync your iPhone contacts with Windows Address Book - these end up in WAB or contacts in Windows 7.
Oh, turn this off again when your done, and say NO to deleting from your iPhone. And a tip from the "been there done that" guy, if you do the above again and you have removed the contacts from your COntacts folder, it will remove them from your iPhone.
These can then be exported to CSV or VCF - run WAB.exe or goto Contacts - Export. Choose a new folder and work from there.
Once you have a folder full of individual VCFs you need to combine them into one for Skype.
Run the following DOS command in the folder where you have exported your VCFs to.
Now, to make skype recognize the right fields, we need to make some changes within the final.VCF
Open the file in notepad or some other text editor, not word.
Run Skype, go to Contacts | Advanced | Restore from file --> Browse to your final.vcf file.
They all should open up in your contacts, if not, check you have the right fields. Do an export from Skype and compare with your own version.
Good luck. THis is more a reminder
Firstly, how do you get your contacts out of iPhone. Have a read, its all about syncing with various email systems, but nothing to just simply get them to a file. So we have to follow suit. This is the best way I found. I use windows, so dont shoot me please Linux and mac users.
My Situation
Windows 7, iPhone 3GS with OS4.01, iTunes 10
Extract iPhone Contacts
Using iTunes, sync your iPhone contacts with Windows Address Book - these end up in WAB or contacts in Windows 7. Oh, turn this off again when your done, and say NO to deleting from your iPhone. And a tip from the "been there done that" guy, if you do the above again and you have removed the contacts from your COntacts folder, it will remove them from your iPhone.
These can then be exported to CSV or VCF - run WAB.exe or goto Contacts - Export. Choose a new folder and work from there.
Once you have a folder full of individual VCFs you need to combine them into one for Skype.
Run the following DOS command in the folder where you have exported your VCFs to.
for /F "delims=" %i in ('dir/b *.vcf') do @more "%i" >> final.vcfIm not going to hold your hand on the command. Work it out.
Now, to make skype recognize the right fields, we need to make some changes within the final.VCF
Open the file in notepad or some other text editor, not word.
Do a search and replace on "FN:" with "X-SKYPE-DISPLAYNAME:"
Do a search and replce on "TEL;CELL;VOICE:" with "X-SKYPE-PSTNNUMBER:"
Run Skype, go to Contacts | Advanced | Restore from file --> Browse to your final.vcf file.
They all should open up in your contacts, if not, check you have the right fields. Do an export from Skype and compare with your own version.
Good luck. THis is more a reminder
25 June 2010
Apple Retail Store - Perth City - iPhone 4 on sale?
Apple Retail Store - Perth City
Theres word on the grapevine and im not confirming this as fact, but theres word on the grapevine that the new Perth Appple store, to be located at 790 Hay Street and opening tomorrow, Saturday 26 June is going to have a limited number of new iPhone 4 phones for sale....
The iPhone 4 went on sale around the world today in the US, Britain, France, Germany and Japan, but Australians will possibly have to wait until late next month. Registrations of interest can be submitted at Optus, Telstra, Vodafone and 3 if you want to place a preorder.
The iPhone 4 while eagerly anticipated has a number of reported issues, such as bad reception in some cases and screen staining.
I dont think this is going to stop many from getting their hands on this latest piece of Applery.
Visit http://www.apple.com/au/retail/perthcity/ to keep notified.
12 June 2010
03 February 2010
TestiPhone.com - iPhone Application Web Based Simulator
TestiPhone.com - iPhone Application Web Based Simulator
What a nifty site, i guess theres been emulators around for years. i just never used one before...
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