Or maybe:
Further Info:
Monday, 21 March 2011
Next Project
I am not sure what the Next Project will be yet, but I know it will look cool:
Further Info:
Further Info:
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Windows 7 Starter Kit
Time to upgrade! Especially since Ezzy needs a new laptop for her Ph.D.
We chose the Asus Ezy PC 1215N (Black) based on size, looks, and ability to run some basic apps.
Here's what I'm installing this afternoon:
- AVG Anti-Virus
- Google Chrome
- Adobe Flash
- Adobe Reader
- MS Office 2007 (have the install DVD)
- 7-Zip
- K-Lite Codec Pack
- Internode Monthly Usage Meter
- PC Coach
- iTunes :(
- Skype
Further Info:
Windows XP Starter Kit
2nd Baby Arrived (father doing well)
Baby News
RKHTPC
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Thursday, 30 December 2010
Xmas 2010 Menu
- Chicken drumlets in honey & soy
- Beijing "lobah" duck
- Cha siu
- Potato salad
- Bok choy noodle salad
- Pumpkin, pine nut & pomegranate salad
- Fresh cooked prawns
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Who said...
Genius is born - not paid.
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
If you're at Thanksgiving dinner, but you don't like the stuffing or the cranberry sauce or anything else, just pretend like you're eating it, but instead, put it all in your lap and form it into a big mushy ball. Then, later, when you're out back having cigars with the boys, let out a big fake cough and throw the ball to the ground. Then say, "Boy, these are good cigars!"
Further Info:
Good Memes Never Die
Jack Handey Quotes
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
If you're at Thanksgiving dinner, but you don't like the stuffing or the cranberry sauce or anything else, just pretend like you're eating it, but instead, put it all in your lap and form it into a big mushy ball. Then, later, when you're out back having cigars with the boys, let out a big fake cough and throw the ball to the ground. Then say, "Boy, these are good cigars!"
Further Info:
Good Memes Never Die
Jack Handey Quotes
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
New Puppy!
Time to customise ringtone + SMS tone = 1 hour + #ERR
HTC Legend
Time to customise everything = considerably less
Monday, 9 August 2010
Android XBMC Remote Mock-Up
Credits:
android-xbmcremote
IMDb: Aliens (1986)
App Inventor
Further Info:
XBMC Skin Mock-Up: "Pred"
Desktop Mock-Up (First Try)
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
T-Shirts &/Or Android Apps I'd Like to See
KDE 4.4 ≠ Gnome 2.3
CONTAINS ACCELEROMETER :)
小皇帝
R.I.P. MIX. BURN.
WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT
Try fewer keywords, dude
204 ERROR
PSEUDORANDOM PANDA
Monday, 7 June 2010
Who said...
"Who's doing what with huh?"
"Donald where's your trousers?"
"I know what that word means."
"And yet you still won't tell me!"
"Because one egg is un oeuf!"
"It all makes sense, in the comics you know who the arch villain is going to be. He's the exact opposite of the hero! And most time's they're friends like you, and me."
"Oh, we got both kinds, country AND western!"
"An angel doesn't make love. An angel is love."
"It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible!"
"Can everybody just notice how much fire I'm not on?"
"Hi, my name's Plenty"
"You just shot at your imaginary friend next to a truck full of 400lbs of nitroglycerine!"
"I'm a mean hm... hm... servant of God."
"No, the towels you can keep."
"I could stand to hear a little more."
"Or the fact that you steal my clothes?"
"Miggs is dead."
"Oh yes! A bolt of lightning into a huge copper conductor. I thought you lived at a school?"
"I'm not locked in here with you! You're locked in here with ME!"
"Bite my shiny metal ass!"
"Donald where's your trousers?"
"I know what that word means."
"And yet you still won't tell me!"
"Because one egg is un oeuf!"
"It all makes sense, in the comics you know who the arch villain is going to be. He's the exact opposite of the hero! And most time's they're friends like you, and me."
"Oh, we got both kinds, country AND western!"
