Saturday, January 1, 2000
Musing About Church
The date is wrong - Not sure when this was originally written
These are all I think...
What can we do to grow our chuch. To make it somewhere that people want to go, find value, support and so on.
Community
I think community is more than jut somewhere where everyone gets on well together.
Support
Some people will come needing support. I suspect that we as a church are well placed to provide emotional support. Friendship. Someone to talk to. Someone to lend a hand. We are probably not so well placed to provide financial support. The Govt seems to have very deep pockets and there is money available for all sorts of support and so I suspect that financial support is best left to the Govt. We could work in conjunction with the neighbouhood centre. Also on my part, I have an inherant distrust, a feeling of being used, when some person comes begging for trainfare to get home.
Worship
I think worship is the 'Core Business' of the church. Faith -> Worship -> Good Works
Worship is the gathering point for our church. We come together to worship. But in recent times I have to be honest and say that I have not found it inspirational. Actually I would use words like dull and even boring. Frustrating at times.
BA Falcon window winder issue draft
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The drivers window winder has broken ..... again! @#$%$^
HISTORY
It died some years ago. At that time, Megan's dad perormed surgery on it and that kept it going for about another year. Then it died again and I purchased a non genuine one over the net. That died about 13 months later (4-Mar-2012) and the suppliers kindly replaced it. Now that replacement has died.
OPTIONS
a) Wreckers - but the one I get may be at deaths door.
b) Complain to the original seller
c) Buy another non genuine one.
d) Sell the ute.
e) Dismantle & rebuild the current broken unit.
WHY
The question of course is WHY?
Why do these things keep breaking?
Too much friction between the glass and the track? - I lube it with a teflon spray.
Design flaw that results in too much power being required from the motor?
(Mind you in the orignal unit the gearbox connected between the window motor and the cable drive failed. In the non genuine one, a plastic pully failed.)
BTW
they seem to call these assemblies "Regulators".
and you have to ensure you are buying a drivers door one.
My google search is "BA Falcon window regulator drivers door"
PURCHASE OPTIONS
Ebay $60
getautoparts $72.20 ?freight Wrong type
carsrus.com.au $46.90 +Freight Wrong type
express car parts $76.00 +$12.90 eparcel standard freight. =$88.90 seems ok
nationwideautoparts $110 Free delivery
"Wrong Type" means does not have pullies at both end of the track.
(See example pictures here)
The problem is that all the photos I can find on the suppliers web sites are taken from the wrong side.So I am not sure. The picture from "Express Car Parts" looks like their unit has pullies.
Ordered one
We wait and see.
New one on left.
Here is the photo I looked at before I purchased.
The comparison is at the right hand side.
Oh well should have asked but there is just so many hours in a day.
childrens circus Brisbane
The date is wrong - Not sure when this was originally written
Jemma wants to do some circus stuff.
What is around? This is the summary of options. (Working and notes are below)
Claires Circus school
http://circa.org.au/
http://circa.org.au/training-center/young-people/overview/
| Circa Squad 6 – 8 years (Beginners) Fortitude Valley | $220 | Saturdays | 9:45 – 11:15am |
| Circa Squad 9 – 12 years (Beginners) Fortitude Valley | $220 | Saturdays | 11:30am – 1:00pm |
http://circa.org.au/training-center/corporate-workshops/children/
http://circusarts.com.au/brisbane/
I think mostly holiday and festival courses. and corporate wow days.
They do a flying trapeze "course" at $55 per class.
Claires circus school
http://entertainmentindustriesmap.com.au/clients/1523
claires.
http://vulcana.org.au/contact-us/
Brisbane Powerhouse
Suspect not kids. Teens plus.
http://www.larfcircus.com.au/whatsonoffer.html
LARF Circus school offers classes in the following areas for children aged 6 years to 15 years -
8 weeks of fire twirling $165
Redland bay
Phone 07 3829 1649 No answer & an odd messagebank.
form on web site does not work.
Suspect dead end
http://www.trixcircus.com/
Phoned. No answer. Sent text. No response.
Inkjet on to Metal
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This page records my notes on the topic of using a low cost consumer injet printer to print onto aluminum.
