The cooked duck

PMI Black Maxx Paintball Gun

2010-09-06T11:55:00.009+12:00

PMI Black Maxx Paintball Gun

This Post is just a quick summary of the Paint ball gun my Son has Brought recently.
with a few links to various Web pages for Manuals, help forums etc.

Diagram

features:

* 45 double trigger frame with guard
* Custom-ported aluminum barrel
* Bottomline
* Unique rotary safety lock system
* Flush cocking system
* Elliptic lock system for no-tool cleaning
* Reliable semi-auto operation
* Industry-standard 7/8" right hand feed port
* Accepts all standard paintball gun sights
* Sleek, compact, and stylish ergonomic design
* Constructed from the latest durable hi-tech aerospace materials
* Accepts a wide range of accessories

Reviews

Manual plus a Source for Manuals and Diagrams for many makes of Paintball guns

Paint ball forum

Man Invents Machine To Convert Plastic Into Oil

2010-09-02T12:59:00.002+12:00

This is Brilliant

Batt Family Crests

2009-11-02T11:46:00.008+13:00

These are various Batt Family Crests or coat of arms, I have been given over the years.
I would love to know which one is the Correct one to use or the History of them.

Surname: Batt

Foxton Fizz

2009-10-19T18:34:00.015+13:00

Foxton Fizz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Foxton Fizz is the name of a soda drink produced in Foxton, New Zealand.
First produced in 1918,[1] the drink now comes in multiple flavours, including lime, raspberry, kola, lemonade, creaming soda, cocktail, tonic, ginger ale and soda water.

In 2006 plastic bottles were phased out, leaving the company with their glass bottle only.

Latest News 16/01/08
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/674560
Web Site
http://www.foxtonfizz.com/
Order
http://www.more-foods.com/Foxton_Fizz.htm

new World Add
http://www.justaddnewzealanders.com/#/tvcs/foxtonfizz-newworld/

An experimental short film, Fizz Factory was shot at the factory in late 2006. Starring Jeremy Randerson, the film features a soundtrack that includes excerpts of music by German minimalist composer Hans Otte.

More
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0K5WRDAO-w

News Item from Closeup

Gold Mercedes

2009-07-31T18:04:00.010+12:00

This United Arab Emirates-registered gold-mirror-finish Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG was caught at the Bling on Wheels Show, otherwise known as the valet area at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. The car sells for a mere 300,000 AED (about $82,000 USD).

More info here
http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=87693&page=2

Gold Plated Mercedes Benz C63

2009-06-01T09:41:00.002+12:00

Barrett M82 .50 Caliber rifle
The M82 (also more recently known as the M107) is a recoil-operated, semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle developed by the American Barrett Firearms Manufacturing. A heavy SASR (Special Application Scoped Rifle), it is used by many units and armies around the world. It is also called the "Light Fifty" for its .50 caliber BMG (12.7 mm) chambering. The weapon is found in two variants — the original M82A1 (and A3) and the bullpup M82A2. The M82A2 is no longer manufactured, though the XM500 can be seen as its successor, in that it also employs a bullpup configuration.

From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_M82
http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/infantry/rifle/M107.html

U Turn

2009-04-07T21:45:00.002+12:00

What happens when you do a quick U Turn without looking

Aye Kelly

cool Cadbury Add

2008-08-16T09:13:00.001+12:00

This is one cool add

The Dolmette

2008-05-23T22:21:00.004+12:00

The Dolmette
The combined power of 24 Dolmar chainsaw engines is fed into to a 5-speed Harley-Davidson transmission by a series of twelve toothed belts

http://www.dolmar.com/news/dolmette/technical_facts.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5ruRHNfpAg

Ferrari 360 Modena stretch limousine.

2008-05-23T20:18:00.003+12:00

This is the fastest limo on the road it can go from 0-60 in under 6 seconds
With a top speed of 170MPH,
It is 23 feet long.

The Ferrari has had £200,000 spent on it to convert the car into a stretch limousine.
The company that made it was Style Limousines
More Info
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-480300/Fastest-limousine-world-hits-road--170mph.html

Guestbook

2008-03-28T13:44:00.001+13:00

Hi

Please feel free to leave any comments Suggestions etc

More Base Jumping

2007-10-23T11:59:00.001+13:00

Basejumpers wearing wingsuits fly inches from the walls of mountains.
Wingsuit flying is the art of flying the human body through the air using a special jumpsuit, called a wingsuit, that shapes the human body into an airfoil which can create lift. The wingsuit creates the airfoil shape with fabric sewn between the legs and under the arms. A wingsuit can be flown from any point that provides sufficient altitude to glide through the air, such as skydiving aircraft or BASE jumping exit points. The flier will deploy a parachute at a planned altitude and unzip the arm wings so they can reach up to the parachute control toggles and fly to a normal skydiving or BASE jumping landing.

Most Amazing Wingsuit Flying

via videosift.com

Also
JET-MAN : THE INCREDIBLE FLYING MAN

base Jumping Bungee

2007-09-12T21:41:00.000+12:00

This base jumper gets rocketed to 400 feet above ground by a bungee cord, then pulls his parachute and lands safely

The Haka

2007-08-10T23:48:00.000+12:00

A Joke about the Haka.

A Kiwi was doing a Moari Haka Somewhere in Space.
Two Aliens were watching this unusual dance, From there space ship .
"Kamate Kamate Ka-Ora Kaora......", loudly sang the Kiwi.
The aliens were intrigued and wondered what would happen if part of the Kiwis brain was removed. So with the aid of very sophisticated technology, The aliens zapped a beam at the kiwi's head and part of his brain instantley vaporised.
The aliens sat back to see what would happen.
"Kamate Kamate Ka-Ora Kaora......", loudly sang the Kiwi.
The aliens were amazed ,there was absolutley no difference.
So the aliens decided to sap another part of the brain.and see what difference this made.
"Kamate Kamate Ka-Ora Kaora......", loudly sang the Kiwi
The aliens naturally deduced the Kiwi was a highly intelligent creature. For with only half a brain there was no difference in the kiwis behaviour.
The Aliens the decided to remove the Whole Brain, Thus leaving the Kiwi devoid of all Knowledge. So with a push of a button the aliens zapped the rest of the Kiwi's Brain.
Now surely the Kiwi will Know nothing,Be Dumb ,and be so Stupid.
The aliens watched the Kiwi intently,and all of a sudden the Kiwi broke into a forceful song.

"Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda"

The New Haka

From The British version of American Idol.

2007-08-10T22:46:00.000+12:00

Auditioned for Britain’s Got Talent And he ended up Winning.

