Is it just me or does no-one really get it still in regards to what High Definition realy is?
OK, so maybe it is just me, but I could have swarn that there is a load of TV’s being advertised out there as HD that are not in fact, you know, HD.
I think that this all stems from the US market and their use of NTSC ( or Never The Same Colour ) as we used to call it in video production 
There is a new site promotion tool that I am going to give a go, called Web Traffic Juggernaut.
Here is some info.
Web Traffic Juggernaut video
Web Traffic Juggernaut is a new site that says it guarantees more web visitors and online advertising with very little effort or cost. So I decided to put it to the test…
Just a quick post to inform that Armadillo Aerospace has just won the first level of the Lunar Lander Challenge.
That is $350,000 USD to them for that leg.
They will attempt the Level 2 challenge tomorrow and go for the big bickies.
WELL DONE ARMADILLO!!
Interestingly, they have just also announced that Armadillo and the Rocket Racing League have teamed up and starting a new company that will be offering private space tourist flights from Spaceport America.
Testing will begin early next year.
How fricking cool does that look?
Imagine floating at sub-orbital height in a plexi bubble with near on 360 degree in all directions visibility.
That puts a damper on the small little portholes of Virgin Galactic and the rest doesnt it?
Green energy and the installing of solar panels on your house is all the rage at the moment, but what does anyone *really* know about the facts?
Yes you can get a govt rebate, but your COMBINED household income has to be under $100,000 year.
Yes Energy companies will give you further discounts, but only if you transfer to them the Renewable Energy Certificates at no cost.
Lets think about this for a second…..
So, I am trying to diagnose a power issue that we have in the new house.
Maybe twice or three times a month the Earth Leakage Breaker will pop in the dead of the morning, cutting power to the house. Luckily I havent been caught out yet missing my train due to the alarm being off, but it is only a matter of time I guess.
We dont have much turned on at that time in the morning, only a handful of mobile phone and laptop charges and the occasional plug pack for various devices, a couple of computers and oh yeah, the fridge.
On discussing this matter with a few electricians on the OverClockers.com.au forums, it was decided to try and isolate the issue, despite the fact that it might take 12 months to do so.
So you are already in the booming Sydney property market, but decide that the time is right to move on up in the world and invest in a bigger house.
All good.
You decide to buy a new house, not yet finished by a builder seen as a ‘premium’ provider.
Still all good, right?
Wrong.
Despite my family having owned 3 or 4 houses from this builder, and despite us paying a premium price for our new house, we have problems a plenty. No matter what you do, sometimes you cant find all the issues with a house till long after you have moved in, but in our case we identified MOST of the issues before the house was finished and before we had settled.
Asquith Homes was our choice of builder. Also has ties to Beechworth, or Alkira homes. We knew of the quality of their homes due to past experience and were impressed by their premium standing and good design, however what we didnt bank on was George’s absolute lack of customer service, lack of empathy and bluntly, total lack of anything vaguly resembling a brain.
So the Australian Federal Government is *still* going at it to implement a country-wide, compulsory, ISP level, Internet filtering solution. This is incredulous for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it plainly just doesnt work, another that the majority of Australians just dont want it.
The big problem is that not enough people are interested enough to make enough noise about it.
Buz word of the 2008’s - Media Center PC or Home Theatre PC (HTPC)
For those who havent partook of the greatness that is a HTPC here is a quick run down of all that you are missing out on, as well as the options that are available.
Being the techno-geek that I am, I *have* to keep up with the latest technologies and, to be honest, being and early adopter sometimes is a hard road to follow.
I plonked my cash on the counter pretty much right away on the switch-on of the Digital TV system here in Sydney, and have been pretty much underwhelmed ever since.
Picture break ups, audio pops and induction noise are all issues that anyone relying on Digital TV in Sydney has just had to come to live with, but why is it so?
