Author Archives: Trev

Samara and the Magical Butterfly

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Trev

Once upon a time in Quezon City, there lived a cheerful little girl named Samara. She loved exploring her garden, filled with colorful flowers and playful birds. One sunny afternoon, while Samara was playing, she noticed a beautiful butterfly with … Continue reading →

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New better Internet – 200Mbps symetrical bandwidth

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Trev

The earlier days of the Internet here in Adelaide, we had quite good internet. Starting with SENET we progressed quickly from 14,4kbps to 28.8kbps, then 56kbps. We where paying $1/hour which was common among many. It was also true local … Continue reading →

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DIY 737 Simulator MCP Panel PCB

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Trev

The MCP panel is the first panel I’m having a go at building. It’s the panel in the 737 that controls the autopilot. It sits between the two pilots.

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New Sewage System – What I’ve learnt today 8 July 2020

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Trev

On the 29th June 2020 David Spiers MP, Minister for Environment and Water wrote to me (and I’m sure you too) that he directed SA Water to transfer all properties that are currently connected to the Community Wastewater Management System … Continue reading →

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Facebook friend scammer

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Trev

Received a friend request from a friend which I thought may have accidentally deleted the friend link or started a new account, we where already friends. Didn’t really think much more of it though. Continue reading →

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Scam SMS from legitimate Qantas SMS number

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Trev

Just received a scam message from what appeared to be Qantas (as the same number had legitimate boarding messages from previous flights). The message read: , you’ve won our mystery box this week – please use the link to schedule … Continue reading →

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Penalties for MP’s and Senators who are disqualified from sitting in Parliament

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Trev

It’s time for a change to the law that sets penalties for MP’s and Senators who are disqualified from sitting in Parliament. Just the 45th Parliament (2016 to present) Justin Keay (Labor) – Citizenship[i] Josh Wilson (Labor) – Citizenship[ii] Susan … Continue reading →

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Extortion emails from Microsoft’s outlook.com mail service

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Trev

A new scam, this time extortion attempts that are originating from Microsoft’s outlook.com mail system. [Update 25Aug2018] These emails seem to have slowed/stopped. Either scammers have given up (doubt it) or Microsoft has put in some intelligence into their system … Continue reading →

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Facebook advertising and why I don’t see your post if you have paid to promote it.

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Trev

We’re in the middle of a state election here in my state of South Australia. I am someone that wants to know what the different parties are saying so I tag their Facebook pages as ‘see first’ which makes Facebook … Continue reading →

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Creating a basic Android user interface

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Trev

In this exercise we’re going to create a simple application that uses the following controls: Button Text field Checkbox Radio button Spinner The spinner will select between two languages, English and Tagalog and update the user interface in real time. … Continue reading →

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