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New Digital Camera Canon DSLR 600D

Wife and I have been reviewing DSLR’s for a while now. We settled on a Canon 600D twin lens kit. As this was the model that had the features we wanted. Took a few photos with it and very impressed … Continue reading

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What a week

Been a busy week, and I am sure next week wont be no different. Got Mac Mini back from Apple, and they replaced the logic board. In addition my 8gb of ram I ordered back in late November arrived from … Continue reading

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Witness to a pedestrian being hit by a car

I happened to be outside the office and happened to look at the traffic when the lights changed. As I walk across the intersection each and every day. I had just got to work 15mins earlier. Unfortunately a car failed … Continue reading

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Decoding TiVo files as downloaded from TiVo series 3

I’ve always been meaning to determine how one can decrypt the *.tivo files as saved out from the TiVo units by the TiVo Desktop application. Turns out it wasn’t as hard as I thought, just took some research. Found an … Continue reading

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When it rains, it pours

Probably not the best start to the new year. Turns out my Mac Mini is having some serious memory issues, looks like I have a problem dimm socket. Opened it up to see if things had been seated correctly, appears … Continue reading

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Hello 2012

Hello 2012. Nice to meet you. Looks like we will get to know each other for the next 365 days.

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Last day of the year

It’s hard to believe another year has flown by. Got some things in mind for 2012, hopefully I will be able to complete everything in mind. If not, I will give it a good hot go. No big plans for … Continue reading

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New game – COD Modern Warfare 3

My lovely wife purchased me a copy of COD Modern Warfare 3 for PC. So I will install this when I get home. Currently visiting wife’s parents in country NSW. I will be curious to see how game plays in … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone.

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Converting Kogan PVR ts files into mpeg streams on Mac OSX

If you own a Kogan TV which has the PVR feature built in, did you know you can take those recordings and convert them into mpeg streams and/or other formats post removing of adverts on Mac OSX. Software Required: ProjectX … Continue reading

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