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Batch GPX trace files to Open Street Map (OSM) with GpxUpload
A quick tutorial on how to upload multiple GPX trace files to Open Street Map, I use the Java class by Christof Dallermassl, alternatives can be found at OSM Wiki Batch Upload. First download the Java source file from jgpxupload and compile it, I used online compiler from Innovation. The following is the syntax that…
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Tehran, Iran – Visa extension, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan visas
After experiencing the whole nightmare of Visas in Tehran, Iran, here is a little guide on getting these key items completed as stress-free as possible; Visa extension We extended our 10 day visa an extra 20 days, obviously when getting the Letter of Invitation (LOI) it is better to add additional days just in case…
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Free GPS maps for Garmin MapSource
I discovered this amazing service the other day, I was aware of the OpenStreetMap project, user contributed global street maps, but I was unaware of the additional service garmin.openstreetmap.nl which allowed you to download maps to be used on Garmin devices, including MapSource. Whilst Garmin produces some very comprehensive country maps, they miss some of…
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Triplex Development – Zoning
In the last post I introduced my planned triplex development, I skipped over something, why specifically a triplex development? This comes down to zoning, zoning is one part of the general council’s land use Planning Scheme, in simple terms, zoning determines the minimum land size a dwelling must reside on. My land is zoned R20/R40,…
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Remove blank PDF pages with A-PDF Scan Optimizer
Recently I posted about A-PDF Page Cut, which was able to split PDF pages in half, it turns out that once you do this you get a lot of blank pages (not nice for your Kindle). Conveniently, produced by the same company is A-PDF Scan Optimizer which removes these blank pages. A-PDF Scan Optimizer does…
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Triplex Development – Introduction
A few years ago together with the misses, we bought an old house sitting on a decent parcel of land, enough to build three houses when the time came. You can further read about the purchase on our joint blog. Well the time has now come to start developing, as a first time developer and…
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Correspondence with Property Manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA – Tenant in Rent Arrears
On 1st October LJ Hooker Belmont WA informs we that the tenant had not paid rent for 2 weeks, “the tenant has only paid to the 16/09 and has been breached and I spoke to him and he is coming in on Tuesday and Wednesday to pay the backlog.” I asked about when a Breach…
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SplitExtended – improved VB split function with group characters
Based on SplitEx by Chip Pearson, SplitExtended is optimised to be over double the speed, with fixes and additional features; Features over the standard VB Split are; grouping characters, no longer split strings in quotes, ignore consecutive delimiters, while preserving those in grouping characters, option to remove grouping characters, start and end quotes can be…
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Review of A-PDF Page Cut – software to split a pdf page in half
I came into the requirement of needing to split the pages of a pdf in half, normally this is required when you scan a book and have two pages per scan, but my specific example was a Lonely Planet digital publication which for some reason was released similarly, as I wanted to view it on…
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Roundcube installation on shared hosting with Firefox Webmail Notifier
This tutorial is going to explain how to install the webmail IMAP client Roundcube on shared hosting and then integrate it with the Firefox plugin Webmail Notifier. Firstly, why the need to install Roundcube in the first place, don’t many hosting companies already provide it built into cPanel? Yes, they do, but the benefit to…
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