Every now and then something doesn’t work as planned when buying on ebay. We see ratings and you can read all sorts of stories, but the real proof in a good ebay seller is how things are handled when something doesn’t go right. That’s what happened with Lovebuy and they really came through. I won’t go into the detail except to say this is a shop that is there is…
Target out of stock of 3 arm mens jumpers from catalogue
Target’s latest catalogue has an advertisement on thier front page with a picture of a son, mother, father and daugter all wearing what looks like very comfortable fleece jumpers. The mens one is interesting as it’s got 3 arms, 2 right arms (one on the wifes shoulder and the other between the wife and himself) with his left arm holding his daughter. Anyway, I’ve called a few stores to…
Should we get a 13 or 1300 number?
These numbers are a good idea and have some advantages. For example, you can have the same number with different locations and depending on the caller, it will route to the closest branch. BUT the world is changing. More and more people are starting to use the Internet for their phone calls because of cost. Example: we changed from normal Telstra landline to Engin VoIP and our bill went from…
robertwarner1965@gmail.com – Gumtree / Paypal buyer scam
We’re selling our Ford Focus on Gumtree and got an SMS which we replied to as requested. NOTE: Didn’t check the phone number the SMS came from. It was +16786617688. Obviously not an Australian phone number which for anyone reading this, is the first hint that they are about to get a scammer trying them. SMS Message from +16786617688: Is the car still available for sale and whats your final…
Update site to WordPress
The old PHP Nuke site was running tired, hard to update and add to. So move across to WordPress which was not to difficult a migration to complete including all the post data from the old Nuke site. All up about 10 hours work. The next few weeks will be doing minor tweaks with the way things look and work. If you can’t find something, from the old site, please…
Roadtrip to Queensland Oct 2011
We’re off on a roadtrip to Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria over the next few weeks. You can follow our adventures including live GPS tracking at my travellog blog
DIY Rudder Pedal USB controller interface
Coming soon. Rudder pedal controller using USB (part number 204-TV-B). This board will interface your home made DIY Rudder Pedals to Flight Simulator using USB. It’s inputs will be 3 x 10k ohm pots, one for the rudder and one each for the left and right toe brakes which connect with provided Molex connectors. USB is via a B type connector which also provides the required power for the interface…
Affiliates and Friends links
Association of Trevs in Australia Description: If your a Trevor, and you live in Australia, you probably will be interested in this site. It’s there for you, a Trevor in Australia. www.trev.net.au Added on: 21-Oct-2006 Cheffing Around Description: Cheffing Around, based in Adelaide South Australia is a contract chef organisation providing chef’s to restaurants, hotels, corporations, businesses, and to the individual if required. With only the best chef’s in Adelaide,…
Trevor’s Electronics Blog
Are you interested in Electronics? Or embedded electronics? Or any of the Microchip PIC microcontrollers like the PIC18, PIC24, the dsPIC33 or the latest PIC32? So am I so I’m writing about my adventures with these devices in my blog called Trevor’s Electronics Blog. The drive to do this was my adventure in learning the PIC24 and doing it using the Explorer 16 board. I got a book that uses…
Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree
Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree, Merry merry king of the bush is he. Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra, Gay your life must be! It’s a well known Australian folk song but how many have actually seen a Kookaburra. Well here is one for you.