"An angel doesn't make love. An angel is love."
"It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible!"
"Can everybody just notice how much fire I'm not on?"
"Hi, my name's Plenty"
"You just shot at your imaginary friend next to a truck full of 400lbs of nitroglycerine!"
"I'm a mean hm... hm... servant of God."
"No, the towels you can keep."
"I could stand to hear a little more."
"Or the fact that you steal my clothes?"
"Miggs is dead."
"Oh yes! A bolt of lightning into a huge copper conductor. I thought you lived at a school?"
"I'm not locked in here with you! You're locked in here with ME!"
"Bite my shiny metal ass!"
Sunday, 9 May 2010
Windows XP Starter Kit
- Windows XP (have the install DVD!)
- Dell drivers (Sigmatel C-Major Audo, Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller, Dell Wireless 1450 WLAN - R61603 R89437 R151517)
- NVidia drivers (Geforce GX Go5200)
- AVG Anti-Virus Free
- Google Chrome
- Adobe Flash
- Adobe Reader
- Microsoft Office (have the install DVD!)
- 7-zip
- BurnAware Free
- K-Lite Codec Pack
- Windows Media Player 11
- Zune Desktop Theme (darker themes use less power!)
- Internode Monthly Usage Meter
Alternatively, I may just give up on Microsoft and give Kubuntu 10.04 a try. Or on the other hand, maybe it's time to put the second child to work.
Further Info:
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Friday, 5 March 2010
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Who said...
"IT MEANS HE GETS RESULTS, YOU STUPID CHIEF!!"
"Did any of them manage to miss you?"
"That's not strictly true. You still have your teeth."
“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster by your side, kid."
"I aim to misbehave."
"Inconceivable!"
"I'm no punk bitch!"
"The details of my life are quite inconsequential."
"Protection from who? Zee Germans?"
"Get away from her you BITCH!"
"Don't even think about it. I'm better off on my own."
"It's not a tumor!"
"He doesn't know about the three seashells!"
"I'm sorry my responses are limited."
"I'll go. I'll go. I'll go. I'll go. I'll go."
"I think I speak for everyone here when I say, 'huh?'"
"Live every week like it's SHARK WEEK!"
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
NYE2009 Menu
Finger Food:
- San choi bao (veg)
- Chicken drumlets in honey & soy
- Steamed dumplings (veg)
- Cha siu rolls
- Bok choy salad (veg)
- Assorted chips/snacks
Dessert
- Summer berry sorbet
- Fresh fruit
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Who said...
"One ping only."
"It's spelled LUXURY YACHT but its pronounced Throat-Warbler Mangrove"
"That was irrational of you. Not to mention unsportsmanlike."
"In China, you'd be dead already."
"What did you do?"
"Knocked out two of his teeth."
"Would you like some champagne?"
"See, you are what you are in this world, that’s either one of two things: Either you're somebody ... or you’re nobody. I'll be right back."
"Tell me, is there any scientific or forensic insight likely to be gained by spying on this woman in the shower?"
"Shanti, we're trying to make sure the woman's clean."
"Good job."
"If they're big and you're little, then you're mobile and they're slow. You're hidden and they're exposed. You fight only the battles you know you can win."
"No, no, no, NO!! Dad! Oh, you've got to be kidding me!"
"Yeah, I am. You're not getting a Porsche!"
"Get some rest, Pam. You look tired."
"Excuse me, Jack, tell me one thing in life that is absolutely for certain."
"First I'm gonna use you as a human shield, then I'm gonna kill this guard over there, with the Patterson trocar on the table. Then I was thinking about breaking your neck."
"What should I tell your men when they realize you're gone?"
"I'll be back."
"My Pussy Wagon died on me."
"Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go fVck himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus."
"No, I'm not talking about that. I beat the sh!t out of some kids today. But it was for a purpose. It made me feel good about myself. It was like I did something constructive with my life or something, I dunno, like I accomplished something."
"Sorry. I, uh … I ate a lot of sugar today."