Name: Paul Potts
Age:36
Occupation: Mobile phone salesman
Lives: Port Talbot

http://talent.itv.com/page.asp?partid=332

This is the first round.

2nd Round

final

How to make your own Emergency Hand charger

2007-07-25T20:26:00.000+12:00

This is a gadget that you can make on your own easily and it's very practical because you can charge your mobile without the need of a powerpoint.

USB Cell Phone Hack! Charge It With... - video powered by Metacafe

More

http://www.hightidelabs.com

http://carlosabel.no.sapo.pt/

http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/236

Revolutionary engine Amazing discovery uses radio waves to heat salt water hot enough to power pistons

2007-06-30T20:30:00.000+12:00

Hogzilla2

2007-06-01T19:01:00.001+12:00

An eleven-year-old boy has Shot a Wild Pig that makes the legendary Hogzilla look like a Runt!
This pig is twelve feet long and weighs more than a thousand pounds.
And in anyones book that is a lot of pork

More Info
http://snipurl.com/1mvlt

Hogzilla1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogzilla

hogzilla 2

2007-06-01T18:50:00.000+12:00

Freeview

2007-05-27T19:41:00.000+12:00

Freeview

Copied from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeview_(New_Zealand)

On May 2, 2007, Freeview's satellite television transmissions were turned on for the first time to the general public.

Freeview
(sometimes incorrectly spelt FreeView) is a non-profit service, providing free-to-air digital television and radio to New Zealand.

Freeview is available via satellite television to the whole of New Zealand. Freeview will also be available via digital terrestrial television, covering 75% of New Zealand, from early 2008.

Freeview has been designed to eliminate the bad reception caused by New Zealand's rugged topography, and provide New Zealanders with crystal clear digital television and radio. Freeview will also provide more channels for people to choose from, high resolution video and improved sound quality, and interactive content. This will prepare New Zealand for analogue switchoff, planned for some time between 2013 and 2017[1].

A set-top box, a suitable TV tuner card or a digital capable TV, and an UHF aerial or a satellite dish, is required to receive Freeview. At current, two manufacturers who helped to make the EPG for Freeview, Zinwell and Hills, have exclusive rights to mark their products with the "Freeview tick", meaning that they are certified. Receivers with the Freeview tick cost between NZ$280 and NZ$300, however uncertified generic DVB receivers costing as little NZ$150 are available.

Freeview uses the DVB-S and DVB-T standards on government provided spectrum. The government will also pay $25 million, about one third of the total cost.

History
Sky Television launched New Zealand's first digital television service in December 1998. Until the launch of Freeview, Sky has held the monopoly for digital satellite television.

On June 15, 2006 it was announced that a free-to-air digital television service called Freeview would be available via satellite transmissions from mid-2007 and terrestrial transmissions from mid-2008.

On April 23, 2007, Freeview's marketing campaign was launched. The campaign saw the Freeview website coming online, and a series of four television adverts being shown on Freeview's shareholders' channels, using the slogan "Make bad reception a thing of the past", and showing people using unusual items and ways to get television reception.

On May 2, 2007, Freeview's satellite television transmissions were turned on for the first time to the general public.

On May 18, 2007, Freeview's first digital-only channel launched: a temporary channel from TVNZ, providing coverage of the V8 Supercars.

Currently on the Freeview platform, there are 5 television channels and 2 radio stations. Presently, TVNZ, CanWest, the Māori Television Service, and Radio New Zealand supply content.

Up to 18 channels will be available, with six each assigned to TVNZ and CanWest, and the remaining six[3] assigned to other networks. [2] Giving that TVNZ's and CanWest's current free-to-air channels will be available on Freeview, they will each have four extra channels available.

Freeview also has its own eight-day electronic programme guide, named Freeview EPG. TVNZ's Teletext service is also available.[4]

Current Television Channels
TV One
TV2
TV3
C4
Māori Television
One Sport Extra -

Current Radio Stations
Radio New Zealand National
Radio New Zealand Concert

Temporary Channels
TVNZ had announced a channel especially for the V8 Supercars in 2007. From Round 4, which begins on May 18, One Sports Extra will be broadcast on channel 20 and will bring the races live and uninterrupted.

Other Networks
Another two companies have stated they will participate in the Freeview venture:
Alt TV and an unspecified independent broadcaster rumoured to be Triangle TV.

There are ongoing negotiations with Prime, other regional TV operators, and overseas companies wanting to start up in New Zealand.
Freeview will be open to other free-to-air broadcasters if they want to join.

Prime has said it will definitely not make a decision before 2008. Also, Prime's contracts with sports bodies preclude it from broadcasting sports programmes unencrypted on satellites, so Prime may only be available via terrestrial transmissions if it decides to join Freeview.

The New Zealand Racing Board originally showed interest, but currently has withdrawn as a shareholder, but may join at a later date.

Future Content
With 11 spare channels available, several new digital-only television channels will be launched within the next two years.

TVNZ will produce two new channels, one each in 2007 and 2008. One will be a commercial-free news, sport and information-based channel with 90% local content, tentatively titled TVNZ News 24. The other will screen preschool, family, and arts programmes, and has been tentatively titled TVNZ3.

CanWest confirmed it will produce one extra channel each in 2007 and 2008 targeting a niche market. The BSA expects it to screen imported programmes on its first extra channel.Since CanWest will not use all six channels allocated to it, it may sub-lease the spare capacity to other companies. As of April 11, CanWest has made the transition from 4:3 broadcasting to 16:9 (on TV3), and on May 2nd C4 followed suit.

Māori TV aims to launch more channels later.

Parliament will get its own channel ("Parliament TV") soon.

Although the satellite and the terrestrial service will both have 18 channels initially, there is space for only 20 channels on the satellite transponder so fewer channels may be available on satellite than terrestrial in the future.

Quality
“ The quality [of the signal] will be stunning. People wouldn't recognise it.… It's not what you get on Sky now, it's much better. ”
—Rick Freisen
COO of CanWest TVWorks

Satellite transmissions will be broadcast in 576i, as the satellite transponder is not high definition capable. However, terrestrial transmissions can be broadcast in high definition, and the government will let the broadcasters decide whether to broadcast in high definition or continue in standard definition. TVNZ does not currently have plans on HDTV, and will keep to SDTV. Prime, if it joins, will broadcast in high definition.

Technology
Freeview uses the satellite Optus D1 to broadcast via satellite. It uses a transponder, leased from Kordia.

