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  • IKEA LIATORP Lego Table

    I was recently looking at Lego tables for the kids, something that would house their in progress builds, plus all their individual pieces they insist on storing for themselves. The Kmart large Lego table was nice, especially since it had the three separate plates, but I thought it was still a little small, and not…

  • Easy kids decorated plant pot ideas

    A couple of ideas for a kids craft activity that is inexpensive and works well for birthdays or group activities is decorating terracotta plant pots and potting a succulent into them afterwards. Pots can be purchased for as little as $1 each, and you can use anything around the house to decorate them, like buttons…

  • Story of a Hyundai i30

    Hyundai i30 Transmission Rebuild required after 3 years of Transmission Replacement. 2012 – Purchased new Hyundai i30 from Hyundai dealer 2012. 7 Aug 2017 – Ongoing transmission issues Hyundai covered the cost of replacement of transmission parts and labour (under Goodwill due to a few days out of 5 year warranty period). 2018 – yearly…

  • How to drill a hole in sea shells

    Sounds simple enough to drill a hole in sea shells, but when I tried masonry and standard steel drills would crack the shell. Lots of info online states using slow speed and water to help, but that wasn’t working for me either. I decided to purchase some 3mm diamond hole saw bits from eBay to…

  • Bad Review: Faulty AUSDOM AH862 Headphones – won’t honor Warranty

    I purchased the AUSDOM AH862 HiFi Stereo Bluetooth V4.1 Headphones  online on the 7 September 2019, which came with a 12 month warranty. 6 months into owning them I noticed the battery wasn’t lasting, I emailed AUSDOM and after many back-and-forth emails and video evidence then confirmed “Okay, i have seen. It should be broken. [sic]”.…

  • Free printable lined A4 booklet pages for kids

    I couldn’t find anything existing only, basically it is a double sided A4 page with lines in two columns which allows the pages to be folded to create books for children and students. Various line heights are available. A4 landscape 9mm lines A4 landscape 12mm lines A4 landscape 14mm lines A4 landscape 18mm lines A4…

  • The Uberization of Fulfilment Houses

    Distributed and on Demand warehousing, picking, packaging and shipping Imagine a warehouse which is dynamic in size, conveniently located in your suburb and delivery of goods is a fraction of the time offered by traditional warehouses. Anyone with a free bedroom, storeroom or pantry can opt to list their storage space which gets pooled for…

  • Cheapest ABC Reading Eggs and Mathseeds subscription

    Overwhelmed by the barrage of deal emails from readingeggs.com.au, here’s a summary of the Cheapest ABC Reading Eggs and Mathseeds subscription prices you can pay. Standard price for a Readings Eggs only 1 year subscription is $59.95. Occasionally, if you wait long enough you may be able to go as low as $55 which occurred…

  • TI BAII Plus – CPT I/Y returns RST 0.00

    This was a weird issue I experienced with my Texas Instruments BA II Plus calculator that was resetting the calculator when trying to compute the interest rate of a TVM calculation. It seems that a low battery was at fault, and on inspection was showing a voltage of 2.8V instead of above 3V. I thought…

  • What is a Strata Owners Incorporation Number?

    I recently came into a situation where I needed to open a bank account for Strata Owners, I managed to open an account with a Big 4 Bank, but then they were asking me for the Incorporation Number of the Body Corporate. On registration of a Strata Titles Scheme, a Body Corporate becomes incorporated, but…