Apr 14, 2010 | All Posts, Radio
Author : Michele Bawden Community broadcasting — radio and television — was created to develop and reflect a sense of Australian identity, character and cultural diversity. Community radio stations feel very strongly about ‘local content’ and fear it may be further...
Jan 17, 2010 | All Posts, Computer Controlled Christmas
Christmas is well and truly over for yet another year, for some strange reason I decided it was a good idea to take down and pack up all the lights on a 35 degree day, ahhh… note to self, *bad idea!* Anyhow here are a few pics of the display and a bunch of new...
Dec 15, 2009 | All Posts, Computer Controlled Christmas
Well it’s that time again already, Christmas is on our doorstep. During the month of November we begin putting up all our lights as it is no small task. Unpacking lights from last year can sometimes be a tangled mess, once that’s sorted all lights move onto the...
May 10, 2009 | All Posts, Home Automation
I’ve always been fascinated with using the computer to control real world devices. So I embarked upon this little project to teach myself more about this topic. I started out some time ago and wrote a application in VB6 to automate my irrigation system. Simple...
Jan 10, 2008 | All Posts, Computer Controlled Christmas
Who doesn’t love Christmas? I know my family does and we especially enjoy driving around looking at all the houses and their light displays. I grew up helping dad put up his display each year, it was the best in the street. When I moved into my own place we had...