UHF terrestrial broadcasting will be introduced in May 2008, and will initially cover 75% of New Zealand's population. Freeview's terrestrial transmissions will be broadcast from Kordia's existing transmitter towers. Eventually, terrestrial transmission may reach 92% of the population.[2]

Freeview uses the DVB standard, as standardised in 2001 with NZS6610:2001. DVB is used mainly due to New Zealand's rugged topography, meaning multipath was inevitable. ATSC cannot handle multipath well, so it was not chosen.

TVNZ said digital terrestrial will be broadcast in MPEG4 and satellite broadcasts will be in MPEG2. This means people who took part in the Auckland digital trial using terrestrial DVB-T MPEG2 receivers will need to change their receivers to DVB-T MPEG4 to receive terrestrial Freeview once officially launched in May 2008.

Freeview certifies set-top boxes but doesn't sell them - this is up to electronics retailers. Freeview certification centres on the localisation of multimedia data. This data is broadcast over DVB using the MHEG-5 standard. At the moment this is only used to transmit EPG data.

Freeview is currently discussing with Telecom about the provision of IPTV over ADSL.

Finance
The government will pay up to NZ$25 million and provide free radio spectrum, estimated to be worth up to NZ$10 million, during the transition to digital. The companies involved will pay the remaining $50 million. The government claims a NZ$230 million benefit to the economy. This is the second digital TV system attempted by the government. The first attempt in 2000 wasted NZ$6.8 million. Freeview may turn into for-profit after the analogue switch off.

It will cost Alt TV NZ$600,000 a year to broadcast on Freeview. Canterbury TV estimates it will need to pay NZ$1 million a year if it joins FreeView.

Competition
Sky currently has a free-to-air package where channels similar to the ones available on Freeview are available for a monthly fee of NZ$18.29, plus an installation fee of NZ$99.[18] Around 90,000 people use this service, generally by people who cannot get a high quality signal from analogue terrestrial television.[8] However, as only twenty channels are available on the satellite for Freeview, and presently there are fewer channels on Freeview than Sky, Sky is relatively unaffected. A Sky dish can be used to receive Freeview but a separate set-top box will be required.

More info
Offical web site
http://www.freeviewshop.co.nz/channels.html
forum
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Freeview_nz/
Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeview_(New_Zealand)

www.apsattv.com
www.vetrun.com .

http://www.freetv.co.nz/freeview.html

Human Slingshot

2007-03-24T15:01:00.000+12:00

Somewhere in the usa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sd5G2EcOvQ

A couple more
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2821107
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1605521,00.html
Stuntman Becomes 'Human Slingshot'
http://keyetv.com/video/?id=11144@keye.dayport.com

2007-03-16T08:53:00.000+13:00

The ultimate boy's Toy.

A 22-year-old has invented the Ultimate boy's toy.
It took John Cornwell about 150 hours and $400 in parts to modify a mini-fridge common to many college dorm rooms into the beer-tossing contraption, which can launch 10 cans of beer from its magazine before needing a reload.

With a click of the remote, fashioned from a car's keyless entry device, a small elevator inside the refrigerator lifts a beer can through a hole and loads it into the fridge's catapult arm. A second click fires the device, tossing the beer up to 20 feet — "far enough to get to the couch," he said.
More here
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2933766

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Part 4 Shareaza

2007-02-23T07:36:00.000+13:00

Shareaza is a peer-to-peer client for Windows that allows you to download any file-type found on several popular P2P networks.
Shareaza is FREE & contains NO Spyware or third-party products.

Download
http://www.shareaza.com/?id=download
how to install etc
http://wiki.shareaza.com/static/QuickGuide
Info
http://wiki.shareaza.com/static/
This page has quick guides on Setting up plus Trouble Shooting.
http://www.kadusa.com/shareaza/eng/index.htm
More usefull links
http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/shareaza/t-useful-links-for-shareaza-28210.html

Part 3: Quick Launch

2007-02-12T20:35:00.000+13:00

Quick Launch

If you are constantly opening certain programs and want quick access to them launch them from the Quick Launch Bar.
This is along side the start button. If it is Blank as in fig: 1a http://snipurl.com/19x9e You want it to look like Fig:A http://snipurl.com/19x9e
Right Click anywere on the Start Button and select properties.http://snipurl.com/19x9d
Click Taskbar top left put a tick in the Quick Launch tick box click apply then o.k.
Beside the clock you will now have icons for Internet Explorer, Show Desktop, Windows Media Player.
To add any new shortcuts for your favorite programs. Right click a blank area of this taskbar and tick lock the taskbar. Have the desktop showing or the shortcut Icon for the program you want on the Quick Launch bar. click on the Icon and Drag it to the Bar ,A black line will appear where the icon will stay, release the icon . Repeat this step for everything you want on the Bar.
If you have too many icons on there you can drag a empty folder on to it and put Shortcuts in there to free up some space. Right click the taskbar again and click lock the task bar.

Note
The icons on the quick launch bar are only short cuts to the Actual programs

Tip

If you see chevrons like these >> click on them to see Hidden Icons

Part 2 Saving Downloading.

2007-02-08T15:16:00.000+13:00

Part 2

Saving or downloading.

Step 1 We will learn how to save a image from the internet,

Go to http://snipurl.com/19jqe and right click on the image and select save picture as.

A dialog box should appear,
Fig: 9 http://snipurl.com/19peu
On the right hand side of where it says Save in you should see a downward pointing arrow, click on the downward pointing arrow and a drop down menu should appear,Fig: 10
http://snipurl.com/19pos
Select My Documents
At the bottom of the dialog box Click in the File Name box and name the file Duck
Then click Save.
click the start button then My Documents. now you should see the Image "Duck" you saved .
Go back to http://snipurl.com/19jqe.
Right click the image again and select Save Picture as "Now Find the Folder you created in part 1". In the Save in Field Click this folder when you find it. Name the File Duck 2 click Save.
Click the start button then My Computer go to the drive where you created the folder in Part 1 and open it.
You should have 2 Duck images in there "Duck & Duck2"

Now every time you save something . It should save to this folder.
Note
It always pays to keep an eye on this Dialog box "Save in" or "Look In". Just to make sure it is still pointing to the folder you made.

Tip.
If you happen to save a file and you can not find it. Save another file and take a note of where "Save in " or "Look in" is pointing too. This is where your lost file will be.

There are a lot of different ways you can save something to your computer.
For example you are looking at a Web Page in Internet explorer., and you want to keep the page so you can look at it later.
Step 1
Click File on the top menu bar, Fig:11 http://snipurl.com/19pi6
Step 2
Then select save as, Fig:12 http://snipurl.com/19pif
Step 3
Then select Web Archive,single file(*.mht) fig:13 http://snipurl.com/19pii
This will save the page as a single file . You can rename it whatever you like or keep the original name.

