Brewing your own beer is no longer for pot-bellied trucker-capped yobs. Rejoice soft Eastern Suburbs Sydney-siders, you can do it too – guilt free! (that includes me, by the way) As a typical 30-something Sydney-dwelling male I find myself focusing more on my expanding love handles a wee bit more than is healthy. Tsunamis batter [...]
Like it or not, 3D is now here to stay. We can discuss the pros and cons of flickering glasses, increased ‘event’ movie tickets and conversion process vs. shooting 3D until the cows come home (subject for another blog methinks)… but if the studios and networks want you to have 3D, then by Jove, you’ll pay [...]
When I’m not wiring up arcade ‘midlife crisis’ machines or brewing homemade ‘middle-aged spread’ beer, I spend a fair bit of ‘me time’ reading blogs. Cutting to the chase, here’s a few of my fave Aussie blogs – click, learn, discuss, argue, comment: Gary Hayes – Gary is an award winning multi-platform producer, author, educator [...]
Feel less of a MAN due to the fact that you don’t own an arcade machine? Well I did… that’s why I built this ‘bad boy’: All you need is an old LCD monitor, a spare crappy netbook, some plywood and a large hammer (oh, and about $75 of gear from an online arcade parts [...]
This year I owe the tax man some money. Bad news. My knee jerk reaction to this predicament is to spend a huge amount of cash (or ‘invest’ as some would have it) on some sweet, sweet techie gear. My Sony Z1 served me well over the years, and at the time was one of [...]
At Brain-TED, Douglas John Bainbridge Edmonds Turner demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data — including a deep dive holistic look at his CommonSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper “newspaper.” In an unpromoted self-moderated webcam Q&A, Turner says he’ll open-source the idea behind CommonSense, to open its [...]
Now, just to set the record straight, I haven’t seen the new Michael Bay/Platinum Dunes/New Line/Rorschach Nightmare on Elm Street… nor do I want to. From all reports, SPOILERS!, there’s no Englund, no nudity and no fun. The original NOES taught me at an early age that you could indeed pee yourself from laughing and [...]
Well, it’s been another 18 months and another release… was it worth the wait I hear you type? Yes and no is the answer… Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium Upgrade from CS4 Having used 6, 6.5 Pro 1 through CS3 – I was wondering what more could be done. Edit Apr 2011: Nearly a [...]
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