"Tell me Miss Trench, do you play any other games?"
"'Fat' seems to be a word people most connected with him. 'Terribly rude' also rang a lot of bells."
"I think my mouth is too big."
"It’s just the right size... for me, that is."
"It's spelled LUXURY YACHT but its pronounced Throat-Warbler Mangrove"
"That was irrational of you. Not to mention unsportsmanlike."
"In China, you'd be dead already."
"What did you do?"
"Knocked out two of his teeth."
"Would you like some champagne?"
"See, you are what you are in this world, that’s either one of two things: Either you're somebody ... or you’re nobody. I'll be right back."
"Tell me, is there any scientific or forensic insight likely to be gained by spying on this woman in the shower?"
"Shanti, we're trying to make sure the woman's clean."
"Good job."
"If they're big and you're little, then you're mobile and they're slow. You're hidden and they're exposed. You fight only the battles you know you can win."
"No, no, no, NO!! Dad! Oh, you've got to be kidding me!"
"Yeah, I am. You're not getting a Porsche!"
"Get some rest, Pam. You look tired."
"Excuse me, Jack, tell me one thing in life that is absolutely for certain."
"First I'm gonna use you as a human shield, then I'm gonna kill this guard over there, with the Patterson trocar on the table. Then I was thinking about breaking your neck."
"What should I tell your men when they realize you're gone?"
"I'll be back."
"My Pussy Wagon died on me."
"Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go fVck himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus."
"No, I'm not talking about that. I beat the sh!t out of some kids today. But it was for a purpose. It made me feel good about myself. It was like I did something constructive with my life or something, I dunno, like I accomplished something."
"Sorry. I, uh … I ate a lot of sugar today."
"Tell me Miss Trench, do you play any other games?"
"'Fat' seems to be a word people most connected with him. 'Terribly rude' also rang a lot of bells."
"I think my mouth is too big."
"It’s just the right size... for me, that is."
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
2nd Baby Arrived (father doing well)
AOpen MP45-BDR purchased through various suppliers and self-assembled to be used as the bedroom media centre.- 165(W) x 50(H) x 165(D)mm
- T9600 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.80GHz CPU
- 4GB RAM
- 500GB/7200 HDD
Running Windows 7 (primarily for WAF)
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Friday, 9 October 2009
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
[Solved] Wi-Fi Extender
At first I looked at software issues - updating drivers helped get a more accurate bar read - but the problem was the signal strength.
Then I looked at technical solutions - new wireless routers, extra antennae, signal boosters. I also looked at ethernet over powerline solutions.
Finally, after much exploration, I settled on a home-made solution: I cut an empty Pringles can in half and placed this around the router antenna.
Problem solved!
Further Info:
[Unsolved] Connect Mini HTPC to TV
http://www.usbwifi.orconhosting.net.nz/
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Easter Egg Meme
Many years ago I placed this video inside a profitability reporting spreadsheet I set up. Whenever we made more than $100k in a day, this would pop up and play.
Only now, with the series of tubes, could I find it again, and also give due credit to the creators:
Flat Eric for President!
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Friday, 7 August 2009
Who said...
"WORST ... RESCUE ... EVER!!!"
"So whether you agree with me or not, GET ME AUTHORIZED!"
"Pilot, identify yourself."
"It's me!"
"What's it thinking, Colonel?"
"It's afraid!"
"I was invincible in Chinatown!"
"I used to carry around those awful mace things. Now... I zap any bastard that screws with me. I tried it on my little dog. Poor thing limped for a week."
"I really will slug you so hard!"
"Oh it's the 'meek'! 'Blessed are the meek.' Oh that's nice, isn't it?"
"How was your lamb?"
"Skewered."
"Can we have it back?"
"Well, I have the only seat belt here. You know, safety first?"
"For if knowledge is power then a god ... AM ... I!
Was that over the top? I can never tell."
"1.21 GIGAWATTS?!!"
"I just got one question for you. How can you leave me in the middle of a gunfight... to get the car?"