Tip
"Look at the Save in box to see where you are saving it too".

If the web page has a lot of pages instead of saving each page individually you can use a web site copier to download the whole web site.
HTTrack is a good one .
Manual
http://www.httrack.com/html/index.html
DownLoad
http://www.httrack.com/page/2/en/index.html
http://www.httrack.com/
Just copy and paste the web site address into it and away it goes.

To download software to your computer ,it pays to get a program to do it for you.
These programs can resume downloads when your internet connection fails. Allow multiplie downloads etc. A good one is
Download Express

Features

HTTP, FTP, HTTPS protocol support
Cookies support
Very fast and reliable file retrieval from the Web and FTP sites
Maximum Internet connection bandwidth usage when loading several file parts simultaneously
HTTP and SOCKS Proxy support
Internet Explorer clicks interception
Checks downloaded files for viruses
Can operate in the background
The ability to resume broken downloads
Very easy to use More Info
http://www.metaproducts.com/mp/mpProducts_Detail.asp?id=18
Online user Manual with Screen Shots
http://www.metaproducts.com/mp/DE_concise.asp?id=18

Download
http://www.metaproducts.com/mp/MetaProducts_Download_Express.htm

When you first install it it asks you where you want to save your downloads to . point it too the folder you made in part 1.

How to make a New Folder

2007-02-07T14:35:00.000+13:00

This is of a series of Tutorials I am putting together to help a Couple of people who are new to computers and want to know how to do certain things . I will be trying to keep them simple and provide as many screen shots as possible . if you find a mistake or know of a easier way to do something or have a suggestion.
"Please feel free to leave a comment".

I am going to start of with
Part 1
Creating a Folder for all your Files .ie: anything you store or save on your computer

Part 2
Downloading and saving files. be it Pictures, Music ,Emails or just your notes etc.

part 3 will be a short one on the Quick Launch Bar to aid getting around your computer

Part 4 Shareza file sharing. Downloading Songs

Part 5 Email . Saving,Moving Store Folder. Forwarding etc.

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Part: 1

This Tutorial is to try and explain how to make a Folder for storing all your files and Point windows to it.

This is most important for 2 reasons
N# 1 When you save or Download something you will be able to find it again
N# 2 "when" not if Windows ever crashes on you. you will be able to save your files easier.

Note:

Most computers hard drives have been parttioned into 2 separate areas one having the operating system. the other for your personal files.
The drive with the windows folder in it is the one you should avoid using if at all possible.

note to see The pictures ie: Fig:1 ,2, 3,4,5,6,7,8 etc scroll down this page.

Step 1.
click the start button.
Fig:1

Step 2.
click My computer
Fig:2

Step 3.
Double click your hard drive that you want to save all your downloaded or saved files in.
Fig: 3
On the File and Folder Tasks menu on the left click "Make a new Folder"
Name this Folder "DownLoads" or whatever pleases you.

Open this folder by double clicking on it.
Step: 4

We now have to configure this folder for the next step. At the very top of this folder There should be a Menu bar and a Address bar like the picture below.
fig: 5
If the address bar is not present , right click any where on the menu bar, Click the address bar so it is highlighted,
The address bar will appear under the menu bar. In this bar it should read D:\downloaded or whatever your Drive is named.
Fig:6

If this is not displayed click tools on the Menu Bar and select Folder Options,then View.
scroll down to "Display the full path in the address bar" Put a tick in the box beside it.
Fig :7

Step: 5

Click inside the address bar to highlight the address of the folder . Right click and select copy.

Step:6
Click the start button again and then Right Click My Docments and click Properties.
This will bring up a Dialog box as in Fig:6.
Right Click in the Target box to Highlight the address and click Paste.
Fig: 8
In the Move Documents box, click Yes to move your documents to the new location,

Now you have a folder where everything should be saved too. Which makes it Easier to Find things. In this folder you will find that windows has moved My Pictures,
My Music,My Video Folders. you can now make new folders for anything you want. ie: HouseHold, Car, Bank etc etc.Then make new folders within these folders for example.
In the Household Folder you can make new folders and name the Rates, Phone, power, etc etc.
Note you can Name this folder and any other folder anything you want.
When you first create the folder name it straight away when it is Highlighted or later by right clicking it and selecting rename.

Next Part 2
Downloading and saving .

2007-02-07T14:07:00.000+13:00

Fig: 1
Fig: 2 Fig: 3 Fig: 4 Fig:5
Fig: 6 Fig:7
Fig: 8

Comet

2007-01-19T08:31:00.000+13:00

Monday the 4th of jan 2007

Comet still visible in our skys.
Another site with pictures from all over the world.
http://spaceweather.com:80/comets/gallery_mcnaught.php

more on the comet. Did'nt have to wander across the road last night , Could see it clearly from our front yard. Hardly a cloud anywhere

Found this nz site with pictures

http://www.doggitt.com/comets.htm

Wandered over the road last night to get a better view of the mcnaught Comet , Bit cloudy but still able to see it quite clearly as the clouds moved off.
This comet is supposed to be one of the the most visible comets for about 40 years . Looking in a southwest direction in the sky.

More info here
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/070112_ns_comet_mcnaught.html
Nz
http://www.rasnz.org.nz/
Nz Newspaper
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/3929492a11.html
Image Gallery
http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_mcnaught_page9.htm
More images here
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10419869
19.01.07

Hydrabad

2007-01-15T16:58:00.000+13:00

New section added to Hometown.

This is the ship Hydrabad that was wrecked of Waitarere Beach. Was down at that beach today could'nt find it any where. Must be covered in sand again. I remember going to the beach at waitarere when younger and climbing all over it. It was like the wreckage picture then.
this was in the early 60's.

The Hydrabad

http://digital.natlib.govt.nz/get/22461?profile=access
was Built in 1865 at Port Glasgow, Scotland, and was owned by Stephens and Sons, London
Captain Holmwood
The Hydrabad was a square-rigged ship with three masts.
Her official number was 30642 of 1865.'
Built of Lowmoor iron,
Lenght 229.5 feet [69.9 metres] long,
Beam 37.2 feet [11.2 metres]
Depth was 23.2 feet [7 metres]
1350 tons register
She had 2 holds.

Her figurehead was Hindu warrior, with a colourful turban, sash and flowing white robe, and a black bushy beard. His left hand was gripping a sword. This ended up at foxton beach in someones garden but unfortunatley its gone now
A picture of this can be seen here http://horowhenuahistory.library.org.nz/exhibit1/e10200b.htm

A little history on what happened to the ship.

