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3ds Max for the autodidact -the learning never stops…

Posted in: News - Monday, March 29 2010

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Once upon a time people would learn a trade or skill, then employ that skill in their business and over time become progressively better at it. For example, someone that made shoes would have learned these skills as an apprentice and when the learning stage was finished, go on to start their own shoe-making business. [...]

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Facebook, Twitter – social networking for businesses

Posted in: News - Wednesday, March 03 2010

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Perhaps you think Facebook and Twitter was something that only teenagers and bored young office workers did to catch up with friends. A waste of time, especially if it’s under the boss’ nose during company time. Well at least that’s what I thought. We’ve all the heard the line “people who use Twitter” (ie those [...]

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Creative recycling; heavy-duty jarrah shelves

Posted in: News - Monday, March 01 2010

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I’m passionate about wood. I’m off to electric plane some old salvaged timbers that I’ve collected for free over the years. Every time I saw a civic council kerbside rubbish collection I’d keep an eye out for good lengths of Jarrah. I’ve managed to transport peices of 4″x2″ up to 3m long in my tiny [...]

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Summer’s last gasp

Posted in: News - Thursday, February 25 2010

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The end of summer is nigh. It’s a scorching hot 42 degree Celsius day in Perth today, but here on the coast in Fremantle we have 5.5 degrees less. Fortunately I had the house insulated recently with eco-friendly non-formaldehyde fibreglass before the Government rebate scheme was stopped. Airconditioner and fan combined has kept the home [...]

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Buying a widescreen TV

Posted in: News - Thursday, February 18 2010

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OK, so you’ve saved up some money and want to buy yourself a big wide-screen TV or projector. Here is some info that may prevent you buying an obsolete product. Firstly you need to understand the basics. TV screen images are comprised of a mosaic grid of tiny squares called PIXELS, each one evenly colored. [...]

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