wikipedia Protest SOPA and PIPA
Posted by admin in Computer, Education on 18. Jan, 2012 | Comments Off
Wikipedia has shutdown for 24 hours and the site currently looks like this
Some interesting links on the subject can be found below.
MacKinnon: SOPA and PIPA Censor Internet Users
Stop Online Piracy Act (Scary Facts)
SOPA and PIPA: Just the Facts
Wikipedia: SOPA and PIPA – Learn more
MacKinnon: SOPA and PIPA Censor Internet Users
Noise music and learning
Posted by admin in Education on 05. Dec, 2011 | Comments Off
A resent article I read “Don’t Shush Me! In Some Libraries, It’s OK to be Loud” advocated the idea of nosy learning environments. It’s something that has troubled me in my own class room. Do I want silence or do I not mind a bit of noise.
Another consistent appeal to me as a class teacher [...]
Time Lapse
Posted by admin in Photography on 14. Jan, 2011 | Comments Off
I have been playing around with some time lapse videos over the last couple of weeks. They are pretty good fun. I have been taking them with my canon G10 and a intervalometer purchased of ebay. I just wanted to share a couple of samples. I hope to put these together and make some sort [...]
Dive Site Geelong – Alcoa Pier Pt Henry
Posted by admin in Diving on 27. Dec, 2010 | 1 Comment
Map:
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Considerations This is a working industrial pier so I’m not really advising anyone of actually doing this. But having said that if you decide to ignore my warnings its a very nice site. The other thing its pretty shallow and could very easily done on snorkel. [...]
Key Pass Software
Posted by admin in Computer on 21. Dec, 2010 | Comments Off
Ever had the problem of storing 16,325,022 passwords. One solution is to make them all the same. But what happens if you use the same password on www.easytohack.com and www.yourbank.com. Someone gets your password from some unsecure site and then you have to go around changing all your other passwords to make sure they are [...]
Photography Spot Geelong : Old Clifton Springs Jetty
Posted by admin in Photography on 20. Dec, 2010 | Comments Off
Photography Spot Geelong : Old Clifton Springs Jetty
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If you have not seen an image of this place then you have not been looking at any local photographers work. Its very popular and the time I went down to check it out there was a member of the Geelong Camera [...]
Photography Spot Geelong: Old Geelong B Power Station.
Posted by admin in Photography on 23. Nov, 2010 | Comments Off
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History: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geelong_Power_Station#Geelong_B
Considerations: There are many keep out signs there so enter at your own risk. There is also lots of rubble and junk everywhere making it hard to walk around. Lastly there is quite a bit of graffiti and stuff around so there is no telling who you [...]
Pt Lonsdale Pier SCUBA Dive Report
Posted by admin in Diving on 18. Nov, 2010 | Comments Off
Date Completed : 17-11-10
Conditions: The conditions looked pretty good going in and was about 30mins before slack tide at the heads. The vis at the start of the dive was about 4m+
Depth: if you go a fair way of the pier and try really hard you can get 5. But the best stuff is [...]
Lorne Pier Dive Report
Posted by admin in Diving on 18. Nov, 2010 | Comments Off
Date Completed : 17-11-10
Conditions: Lots of swell and surge on this dive. It looked pretty good from the surface, I guess you never know what it s going to be like till you get down there. The visibilty was about 2m at best with the swell and surge kicking up a lot of sand. Wind [...]
Taka Dive Report
Posted by admin in Diving on 12. Apr, 2010 | 1 Comment
Last week I went out on Taka liveaboard in the far north Great Barrier Reef. It was a great 4 days having dived 10 dives.
Here are some scores I give the trip
Diving 9/10
Diving was great. Pristine reefs that had all the little and big critters you could want. This included leaf stone fish, grey reef [...]