On 24 June 1878 on route to Adelaide, Australia from Lyttelton, NZ.
the ship struck a severe storm, After battling the storm she ended up of the horowhenua coast and could'nt get back out to sea. The captain drove the vessel onto the beach at Waitarere.There was no loss of life
There were two attempts, in November 1878 and 7 Jan 1879 to refloat the ship; these did'nt succed
The vessel was abandoned following fire that was so fierce that the hull planks were buckled. She was insured for £15,000 and her cargo for £24,500.

Picture of the Wreckage
http://digital.natlib.govt.nz/get/11916?profile=access

Successive storms have left the wreck well above high water mark. The wreck is now covered with sand, and is occasionally uncovered and recovered through storm and wind action.
There has been talk of erecting a memorial to the ship ,but unsure if any thing has been done??

Sport

2007-01-15T09:30:00.000+13:00

Added a Sport Section today

All Blacks
Super14
Hurricanes
Hockey

Added to Today

2007-01-14T17:57:00.000+13:00

Added to Today

Transport

This is one cool Wagon.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2519555829449987448

NZ Flag Jpeg added underneath the clock

Govt

Site explaining the NZ Flag
http://www.mch.govt.nz/nzflag/

Also added a
Cuzzie section under Govt for any pics etc of the farno
The 1st entry is uncle Thomas down load the gif file to your computer and open it.
looks a bit dodgy this Joker

Plus added a couple of pics of interest to the farno

Scroll down Links on the left side

Cell Phones

2007-01-12T22:31:00.000+13:00

Added new Section "Cell Phones.

Pix2Fone is a free service that lets you make custom mobile phone wallpapers, backgrounds and logos in a snap. You can use it online or download as extension for MS Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. The browser extension adds "Save Picture to Mobile Phone" and "Upload File to Mobile Phone" options right to your browser.

Bored with trashy pics that come pre-installed with your new phone? Not ready to cough up up to $5.00 for mobile phone wallpapers elsewhere? Want to use your friends' photos as picture caller IDs, but don't have expensive PC-to-phone cables and adapters? Pix2Fone to the rescue: Save any photo from internet or computer to your mobile phone.
Check the compatibility list to see if your phone is supported
http://www.pix2fone.com/

Manuals and Unlock codes Comprehensive site .
http://www.gsm-technology.com/index.php
Repairing Cellphones
http://repair4mobilephone.org/cell_phone.html
Nokia phones free, online calculator for figureing out your unlock codes. Check the instructions at http://nokiafree.org/forums/t64045/s.html.
Then use the calculator at http://unlock.nokiafree.org/ for finding the code.
Unlock Codes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=240784.
List of manuals Chargers etc
http://www.mobilephonecrazy.com/type/Alcatel-Manuals.htm
http://www.mobilephonecrazy.com/make/Chargers.htm

BitPim
is a program that allows you to view and manipulate data on many CDMA phones from LG, Samsung, Sanyo and other manufacturers. This includes the PhoneBook, Calendar, WallPapers, RingTones (functionality varies by phone) and the Filesystem for most Qualcomm CDMA chipset based phones. The matrix of supported phones and features is in the online help http://www.bitpim.org/help/

Have a few more add ons for this section when I find them.

Guest Book

2007-01-08T08:52:00.000+13:00

Added a Guest Book this morning. Scroll down to bottom of the page.

Looking for one without the flashing Banner.

Feel free to add a comment .

Military and Security

2007-01-07T13:59:00.000+13:00

Added a new section today. Plus added to Transport and Interesting & Hunting

Military and Security

An introduction to the Metal Storm electronic weapons system.The new generation of weapons.
Quite a big video on it here.
Metal Storm Machinegun Weapons Rapid Fire
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/239653/metal_storm_weapon_system/

The Gun that fires around corners.
military video showing an innovative Israeli military system in developement called the Cornershot which can reach around corners which will allow for some great advantages in combat situations for the special forces.
http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/corner.aspx

SmokeCloak
the Theory is if can't see it you can't Steal It.
The products are extremely powerful artificial fog generators sold under the Smokecloak brand and constructed to work seamlessly together with existing alarm installations
http://www.smokecloak.com/home/?lang=en

Cell Phone Guns
Believe it or not.
Video
http://cellular.co.za/phones/gunphone/gun-phone.htm

Knife Gun
Why bring a knife to a Gun Fight
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-22-caliber-knife-gun

Added to Interesting

The Most Incredible Knife
Dennis Pireta, Wenger’s marketing director put it succinctly when he noted, “This is not exactly going to win any awards for lightest, smallest or most efficient tools…” The knife is a brute, weighing 2 pounds, 11 ounces and measuring 8.75 inches. But don’t worry, it has a key ring so you can carry it on a belt loop.
Wenger set the price at $1,200. Each knife must be ordered individually through the company.

If you’re interested in being the coolest Boy Scout on the block, call Wenger at 800-431-2996 to order your own Giant Knife, Version 1.0.

Or For you Computer Geeks
http://www.swissarmy.com/MultiTools/Product.htm?category=swissmemory&product=53984
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Added to Transport

VW Transformer

Heaps of Transformer videos

Plus here are a couple more cool ones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STQ3nhXuuEM&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYKznMW5Iog&mode=related&search=

Hunting
hushPower
FULLY MODERATED SHOTGUNS As quiet as a air rifle
http://www.bigginhill.co.uk/hush.htm

Extreme Shotgun shooting.
Man this Guy is good. Practice makes perfect
http://gvhighlights.blogspot.com/2006/08/shotgun-test.html

Firefox Addons

2007-01-04T21:25:00.000+13:00

Been playing with a few addons for Firefox this week.

IE View
This allows you to right click a link or url and it will open in a new window in IE
Can add a button to toolbar by right clicking the menu bar and /Customize then dragging Ie view button on to toolbar.
download and more info from http://ieview.mozdev.org/

New Tab Button on Tab Bar
this quite handy to make your own buttons for the toolbars more info here.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1456/
Custom Buttons
http://xsms.nm.ru/custombuttons/en/

TradeMe Microsummary

New TradeMe microsummary generator for firefox2
This is for if you want to keep a eye on a particular Trademe Auction. Just Bookmark the page you want to watch and firefox will watch the bids for you.
All you have to do is click on the bookmark and it tells you .
More info here http://daniel.expdev.net/category/computers/my-software/

Also had a look at Gspace this turns your Gmail account in to free online storage.
Uploaded a word Document into it . Got the same document in a email about a hour later??
Must have a look at this more closlely could be handy.
http://www.getgspace.com/index.html
VideoDownloader
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390/
http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php
Are you tired of copy&paste URLs to download a video? Now it's even easier !
VideoDownloader Firefox Extension add a small icon on the status bar at the bottom of your firefox window, and a toolbar button.
Just click that and download the video you are watching !