"You have got to shut up and let him drive!"
"There's a difference between disliking him... and not caring when some dumb Irish flat foot drops him out a window."
"Yeah sure. He's probably blond with big dimples"
"How did you know that, sarge?"
"Hey, don't talk like that about pigs! They're usually much nicer than people."
...
"As a matter of fact, right now I have one in my kitchen that's very clean and smells very nice."
...
"Piggy? Piggy? Where are you? Ah! There you are!"
"You get the headaches? ... I get such bad headaches."
"Because of the tension."
"What tension?"
"So whether you agree with me or not, GET ME AUTHORIZED!"
"Pilot, identify yourself."
"It's me!"
"What's it thinking, Colonel?"
"It's afraid!"
"I was invincible in Chinatown!"
"I used to carry around those awful mace things. Now... I zap any bastard that screws with me. I tried it on my little dog. Poor thing limped for a week."
"I really will slug you so hard!"
"Oh it's the 'meek'! 'Blessed are the meek.' Oh that's nice, isn't it?"
"How was your lamb?"
"Skewered."
"Can we have it back?"
"Well, I have the only seat belt here. You know, safety first?"
"For if knowledge is power then a god ... AM ... I!
Was that over the top? I can never tell."
"1.21 GIGAWATTS?!!"
"I just got one question for you. How can you leave me in the middle of a gunfight... to get the car?"
"You have got to shut up and let him drive!"
"There's a difference between disliking him... and not caring when some dumb Irish flat foot drops him out a window."
"Yeah sure. He's probably blond with big dimples"
"How did you know that, sarge?"
"Hey, don't talk like that about pigs! They're usually much nicer than people."
...
"As a matter of fact, right now I have one in my kitchen that's very clean and smells very nice."
...
"Piggy? Piggy? Where are you? Ah! There you are!"
"You get the headaches? ... I get such bad headaches."
"Because of the tension."
"What tension?"
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Monday, 6 July 2009
Good Memes Never Die (they just get more selected)
Saturday, 13 June 2009
[UNSOLVED] Connect Mini HTPC to TV
Background
Display1: Wall-mounted Samsung LA32R71WDX (1080i via HDMI)
Display2: Panasonic PT-AX100 (720p via HDMI)
Source: Mini HTPC running XBMC on Ubuntu Jaunty (DVI)
Problem
In-wall cabling to Display1 = RF Coax WTF??
Solutions
RF Modulator
- A$40
- 576i
- Resolution sucks
Attach Mini HTPC onto back of TV
- $42+shipping
- 1080i
- Can’t use HTPC for Display2
Wireless AV Sender
- A$89+shipping
- 576i
- Can link other displays
- Resolution sucks
Get electrician to install HDMI cable
- A$59+labour
- 1080i
- Capital improvement
HDMI over Powerline (Acoustic Research HDP100)
- US$272+shipping
- 1080i
- Elegant but expensive
- Wrong voltage
Wireless Media Extender (Zyxel DMA100P)
- A$386+shipping
- 1080i Elegant (powerline)
- Proprietary interface (c.f. HTPC)
- Good but limited codec support
HDMI over IP (Just Add Power IP HDMI) +
Ethernet over Powerline (TP-Link TL-PA201)
- US$450+shipping
- A$166+shipping
- 1080i
- Not elegant, but provides wider options
- Wrong voltage
- Possibly won’t work
- Expensive
- Low WAF
Wireless HDMI Extender (Atlona AT-WHD200)
- US$600+shipping
- 1080i
- Elegant but expensive
- Wrong voltage
Wireless DLNA TV (Samsung LA32B650)
- A$1,494
- 1080p?
- Display1 can become Display3
- Fiddly, unproven with Ubuntu
Wireless HD TV (Sony KDL40EX1)
- A$4,295
- 1080p
- Very elegant and expensive
- Display1 can become Display3
- Matches the room (white)
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
No One Thinks Disco of You
That was then:
This is now:
(Disclaimer: Made by - and featuring - some good friends).
