Today is the middle of Spring… And after some rain overnight the weather actually looks reasonable. Birds are singing, and the world is fresh. Life is good. Ther ewas a story in News.Com.Au about how a UK expert have told …
My programming is going well… I am starting to run out of CPU time again… This time it was also with sending to the serial port consuming too much CPU time. Just a little too much. Since I was not …
I thought I had done things properly in the lead up to the move of the network to WestNet from AlwaysOnline. There were a couple of machines that referenced my server by IP address, and therefore broke when things changed. …
Still no transfer… Good old Telstra. Then again I did not think that they would actually do the transfer before noon today. Correction… It seems to be up. I am not sure yet if it is totally up but it …
OK… Now the next challenge in the programming world. I have a compass rose with 8 LED’s, and I need to work out which LED to light up if a plane is in that direction. Sound simple? Well, it is …
I am not sure when I am moving through to WestNet, but I am guessing that it can be any time soon. I guess the first that I will know is that internet access drops off… Hmm.. I had an …
There is a new version of iTunes out. I just did a check for New Version in iTunes and it does the rest. I am not sure if there is a new software package for my iPod. Looking at the …
I was speaking to a client this evening about the TAPR VNC. He was quite amazed at what this thing was capable off… Even measuring cable lengths. Not that he had a need for it, but if he ever does …
My FLARM emulator is working really really well. Surprisingly. I did not realize how much of this project was involved in getting the ‘User Interface’ of the hardware working how it should. And working out what makes sense. Since I …
Early this morning I was working on a serial emulator for some hardware and software I am working on. What I am actually writing, and have just started is an emulator for the FLARM glider trackers from Europe. The software …
The DELL technician called earlier today to say that he was unable to come today, and would be here tomorrow. No problem. It is not urgent, and I did not need the thing fixed immediately. So I was a little …
I love my VoIP phone… It is saving me so much money. I can make calls cheaply which is great… It is a wonderful business tool. It itemizes all my calls too which is just perfect – even the local …
Alright. I do not quite believe this… This site shows how to upgrade your iPod NANO, from the 4 GByte to 250 GByte. I am not sure but I think that this is actually a joke. It is certainly not …
I have been busy working on the PIC processor design – apart from when I have been watching some TV. I just finished watching HOUSE, and enjoyed that. It was a break from work – something I am doing too …
I have just spent too long trying to program a PIC processor. There were a few issues. The first is that the oscillator was not running… dodgy soldering job – mine that is. Then the dodgy serial port on my …