Got my new lens today and so I started shooting random stuff. I’m now looking at macro lenses to get really close up. I might try these shots again with the kit lens as it is better for close up, seeing as the new lens is 30mm fixed it’s a wide angle lens. Good for… Read more →
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The trailing lights are from the LED on the front of my external hard drive. FUN!
So today I got my new camera. A Canon 400D (Digital Rebel XTi) DSLR. It is, in a word, AWESOME! I’m pretty crap at the moment because there are soo many variations. My first assignment is to take a picture of trailing car lights on a busy road. Then I will post up the results…. Read more →
For those of you who I have not told about this. Here is what to do to speed up browsing in Firefox. This will only work on broadband connections. 1. Open a new tab in firefox and type in about:config 2. In filter type pipe and you should have 3 results. Double click the top… Read more →
I have just finished creating the slides for the summative assessment. Adapting from the formative slides, a few are the same but most have been edited or completely changed. A few new sections have been added in, the most funny of which is the ‘Scenarios’ slide. Detailing a series of events about the txt alert… Read more →
I have just completed my contextual studies essay! I wrote about the peer-to-peer network and how the government has no idea what they are doing with regard to trying to shut down illegal file sharing. I left out the illegal part mostly and focused on comparing the monitoring of data to the tapping of phones… Read more →
The following is an essay I wrote as a polemic as part of a Contextual Studies elective. Peer To Peer is an internet distribution network allowing users to share content without using dedicated servers or utilizing bandwidth. The users share information directly with each other using a centralised ‘tracker’ which directs the relevant information to… Read more →
Today started by playing around with various databases to be able to connect, retrieve data and add data. After a few teething problems (me not knowing anything) I was able to add information to a database and retrieve it. Yay. Dave and James kindly worked out a way to simulate the journey planner. From that… Read more →