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The Cool Cube featured in 10 Years of Mini-ITX eBook
To celebrate 10 years of the VIA Mini-ITX motherboard, VIA had released a anniversary eBook titled Small is Beautiful: Ten Years of Mini-ITX, which features one my case modding projects, The Cool Cube. Head over to viamini-itxebook.com to read about it and many other cool mods.
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Correspondence with Property Manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA – Tenant Maintenance
Less than a fortnight after the property was tenanted, property manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA sends me an email; “The tenant has informed me that crackling noises are coming from the power point in the main bedroom when plugging any appliances in. Also light/fan to dining is blinks and switches off after a while. Can I…
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MATLAB Scaled Image Normalized Cross-Correlation
A few week’s ago I got reacquainted with an old friend MATLAB, to solve a computer image manipulation problem. When I blog about my travels I liked to Geocode my photos and reference them on a Google Map with a marker (see here), on the photo thumbnail I had previously stamped a circle marker on…
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Planning a wedding reception and Tawarri Reception Centre review
Having recently executed a very successful wedding reception, I thought I would share my experience, and also provide a thorough review of Tawarri Reception Centre. It all started September 2010, we got married and decided we must have a reception next year. We browsed through a number of well known venue brochures, Matilda Bay Restaurant,…
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Google Map v2.1 released – now with KML support
The release of Goole Map version 2.1 supports KML files which once displayed can even be downloaded as GPX files. Download from the WordPress plugin repository. The following example uses the included example.kml file. tgooglemap(example.kml) The following examples use the included example.xml file. Marker Z – no HTML, nonclickable. Marker 1 – standard maker with…
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Convert from Google KML to GPS Exchange Format GPX with PHP
Here is a quick post on converting from KML files used in Google Earth/Maps to GPX Exchange Format (GPX) with PHP. Code is quite explanatory, change $u with the location of the KML file, code will output GPX XML. Alternatively, download the code here. Let me know if you find any issues.
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Canon Service Manual for EOS Kiss Digital X, EOS Digital Rebel XTi, EOS 400D Digital
Here is the Service Manual for the Canon 400D, also known by the names; EOS Kiss Digital X EOS Digital Rebel XTi EOS 400D Digital canon-service-manual-eos-kiss-digital-x-eos-digital-rebel-xti-eos-400d-digital.pdf (20mb) Other manuals are available here.
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Convert Relative Links to Absolute Links with PHP Regex
Here is a quick post on how to find and replace relative links with absolute links using PHP Regular Expressions (regex).
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Correspondence with Property Manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA – First Tenants
On 12 July property manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA sends me a tenant application, the first I have received; I have an application to the above property. Single dad with a 9 year old son. Great! I thought, finally back making some rent. A Residential Enquiry Database Report from TICA was also included in the…
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