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The Block NZ Villa Wars – a view from the outside
The block started a couple of weeks ago and I have been itching to drive past and see how it has progressed. Now the 11th of October 2015 the houses are really starting to look like something from the outside. I must say I was a little nervous that we would go out to Sandringham… read more…
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Live editing of a war in JBoss
When I am writing some JSP or web app or similar I am a real fan of being able to edit a file and the changes get picked up by the application server immediately and I can see my changes quickly. Tomcat has done this for ages but now I need to develop in JBoss… read more…
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Kids Arts Festival – Corbans Estate 2015
We went to the kids arts festival at Corbans estate in Henderson on the 16th of May 1015 and had a great day. There was lots of things to do and once you got into it lots of activities to try out from painting, to making things out of old junk and paper mache masks… read more…
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The Block 2015 – Preparation begins
Being somewhat block-a-holics and having heard that The Block 2015 was to be in Sandringham Josh and I felt we just had to have a look see. So far as I can tell we have the right place at the corner of Haig Ave and Refrew Ave in Sandringham in Auckland. Looking at Google maps… read more…
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Electrics In Service On The Western Line
We have been waiting a very long time but finally EMUs, Electric Multiple Unit, have been running on the Western Line in Auckland. We noticed them testing late last year at night and then just before Christmas they were testing during the daytime. Tonight we noticed one running about 6pm and it seemed to be… read more…
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Vandals upset 500 train passengers
Today my train was cancelled because vandals had put graffiti on it. Along with approximately 500 other passengers my train to Waitakere I was pretty annoyed. As the trains go from Britomart to Newmarket they stop on a bend just outside Newmarket to wait for a free slot at the station. During this time, less… read more…
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We will miss you Russell
This Thursday, the 19th of February 2015, saw the passing of my father in law and Josh’s grandfather Russell. He was 82. Josh and Russell always got on and we will all miss him. At heart Russell was a family man leaving behind 6 children, 14 grandchildren and wife Pat. The core of his life… read more…
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Fixing moiré patterns – text mixed with images
You will may have read the post removing moiré patterns using GIMP which describes how to remove moiré patterns from images using GIMP. This works well but you major headaches when you have an image that has a mixture of text and images. The problem is that if you apply a fourier transformation to text… read more…
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Scanning tips – stop the reverse side shinning through
When scanning booklets, in particular, you can occasionally get images from the back of the thing you are scanning as above. Sometimes this is barely visible sometimes it is incredibly obvious and really annoying. The simple answer is to place a black sheet of paper or cardboard directly behind the page you are scanning: You… read more…
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Our mate Zephaniah
Watch out for our mate Zephie if he hits your league field. We don’t go to many of his games for the Glenora Bears Rugby League “Under 8 Opens” team, in Glen Eden Auckland, very often but every time we do he seems to score 2 or 3 tries. He’s also a pretty mean tackler… read more…
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