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NTSC and PAL Video Capture Problems
The saga of capturing our wedding video to a computer has has run for years now with no resolution yet. My best man’s analog video camera, used to film the event, was from the US and recorded in the NTSC format, but Australian AV equipment uses the PAL format. We attempted to make a copy…
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Astronomically busy
No bludging for this unemployed fella. Apart from applying for jobs, including one with an astronomy organisation in the Netherlands (I wrote a 2000 word report for that one!) I’ve also been busy with my Swinburne astronomy course. One of the elements of the course is asking and answering questions in newsgroups. It’s so much…
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Pangs of Nostalgia – Part 1
Nostalgia. It can be a debilitating disease if you let it take over your life and turn into a conservative. I don’t believe in the Good Old Days, although there were quite possibly some things done in the past better than today (like some better leaders than the current crop) and plenty of things done…
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A Quick Trip to Canberra
I received an unexpectedly quick response to a job application (less than a week from submission) and found myself travelling down to Canberra on Friday, along with B. It’s difficult, and disappointing, to believe that it is only my second interview in over a month. Successful or not, I do not yet know, but at…
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A drive through the Southern Highlands
As much as I love our house, months stuck at home have left me desirous of a change of scenery. Originally planning to drive through the Southern Highlands, a sudden increase in the weekend workload left me suggesting Otford and Stanwell Park as an alternative. We were driving down the freeway, when Beatrice decided she…
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Not a good day
It was not a good day. Firstly, it was a bad day to walk around the city, where it reached 39 degrees celcius. Then I went to my former workplace. Might the possibility of some work a little later on, had a talk to the webmaster of some other divisions. My previous supervisor looked a…
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