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Simple timber patio design for side of house (pergola)
Having completed a recent pergola at the rear of my home, I thought I would share the timber patio design planning and design drawings which can be referenced when creating your own. My pergola was attached to one side of my home’s wall on the existing roof’s fascia. Length was 12m and protruded 2.4m from the wall. It…
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Updated How to win at Markstrat (Tips and Tricks)
Markstrat is the marketing simulation game played in teams. In 2013 I posted a tips and tricks on how to win at Markstrat, I’ve now been lucky to be involved in some further Markstrat simulations, and thought it was worthwhile sharing the learnings. The previous posts are still relevant, and go into a lot more…
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Moto G powering off (rebooting) to TWRP after Over the Air update
A quick post about updating your Moto G, if you apply the Over the Air updates on a rooted phone like I did, it may boot into the Team Win Recovery Project. The solution is to clear the Cache. simple
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Review of EaseUS Partition Master Professional v10.8
The following is a review of EaseUS Partition Master Professional, I was lucky enough to pick this up for free copy thanks to a posting on OzBargain, keep on the lookout as EaseUS regularly has EaseUS Partition Master Pro free. I have used Partition Master Pro many times previously, it is an established product, well reputed, I have…
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Review of Plunkett – $4.5k down and 1 year wasted
Following up a comment I posted on productreview, here is the timeline of events when I signed the PPA and paid the $4500 fee; 8th Sep 2012 – Signed PPA, Informed verbally by Sales Rep slab down by Christmas. 18th Sep 2012 – “we also need the landscaping plan done for submission to council, a…
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Firmware for CMS2000 (Phoenixtec) solar invertor upgrade
With CMS in administration it is extremely difficult to find the latest firmware for CMS2000, I managed to find a copy from a Whirlpool forum member. You can download it below; CMS2000 Re Flash.rar ModelParameter.zip Below is an excerpt from the included procedure; CMS 2000 Parameter Change. Apply DC supply only to the inverter. The…
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PHP code/script to automatically purchase a Buy it Now (BIN) eBay item
Similar to my previous eBay bidding script, here is PHP code to automatically purchase a BIN item. Note the script fails if immediate PayPal payment is required. Payment still needs to be performed manually. Function takes item number only, so be careful with it. Misc functions below;
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How to calculate comparison interest rate in Excel
Searching for how comparison interest rates are calculated, I found an article on Tomorrow Finance, but unfortunately a lot of the numbers provided no insight into how they were calculated. I hope to break it down further and explain how to calculate comparison interest rates with Excel. The Excel formula can be quite tricky and…
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Export Android contacts contacts2.db to vCard vcf on Windows
The other day I need to restore some contacts on an Android phone, I had Titanium Backup files, though restoring the contacts through there didn’t seem to work. I searched for a solution but there wasn’t really anything for Windows to restore the contacts so I developed my own VBA script. I will assume you already…
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Remove Hyundai Tucson MP3-01 radio with removal tool
I recently upgraded my factory default radio on Hyundai Tucson 2005, radio model MP3-01, to an aftermarket head-unit with Bluetooth. To remove the unit requires a special tool which is described as “Tool for removal of radio in Hyundai Terracan, equivalent to part 99260-426-0”. Below are details on the tool’s dimensions, I used 0.5mm aluminum…
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