THE OBJECTIVE
To use a low cost / consumer injet printer to print onto aluminum.
Result needs to be waterproof & reasonably durable.
Able to be wiped clean with a wet cloth.
Does not need to be super resiliant.
It will be used indoors.
QUESTIONS for myself
1. Q. Can one put metal straight into a Consumer printer?
A. Yes. See notes [1]
2. Q. What ink
3. Q. Do we need anything on the surface?
NOTES
[1]
http://www.inkjetmetal.com/pages/PDF-Handouts.html
So how do we load the metal?
First
of all, you MUST make sure that your printer allows you to print with a
straight printing path. A few printers from HP & Canon do NOT allow
for this option. The full Epson line allows for straight path printing.
If you are unsure if your printer allows for straight path printing you
can check in your manual or e-mail info@booksmartstudio.com. The
straight printing path prevents the metal from bending up and hitting
your print head causing damage. We have fed this material through every
machine with a straight pathway with NOT a single head being damaged.
For the Epson's large-format printers such as they 7xxx & 9xxx
series you load the metal, as if it were sheet material.
[2] INK TYPES
www.polyphoto.com/tutorials/bulkinksystem/InkjetFAQ.html
Pigment Inks - Waterproof.
Dye Ink - Not waterproof.
Canon, HP, Lexmark,
BUBBLEJET - The head boils the ink to spurt it onto the paper.
Mostly dye (not waterproof) ink but I think some pigmented (waterproof )inks available.
Epson
Piezo head technology.
I suspect this is the way to go for water proof ink.
USEFUL LINKS
http://techref.massmind.org/techref/pcb/etch/directinkjetresist.htm
LASER PRINTER
Laser Print onto "Pulsar" paper.
Use a laminator to heat press the tonor off the transfer paper onto the aluminum.
use an iron to put in more heat & pressure.
Hacked Ammyy.com scam
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Dan received a phone call from a lady pertaining to be from Microsoft. At some stage she passed him onto a man. One of these people knew Megan and I's names. He was talked into going
Start>run>ammyy.com and then click a button on that web site.
This allowed the fellow to control the computer. At some stage during the process the fellow showed him some porn. He also tried to open skype and type in a name. Luckily the computer Dan was using does not have a web cam or mic. During this process Dan phoned Megan and Megan got him to pull the power lead out of the computer.
The following thoughts come to mind
a) PEOPLE - Discussing with the kids what to do when someone calls and remind them that they can just hang up.
b) PC - What to do with the PC. Lets start with that.
Well first Microsoft have issued a warning here.
Me thinks I should scan without booting from this drive.
Multicam
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Multicam is the ability for a video editing program to injest video from
multiple cameras that have all recorded the same event. Then to
facilitate editing. It would seem that one of the drivers for the development of multicam is the creation of the GoPro sports cameras. Young guns with GoPro's will swarm and each record their view. I guess later they get together and do some editing.
In my case I record things like school plays and church choirs using a minimum of two cameras. A fixed wide shot and close ups. Sometimes additional cameras giving alternative views and funky angles.
There are two key features required in the editing program.
- A method to assist in lining up the recordings. This seems to primarily be done by the program looking at the audio tracks and lining up on the audio.
- A way of displaying multiple pictures on the screen at the same time.
Not a lot I am afraid. The front runners are on Apple
Final Cut Pro
Plural eyes
Fudging MultiCam on Serif MovieplusX6
I use Serif MoviePlus X6 to edit video. Because
- It's easy to use,
- low cost,
- Creates low res cache files on the disk - this means I can edit AVCHD on my laptop with the footage on an external USB hard drive with no pauses and glitches when I am editing. The final result is of course HD.
- Can scale, rotate individual clips - Handy to fix a misaligned tripod or create a picture in picture.
- As a bonus they have a forum where one can get help and the people there are quite sociable.
To fudge multicam I can use the transform function to change the scale and position of the video on each track to create a multiview effect.
Then edit - realising that as I cut out bits you get this strange effect of quarters of my screen coming and going. I am still not sure if the idea is worth it.
Then when I have all these peices all over the time line, I need to go back and reset the properties to full screen.
