Geek Stuff

The blog will now automatically resize to the browser size...

I was getting sick of having to scroll side to side if the entry was larger than the browser...

We're now working on percentages of available browser space...

Programmer or Serial Killer?

Killer Quiz

Cool Programming....

These are very clever bits of programming.... Wish I had the ability to code like this....

Depth of Field Generator #1

Depth of Field Generator #2

Tower of Bears

Rexmas...

Today was the WRX Club Christmas (Rexmas) party.

The gorilla suit came in handy again, for marshalling traffic at the Knox City Shopping Centre at the meeting point.

Once again, there were some mixed reactions from kids, as well as the adults.

A few reckoned it was gold, the others again, declared me an idiot! :-)

The cruise for the event ended up at Red Hill, at the oval, where Santa (Alex) arrived in a Mustang, accompanied by a gorilla, and an elf (Carlee)

Again, a great day had by all. The gorilla won the raffle prize of a hamper of Black Magic car cleaning products... Gotta be loving that! :-)

Zoo Christmas Party

Work threw the Christmas Part at the Werribee Zoo this year. There was a fancy dress competition, so Rob and I decided to hire a couple of suits to get right into the spirit!

The reaction was kind of mixed... Most folks called us idiots, which is partly correct, given the heat... Some of the kids loved it, others hated it...





We went on the bus safari, where the gorillas had a chance to relax a bit, and take in the animals in the park.


The animals the bus occupants saw included Hippos, Bison, Giraffes and Rhinos.

Which Potter are You??

Given the new Harry Potter is starting this Thursday, this is quite an appropriate page to take a squiz at!

I turned out to be Harry :-)

Which HP Kid Are You?

Thanks to Laura for having this on her Blog

MP3 Players...

I've been looking into MP3 players of late. The trip to Japan sparked my interest in getting one for myself, and given I'm walking, cycling or running every day now, an MP3 player would definitely be an improvement over the walkman...

When I was in Japan, I looked at the 4GB Apple iPod Nano, which was about $320 AUD, with the exchange rate at the time. The thing that held me back on the Nano, was the lack of radio.

Since I've been back, I've done a little web research, into flash based MP3 players, and thus far, I've discovered the Viodio 512 MB unit, that is available from Strathfield Car Radio, for about $230 (on sale for the opening of the Fountain Gate store), and the I-Bead 400, which seems a bit more universal as it plays multiple formats, including MP3, WMA,
ASF, and OGG... WMA may be handy, as the output quality seems pretty reasonable for a file quite a bit smaller than an equivalent MP3. The I-Bead I've not been able to find in a Bricks and Mortar store, but www.mp4store.com.au have it for $309, as well as the I-Bead 170, which I think is the poorer cousin of the two...

All 3 have a Lithium polymer battery, so it's dilemna time!!! Do I need 1 GB, or is 512 enough?