Tips: Get Your Cabling in Tricky Places
Do you have an existing house or structure and trying to get a cable into a tricky place? Here are a few tips from methods…
Rebel Roundup, Pukekohe 2018
The first year for Retro Caravans, Rebel Roundup is at Pukekohe raceway south of Auckland.
Set up a Cheap Home Surveillance System
You can spend a lot on home security and surveillance. Obviously, better quality, higher resolution digital systems are great and can be set up for…
Complete Backup and Restore of an Android Device
If you are upgrading an Android device and want to cover everything (and pedantically save the entire history/setup of your phone), for example installing a…
Why Your Opinion May Not Matter
In recent society, there seems to be a fast growing trend toward a belief that “everybody’s opinion is equally valid”. Democracy promotes this ideal, and…
1965 Zephyr Caravan Renovation
These are the before and after photos of our 1965 15″ Zephyr Deluxe Caravan. It was apparently stored in a shed for 20 years so…
Board Games
A list of Board Games Collected List Last Updated, January 2020
Howto: Use Gmail for Personalised Email
You can use Google’s Gmail system to manage your personalized email. This gives you all the benefits of being able to easily see your email…
9 Simple Tips for Smart Phone Photography
I have some good camera gear, and many of my favourite photos are ones that I have taken on SLR, with carefully chosen aperture, speed…
Upgrading a 5 Year Old Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android M
I needed a phone for my son as he had been given an older ZTE V795 phone running Android Gingerbread. The ridiculous thing about this…
My Trademe Tips for Low Stress Selling
Trademe poweruser I am not, but I definitely have seen a few auctions around that could do with a bit of a rewrite. For those…
The default problem with Facebook
Facebook has become the default social media platform for the majority of people worldwide. I’ll start by saying, for me it was a case a…
My Photobooth Project…
I needed a photobooth for my wedding (this was one of my few assigned wedding tasks!). You know, one of those ‘take a few photos…
How I manage and share 1000s of digital photographs
People often ask me for the best way to store their thousands of photos, and I’ve tried a bunch of ways in the past. I take…
How about some Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse….