To do this
Download & Install this free windows keyboard recorder and replay program - Autohot key http://www.autohotkey.com/
Whirlpool washing machine repair
The date is wrong - Not sure when this was originally written
Following on from the successful repair of the school mixer, Megan has directed my attention to the washing machine. One Whirlpool WFS1285AW 8.5kg front loader.
Now let me decalare something here. A small bias. I absolutely hate front loading washing machines.
In my view....
a) Hard to get clothes in and out.
b) Can't add that last sock. (Becuase the door locks)
c) Again because the door locks, if you need to stop it early and get something out you simply can't without invoking google and a crowbar.
d) I don't think the whites are white.
ah that feels better....
OK so the sequence of events is:-
- Starting with the power off at the wall,
- Switch power on at the wall. -> LCD lights, Start LED flashes, 30min wash flashes.
- Door closed.
- Press start button. LED goes on solid
- Wait 30 sec maybe. Start LED starts to flash.
- Pressing any other key and they all work.
- Press the child lock key combination and that brings up a little key symbol.
Check the user manual. No mention of the LCD. In the manual I can find reference to various symbols that I see on the LCD. I note on the LCD a padlock symbol. At first I thought this was the child lock but operating the child lock buttons brings up a key symbol.
Phoned whirlpool on 1300 363 344
Well that has to be one of the most dissatisfying conversations I have ever had as I was fobbed off to Alderly refrigeration (I think) on 3355 6855. They were more polite and have taken on board asking a technician.
Back to google and I find a newer manual on line and discover that the padlock tells me the door is open or maybe closed. Its not clear but hey when you use a pad lock symbol to represent a door why would you expect it to mean anything.
Anyway the padlock symbol stays on irrespective of whether the door is open or shut so lets assume the door switch is stuffed and investigate that.
And thats it for now.
5pm
Arrived home from work and Chris from next door was on his way over to have a look. He had kindly let Megan was her clothes in his machine.
We pulled the top off and that gave access to the door switch. It was removed and disassembled. Thought I had hit pay dirt. See the black mark on the white bit. Problem niggling my mind was "is that all that is wrong?". Or even "is anything wrong with the switch?" Not really sure how it works because it can lock and unlock the door and also detect whether the door is closed or not. All this with what looks like a number of pressed metal pieces although there may be some kind of semiconductor hidden away in there somewhere because when measuring continuity with the multimeter I got some 0.6 and 0.7 type readings.
It seems that the black piece is purely mechanical with a slide striker. It interlocks with the little red pin at the right hand end of the white bit on the lower right of the photo. But what makes it all move and how does it detect position.
Set about dismantling the front panel. All was revealed. A big black pile of soot. In the middle half a transistor. The soot looks very spectacular. It's possible I destroyed it but I would have though with a black patch this size that I would would have been greeted with a bang.
In case I forget which wire went where.
21-5-2013 Update:
Alderly Refrigeration got back to me. Gee I love it when someone actually does what they say they will do.
Apparently the spare part is called a timer and is available in 5 days (to 8 weeks if not in country) at ~$300. The door switch is a much more reasonable $39.50.
I think we will go look at new machines and possibly see if a second hand timer is available.
Triangle Maths
The date is wrong - Not sure when this was originally written
Chris is doing triangles in maths at school and every so often I have to dig deep into the memory banks to help.
Today's question:
Triangle PQR ~ Triangle DEF
Determine the length of DF
If PQ = 10cm, DE=5cm, PR=6cm
Hmm. What does a ~ mean in the land of triangles.
Well this web site tells me
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Similar (same shape, different size) |  DEF MNO |
Triangle DEF is similar to triangle MNO |
Similar
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Two shapes are Similar if the only difference is size (and possibly the need to turn or flip one around). |
Resizing is the Key
If one shape can become another using Resizing (also called dilation, contraction, compression, enlargement or even expansion), then the shapes are Similar.OK so I hope this means that the two triangles have the same shape and therefore all the same angles.
Segway date night
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Segway options
Riverlife
Many tours but most during the day.
Fri & Sat nights
45 minute tour $99
2hr tour $139 incl BBQ OR prawn depend on tour.
http://www.kangaroosegwaytours.com
Based in West End Kevin 0414350503
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