This is now:
(Disclaimer: Made by - and featuring - some good friends).
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Baby News
AOpen DE945CD purchased 2nd hand on ebay to be used as the media centre in Lorne.- 166(W) x 48(H) x 157(D)mm
- T5600 Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86GHz CPU
- 2GB RAM
- 120GB/5400 HDD
Further Info:
RKHTPC
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Sunday, 22 March 2009
Monday, 9 March 2009
Desktop Mock-up (first try)
- Taskbar and windows are transparent but not shiny (darker things use less power!) over a naturey background.
- Windows have the usual close, maximise and minimise buttons as well as "left half" and "right half" screens (i.e. to replicate Snap from Windows 7)
- We only use the desktop for some basic productivity functions, web surfing, listening to music and maybe watching some movies.
Credits:
http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://www.deshow.net/flowers/bamboo-pictures-454.html#pic
http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:futurosoft_icons
http://mostlysid.com/google-chrome-for-mac-is-now-available
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IEC5010_On_Off_Symbol.svg
http://www.aeonproject.com/
http://www.zim.ly/
http://www.iconspedia.com/icon/usb-drive-1572.html
Monday, 23 February 2009
Have you ever wondered...
I was thinking about an economics syllabus for "average" school students, because I've done ones for top students and for uni students several times.
I haven't worked out the answers but I was thinking of just asking the following questions:
Further Info:
There's No Such Thing as a Free Market
Sad Guys on Trading Floors
"How Many Currencies?" by Paul Krugman, The New York Times, 23 Feb 2010
Balassa-Samuelson Effect
"Copyright laws threaten our online freedom" by Christian Engstrom, FT.Com, 7 July 2009
I haven't worked out the answers but I was thinking of just asking the following questions:
- Why is this year's TV bigger, better and cheaper than last year's?
- Why is food cheaper in Asia?
- Why is Bill Gates the world's richest man?
- Who pays for pollution?
- How much is information worth?
Further Info:
There's No Such Thing as a Free Market
Sad Guys on Trading Floors
"How Many Currencies?" by Paul Krugman, The New York Times, 23 Feb 2010
Balassa-Samuelson Effect
"Copyright laws threaten our online freedom" by Christian Engstrom, FT.Com, 7 July 2009
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Who said...
"I think you've been down here too long."
"Why do you have to label people? I hate labels."
"Give me the whip!"
"Throw me the idol!"
"What do you mean, 'I'm funny'? ... You mean the way I talk?"
"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."
"What was the middle bit?"
"I didn't"
"No. No. You ate yours."
"'Deserve's' got nothing to do with it."
"Where you at, Desmondo?"
"I'll just walk around some more and see if I can get into a pick-up meeting."
"" (hint: Buffy)
"Get some rest, Pam. You look tired."
"Pop quiz, hotshots!"
"You never really know someone... until you fight them."
"And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all."
"Blink and you're dead!"
"And for what? For a little bit of money."
"Do you think we need one more?... You think we need one more... All right. We'll get one more."
"Why do you have to label people? I hate labels."
"Give me the whip!"
"Throw me the idol!"
"What do you mean, 'I'm funny'? ... You mean the way I talk?"
"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."
"What was the middle bit?"
"I didn't"
"No. No. You ate yours."
"'Deserve's' got nothing to do with it."
"Where you at, Desmondo?"
"I'll just walk around some more and see if I can get into a pick-up meeting."
"" (hint: Buffy)
"Get some rest, Pam. You look tired."
"Pop quiz, hotshots!"
"You never really know someone... until you fight them."
"And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all."
"Blink and you're dead!"
"And for what? For a little bit of money."
"Do you think we need one more?... You think we need one more... All right. We'll get one more."
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Popular Mechanics' 2008 Round-up
Excerpts from the "Top 10 Most Brilliant Gadgets of the Year" by Logan Ward and the Editors of Popular Mechanics, November 2008. Follow the links to see the videos:
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