Heaps more Addons here
http://forum.mozilla-russia.org/viewforum.php?id=2&p=1

Plus tried a couple of tweaks for speeding up Firefox, certainly do the trick.
Supposed to be for broadband

1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!
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More tweaks here

About:config entries
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_FAQs_:_About:config_Entries
How To Modify Hidden Preferences Using about:config
http://www.mozillazine.org/misc/about:config/
The AboutConfig extension implements for Mozilla Thunderbird
http://aboutconfig.mozdev.org/

Tule Lake

2006-12-30T18:11:00.000+13:00

Kiakoura Fishing trip dec12th-14th 2006

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This is one of the activities from Manawatu Colleges activity weeks .

These are normally done in the last week of the school year over 3 days

This year 7 Adults and 14 Students from the 3rd and 4th Forms, Traveled from Foxton in the North Island to Kiakoura in the South Island of New Zealand.
This involved a road trip on the Tuesday ,Starting at 5.30 am by 2 Vans and a 4 wheel drive Suv. We stopped at Porirua to Pick up the Diver for the trip then straight in to wellington for the 8.30am Ferry ride across Cook straight to Picton, This takes about 3 hours .
Then a 2 Hour drive to the camp in Kiakoura.
unfortunately the water was to rough and Dirty to do any Diving or Fishing the first day. So it was a bit of Site seeing in Kiakoura and relaxing at the camp.
We managed to get into the water on the Wednesday. For a catch of Kina's and a Few Paua. And everyone had a good swim.
We stayed at a Camp site just out of Kiakoura. At a place called Mangamaunu
http://www.destination-nz.com/kaikoura-r59/map.html
this is a Just 2 buildings a Kitchen/ Showers /toilets /Sleeping Quarters ,Plus a main Building for Meetings and Sleeping. "With the sea just across the road". This is run by a Trust ,and has 800 acres of farms plus heaps of Native bush.
Thursday it was a Quick clean up of the camp then we were of on our way on the Journey Home.
On the way we stopped to have a look at a Seal colony just of the side of the road. The sea was about 50 metres down the side of a steep cliff ,But the seals had no problem climbing up to nearly the road.
When we arrived in picton , We had lunch in the park just across from the Ferry terminal.
Then a nice easy Ferry ride across the Cook Straight touch wood we had a good trip both ways weather wise.
then a slow drive home."traffic jams all the way to Waikane".

See the Pictures Here
http://snipurl.com/166ji

Favorite Software

2006-12-29T20:33:00.000+13:00

This is most of My Favorite Software that I Use .
If you want a copy of these favorites in Doc form it can be downloaded from here.
http://www.mediafire.com/?9onkjwyl12z

Firefox2
The award-winning Web browser from Mozilla is now faster, even more secure, and totally customizable to your online life.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Firefox addons
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/

Addons I Like

IE View
Open links in IE
http://ieview.mozdev.org/

ViewMyCurrency is a Firefox extension that automatically converts web pages with foreign currencies into your own currency.
http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/install/

Torpark
Download Torpark and put it on a USB Flash keychain. Plug it into any internet terminal whether at home, school, or public. Run Torpark.exe and it will launch a Tor circuit connection, which creates an encrypted tunnel from your computer indirectly to a Tor exit computer, allowing you to surf the internet anonymously
For use with Firefox
http://www.torrify.com/index.php

ieSpell

This is an Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage. It should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of web-based text entry (e.g. web mails, forums, blogs, diaries). You get to store and use your personal word list across all your applications, instead of maintaining separate ones on each application.
http://www.iespell.com/

RightClick Google

This small file allows you to highlight a word on a webpage, right-click the mouse and then search Google for that word in a new window. This makes it easy to stay on your current page while doing a search on another at the same time.

http://www.pcsupport.dk/software/RightClickGOOGLE.html
MakoButton.
If you need quick access to a site, program, etc from within Internet Explorer, use MakoButton to create a custom button on the toolbar of Internet Explorer. Tell the button to launch anything from a website, to your email program, just about anything you want!
http://www.MyDesktopHelp.com

AM-DeadLink

AM-DeadLink detects dead links and duplicates in your Browser Bookmarks. If a Bookmark has become unavailable you can verify it in the internal preview and delete it from your Browser. Additionally you can download FavIcons for all your Favorites and Bookmarks.

AM-Deadlink works with Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla and Firefox.
http://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm

Foxit Reader 2.0
is a free PDF document viewer and printer, Which you can use to replace Adobe Acrobat.
with incredible small size (only 1.5 M download size), breezing-fast launch speed and amazingly rich feature set. Foxit Reader 2.0 supports Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.6.
In order to correctly display Chinese/Japanese/Korean (CJK) characters, an additional
support package called FPDFCJK.BIN is needed, you can download it from Foxit website:
Addons
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/addons.htm

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Cutepdf
PDF Creation
Create professional quality PDF files from almost any printable document. FREE for personal and commercial use! No watermarks! No popup Web advertisements! Now supports 64-bit Windows

http://www.cutepdf.com/
GNUGS7.06
http://www.cutepdf.com/download/converter.exe
For printing and making Pdfs

Offline Cd Browser
Catalogues your cds. Find whats on your cds with ease
http://www.anderssoftware.com/ocdb/
Shareaza
File sharing software.
http://www.shareaza.com/

Lyrics Plugin
Is an add-on to view lyrics in WinAmp or Windows Media Player.
No more searching for lyrics
http://www.lyricsplugin.com/

AudioShell

AudioShell is a freeware MS Windows Explorer shell extension plugin which allows you to view and edit music tags directly in Windows Explorer. It is support all files and tags standards supported by Tag&Rename. AudioShell adds ID3 tag editor and viewer tabs to the music files properties menu (you can edit ID3 tags file by file or in groups), detailed music files hints with tag and file information, and additional columns in the Explorer files list. Full Unicode support. Great tool for mp3 players owners! You can fast and easy fix files tags in Explorer before uploading its to your iPod/Creative or any other mp3 player
http://www.softpointer.com:80/AudioShell.htm

FileRenamer
Rename all your files, folders and shortcuts, with all shapes and options you will ever need. You can numerate files sequentially, batch rename, replace strings, modify strings, change dates, modify file's attributes, etc. Drag and drop all files and folders from explorer to it's window, has full, 'infinite undo' function - so you will always be safe , and you can also create your own more elaborated scripts, adding every kind of available option together, for repetitive and more complex renaming actions.
http://www.webxpace.net/software/#FileRenamer

PC INSPECTOR Smart Recovery
This program will help recover files when they have been unintentionally deleted or the storage media was formatted. The program can recover pictures, video and sound files from Flash Card, Smart Media, SONY Memory Stick, FUJI XD, IBM Micro Drive, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital Card, Compact Flash Cards or any other data carrier for digital cameras. A must-have application for owners of digital cameras.
http://www.pcinspector.de/smart_media_recovery/uk/welcome.htm
Restoration Version 2.5.14
Description
Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while holding down the Shift key by mistake.
Conversely, this program has another function that makes it almost impossible to restore all deleted files.
You can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing files and so on.
You don't have to install it, so it doesn't leave any garbage in the PC.
(You can also run it from a floppy disk.)
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html

FLV Player
For playing back Youtube Videos
http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/article/flv-player-updated
Flashsaving Plugin
Saving flash Videos
http://www.BrowserTools.net/

Quicktime Alternative
Real Player Alternative
Does the same Job as the real ones but without the Bloat
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

Cliptex
Access often-used pieces of text with ease
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/#clip

Startup Guard
Lets you know when some Programs jump into your Startup ie Msconfig.
Good for stopping Spyware, Virus etc Gives you the option to allow or disallow
http://www.acelogix.com/

Avg Anti Virus
The best Antivirus on the Net
http://snipurl.com/yx30

Spybot Search and Destroy
Removes spyware from your Pc
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
Spyware blaster
Stops spyware etc loading.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

CWShredder (Last Merijn Version) 159.1

A small utility for removing CoolWebSearch (aka CoolWwwSearch, YouFindAll, White-Pages.ws and a dozen other names). Spybot S&D and Ad-aware tend to forget essential parts of the hijack, so until they update, you can use this to completely remove the hijack. This program is updated to remove the new variants once they come out.
http://snipurl.com/16cfm

HijackThis
HijackThis, a general homepage hijackers detector and remover. Initially based on the article Hijacked!, but expanded with almost a dozen other checks against hijacker tricks. It is continually updated to detect and remove new hijacks. It does not target specific programs/URLs, just the methods used by hijackers to force you onto their sites.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php
Copy and paste the Hijackthis log file to here
HijackThis log file analysis
http://www.hijackthis.de/en
Tutorial on Hijackthis
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=38752

Toolbarcop
Eliminate malware toolbands, toolbar icons and browser helper objects in IE.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm

Simply OCR
Scanner software
http://www.simpleocr.com/

Reg Seeker
find in registry Etc
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

Dbxtract
Open emails etc
http://www.321download.com/under100/page2.html
Msgtag
Sends email notifications when your mail is opened
Works on almost all popular email clients
Tells you when somebody opens your email you send to people.
http://www.msgtag.com/download/
IE PassView v1.00
Lost your Passwords for outlook express etc . this will find it for You.
other password Retreival Software at the site
http://www.nirsoft.net
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/index.html

File2File
Encrypt your files. Stop those prying Eyes
http://www.cryptomathic.com/file2file/download.html

Encryption
Another one to hide private stuff
http://www.truecrypt.org/

Paf5
Helps users organize their family history records. It can produce, either on screen or on paper, family histories, pedigree charts, family group records, and other reports to help users in their search for missing ancestors.
http://xrl.us/t3sc
http://snipurl.com/380n
http://www.familysearch.org/

Ccleaner
Removes all those Temporary files
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Download Express
Download software. Resumes downloads, never loose another download
http://www.metaproducts.com/mp/MetaProducts_Download_Express.htm

YRefresher
Refreshes Internet Explorer browser windows for you. Good for waiting on Auctions finishing Ste it and it automatically refreshes the page for you.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/yrefresher.html

HTTrack
Copies entire Websites
http://www.httrack.com/

DVDShrink
Shrink your DVDs to fit DVDR
http://www.dvdshrink.org/

DVDFab Decrypter
Copies DVD
http://www.dvdidle.com/free.htm
VideoDVD Maker
Create your own DVD movies with this simple, free program. VideoDVD Maker allows the user to import and capture video files and then burn them to a DVD that can be played on standard home DVD players.
http://www.protectedsoft.com/

Free iPod Video Converter
The Free iPod Video Converter makes it easy to convert various video formats into a format that you can transfer to your video iPod. The program will convert the following file types into iPod-friendly video files: VCD, AVI, MPEG, WMV, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF and VOB.
http://www.ipod-video-converter.org/

ISOBurn
ISO Burn allows you to burn disk images to a CD. ISO's allow the user to download a single file, which, when burned to a CD recreates all the necessary files and file structure for an application to run. ISOBurn will also work with DVD optical disks.
http://www.paehl-info.de/cdr/isoburn.php

Image resizer
Resize those Digital images
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Delete FileUnlocker
http://www.scanwith.com/download/Unlocker.htm

Killbox
Kills those programs that just won't stop
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/killbox.php

DelinvFile
Delet those hard to delete files
http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm

MoveOnBoot
Allows you to copy, move or delete files on the next system boot. This can come handy if you need to replace or delete files that are locked by other applications, loaded into memory or cannot be changed until next system boot.
http://snipurl.com/166mm

NASA's World Wind Earth Viewer Program
World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. To accomplish this, it makes use of Landsat satellite images and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data. World Wind allows you to experience earth's terrain in 3D, just as if you were really there.
http://www.worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/index.html

Snippy
Have you ever wanted to cut out part of a web page, especially an irregular shape and send it in an email? Snippy allows you to do this very easily. Just click on the Snippy icon in the taskbar and draw around the area of the screen that you want to copy. The area you selected will now be on your clipboard and ready to be pasted into your email or other application.
http://www.bhelpuri.net/Snippy/

GimpShop
GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a photo retouching, image manipulation program with features similar to Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop, however, it is FREE. GimpShop takes the program one step farther by making it look and feel more like the traditional Photoshop program. The author renamed and reorganized the menus, tools, and windows to closely resemble those of Photoshop.
http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294

Partition Logic
Partition Logic was created to be a free alternative to similar commercial products such as Partition Magic and Norton Ghost. Partition Logic allows you to create, delete, format, resize and move partitions. You can also use it to copy the entire contents of one hard drive to another. Simply copy the application files to a CD or Floppy and then boot from it to access the program's functions.
http://partitionlogic.org.uk/
IrfanView
IrfanView is a very fast, compact and innovative image viewer/converter
http://www.irfanview.com

iColorFolder
Allows you to customize the color of every WindowsXP folder
http://icolorfolder.sourceforge.net/about_icolorfolder_page.htm

Add/Remove Pro v. 2.08
Remove stubborn items from add remove that won,t uninstall
http://superwin.com/.

DiskPie
A utility to identify the biggest consumers of disk space. Pie charts let you see at a glance which folders and file types are taking up the most space. The charts are highly customizable, and can be printed.
http://www.extremetech.com/download_thank_you/0,1220,d=1251,00.asp

AVG Anti-Rootkit Beta
The first beta version of the AVG Anti-Rootkit, an advanced utility designed to detect and remove hidden objects known as Rootkits, from your system, is now available for beta testing.

AVG Anti-Rootkit can even remove Trojans and Rootkits that are hiding inside NTFS Alternate Data Streams.
http://snipurl.com/16e3n

Artweaver
Artweaver is a simple Freeware program for creative painting, i.e. Artweaver offers you all artistic effects which you need for your work.

You can create sketches from photos and experiment with a wide range of brushes. The brush simulation is thereby so realistic as possible.
http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version

If you want a copy of these favorites in Doc form it can be downloaded from here.
http://www.mediafire.com/?9onkjwyl12z

Links

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This is my webBlog please feel free to add a comment or ask a Question.

The links on the Left are for your convenience.

Foxton.

The Home Town.
here are some more links to Various sites about Foxton

http://www.enterprisecoastnz.com/pages/foxtonwindmill
http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/F/Foxton/Foxton/en
http://www.teara.govt.nz/Places/ManawatuAndHorowhenua/ManawatuAndHorowhenuaPlaces/8/en

Discoveries

There seems to be heaps of evidence popping up Lately about the Chinese discovery the Americas etc before Columbus.

Read about it below.
http://www.asiaticfathers.com/index.htm
http://www.1421.tv/pages/maps/1418.htm
http://www.1421.tv/pages/evidence/content.asp?EvidenceID=175
Zheng He
http://planet.time.net.my/CentralMarket/melaka101/chengho.htm

Snip url
Does exactly that ,When you have a really long url that you want to shorten for putting in a email etc, copy and paste it in to the box at this site press the snipurl button and it will shorten it for you. Copy the new snipurl and paste it in your email or whatever.

Free File Storage

MediaFire is a free file hosting service that allows unlimited file sizes and uploads, as well as unlimited downloads of files.
The service is really Neat, especially the upload progress page, which gives you a nice view of your upload progress, speed, and estimated time to complete the upload.
You can Register for a Free account or not.
MediaFire

Quadski

Gibbs Technologies Ltd, the world’s only High Speed Amphibian (HSA) technology specialist, unveiled a prototype of the first commercially viable high-speed amphibian Quadbike/All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) - Quadski.

kellys
Is one of the best help sites on the Internet. Starting from A to Z
The Tweaks page is a fantastic resource for fixing those irritating little bugs on your computer

Pressf1

New Zealand Forum for fixing your computer problems. Ask a Question , Give as much info as possible about your computer so responders know how to help you.

Youtube
Is for any video clips
Very good article here on the subject of downloading

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/07/10-interesting-things-you-can-do-with.html

Keepvid
If you want to save the Youtube videos copy and paste the url for the video into this site and click download, it will give you a link to download from.
This is one of many video howtos on saving them http://snipurl.com/15qub

You will also need a FLV Player to play them as they are in this format , this is the one I use. http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=95201

Trademe
My trademe page if you are looking for any thing computer related

Stolenz
Check out stolen Property in New Zealand

Wikepedia
Free online Encyclopedia , Incredible , just use the search pane

Dvd Movie Guides
How tos on Anything Dvd, Copying ,etc
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/

PS2 Repair
How to Repair Disk read errors.

Cassette to Cd
Pull those LP's, 45's, cassettes, and 8-tracks out of the basement and make them into digital files that can be burned onto CD or just played on your computer

Photo Manipulation
these are pictures that I have received in various Forwarded Emails over the space of a couple of years.
Apologies if you own them.

Floods of 2004

The February 2004 storms and flooding created the largest emergency event in the past 20 years . Intense rainfall and gale force winds from 15 - 23 February affected the lower North Island and the top of the South Island . The river peak of the Manawatu River was the second largest on record, the largest being recorded in 1902. The flooding caused hundreds of people to be evacuated from their homes (with just over 2000 people evacuated at the height of the event), farmers lost sheep and cattle stock, many rivers breached their banks and considerable areas of farmland were inundated by silt and floodwaters. Remarkably no lives were lost as a direct result of the event. the Stop bank at whirikina was breached just under the trestle bridge, Which resulted in Farms being flooded nearly all the way back to the Shannon Road. most of these were Landcorp Farms. The army was out at Foxton Beach sand bagging as the River threatened to flood the Town.
In Foxton theManawatu College was used as the civil Defence centre. The Home Economics department was used to prepare meals for the many farming families that were made Homeless. Every Day Lunches were delivered to the farms that were used to Milk all the cows that were spread around the country side. Breakfasts and Dinner were served up to about 60 people each day. This lasted for about 2 weeks as slowly the Share Milkers found accomadation around the district.
http://www.horizons.govt.nz/default.asp?pageid=92 General flood updates and stuff.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/2004024.html

Info on the Moutoa Sluice gates can be seen here.
http://snipurl.com/16a61

When Strangers Appear

This flick was originally titled "Shearer's Breakfast".
The film’s budget was $3 million and it was shot mostly in Foxton New Zealand in 2001.
Actors Radha Mitchell, Josh Lucas, Barry Watson, Kevin Anderson, Jonathan Blick,

Director Scott Reynolds

PLOT DESCRIPTION
A woman is placed in a dangerous position after a chance meeting with a stranger in this suspense drama. A drifter wanders into a quiet diner off a highway, and the woman who manages the place takes pity on him and gives him breakfast on the house since he doesn't have any money. The stranger looks like he's been injured recently, and when three men come in for something to eat, he warns the manager that the new customers are not to be trusted -- he has information that they want, and they would be willing to hurt her as badly as they hurt him in order to get it. Whom should she believe? And what will happen if the drifter happens to be right? Produced under the title Shearer's Breakfast, When Strangers Appear stars Barry Watson, Radha Mitchell, and Josh Lucas; though set in the United States, the film was actually shot in New Zealand.

This film was mostly filmed around Foxton. Mainly on the corner of Heckford road and Kere Kere Road.
The Garage was up Moutiti Road.

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