September 02, 2014
September 01, 2014
It Begins
The plan is to build "some kind of night light blinky thing" with 6 boys. So far the parts list includes:
- Arduino compatible microcontroller
- Light sensor
- Temperature sensor
- 4 x Adafruit NeoPixels in a strip
- Battery compartment
- Various other ... bits
Hopefully I can put together a prototype this week.
Updates as they become available.
February 24, 2014
Online calendars
I have been getting organised with online calendars.
I asked some colleagues at work if any community organisations they were involved in used subscrib-able calendars. A number said yes, so I looked into setting it up for a few organisations I deal with, as none of them use one.
Essentially I set up a new calendar with Google Calendar and then copied the public URL for that calendar. People use the URL to subscribe in their calendar program. Then I made a simple web page for each. Google Calendar provides a way to embed a calendar in an iframe so you can see a sample.
Some organisations I made a calendar for will probably make their own one day, but for now people can share mine. You can see a few at http://users.on.net/~bhkelley/calendar.html
I asked some colleagues at work if any community organisations they were involved in used subscrib-able calendars. A number said yes, so I looked into setting it up for a few organisations I deal with, as none of them use one.
Essentially I set up a new calendar with Google Calendar and then copied the public URL for that calendar. People use the URL to subscribe in their calendar program. Then I made a simple web page for each. Google Calendar provides a way to embed a calendar in an iframe so you can see a sample.
Some organisations I made a calendar for will probably make their own one day, but for now people can share mine. You can see a few at http://users.on.net/~bhkelley/calendar.html
October 03, 2009
Hostels Photos
Here are some photos from the Terraces reunion. Things have changed a bit in 20 years, but not that much. Thanks very much to the current residents at The Terraces for being so kind as to let us see how things look now.
Note the phone hole is gone, and for the record I was never part of the group who climbed through to next door in the middle of the night to watch TV. The kitchens have much more storage space than when we lived there, and all the bathrooms have been refurbished. The shade cloth out the back of 64-66 is great.
Note the phone hole is gone, and for the record I was never part of the group who climbed through to next door in the middle of the night to watch TV. The kitchens have much more storage space than when we lived there, and all the bathrooms have been refurbished. The shade cloth out the back of 64-66 is great.
September 28, 2009
Back to Barneys
On Sunday it was the 150th anniversary of St Barnabas Broadway. The City of Sydney were kind enough to donate the use of City Recital Hall (in Angel Place) on Sunday for a get together of past and present Barneys members.
While it was great to see so many people we haven't seen for years, it was also inspiring to hear about the new church building.
There were various reunions over the weekend. I went to a reunion for the St Barnabas Terraces ("Hostels" in my day). Some things are just as they were 20 years ago (yes it really is that long), like the vines between #76 and #78, while some things are new and improved (e.g. kitchens in #80)!
While it was great to see so many people we haven't seen for years, it was also inspiring to hear about the new church building.
There were various reunions over the weekend. I went to a reunion for the St Barnabas Terraces ("Hostels" in my day). Some things are just as they were 20 years ago (yes it really is that long), like the vines between #76 and #78, while some things are new and improved (e.g. kitchens in #80)!
December 24, 2008
November 24, 2008
David I hope you get paid
David Thorne, I was horrified to see all these web sites that have ripped of your artwork. It is not clear whether they are publishing a copy of your spider drawing, or the actual drawing, but I do note that most sites don't attribute you as the author. IANAL but you should seriously get yourself a lawyer.
April 06, 2008
Sort Of Dunno Nothin'
We saw this on TV the other night. Very good. Sort Of Dunno Nothin' by Peter Denahy.
October 27, 2007
The Cat In The Hat short story
Robert J Lennon writes a short story using only words found in The Cat in the Hat.
"My mother was gone. It was a bump on her head, a big bump. I did not know; mother did not tell me. When she did, I fell. “No,” I said. “No, not you! Do not go!” But there was no way. She sank fast, that was good. I let her go."
The Cat in the Hat is designed to use only words a first grader could understand. A challenging task you'd think, to write a short story not for children using the same words. He does well.
Link (via boingboing).
"My mother was gone. It was a bump on her head, a big bump. I did not know; mother did not tell me. When she did, I fell. “No,” I said. “No, not you! Do not go!” But there was no way. She sank fast, that was good. I let her go."
The Cat in the Hat is designed to use only words a first grader could understand. A challenging task you'd think, to write a short story not for children using the same words. He does well.
Link (via boingboing).
July 15, 2007
Alvin Lim
It is with sadness that I report that Alvin Lim passed away suddenly and unexpectedly last week. I learned of this from this post that Hecta saw on sydneyanglicans.net.
I knew Alvin & Michelle from our days at St Barnabas Broadway when I was still at university. Alvin & Michelle were my bible study group leaders for a while, and I remember our friendship fondly.
I remember once at their house in Lewisham (after a few minutes of Alvin & Michelle discussing it) getting called in to offer my opinion on whether it was necessary to polish wine glasses after they had been dried with a tea towel. (I was on Alvin's side - polish them of course!)
Our prayers are with Michelle and family at this time.
Update: John Anderson reports that Alvin’s memorial service will take place at 2pm Tuesday 24/7/07 at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Menai.
I knew Alvin & Michelle from our days at St Barnabas Broadway when I was still at university. Alvin & Michelle were my bible study group leaders for a while, and I remember our friendship fondly.
I remember once at their house in Lewisham (after a few minutes of Alvin & Michelle discussing it) getting called in to offer my opinion on whether it was necessary to polish wine glasses after they had been dried with a tea towel. (I was on Alvin's side - polish them of course!)
Our prayers are with Michelle and family at this time.
Update: John Anderson reports that Alvin’s memorial service will take place at 2pm Tuesday 24/7/07 at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Menai.
May 23, 2007
Hello Pastor
If you are involved in music ministry at your church, or if you are the pastor of a church with any kind of music ministry I recommend you check out this phone message on Ship of Fools. From their site: 'This priceless voicemail recording was sent to us by a pastor who said, "Oh, have I been there!"'
That's my girl
Are you familiar with missed connections on craigslist? This blog ... kind of hard to explain, and it dates from 2006, but it's great.
April 30, 2007
Celebration of Shad!
Were it not for my good friends in Doylestown taking me to the Shad Festival in Lambertville New Jersey today I might not know what a shad is. A shad turns out to be a fish, and I have a t-shirt to prove it.
The Trentonian says that shad used to be fished at Lambertville as they swam upstream to spawn. Eventually the pollution in the Delaware river got so bad that they stopped coming. Now the condition of the river has improved enough that the shad have come back.
August 28, 2006
eTrex Click-Stick Fixed
My Garmin eTrex Venture has been pretty much unusable for at least 6 months now due to the rarely working click-stick, and only mostly working screen. Every time the Ebenezerling suggests we "go find a geocache" my mind turns to doing battle with the eTrex. Consequently we haven't been caching for a while.
I decided it was time to either get a new GPS, or fix the old one.
Given that I'm still hanging out for a Venture Cx, here's the procedure for fixing it. Note that the B&W eTrex Legend suffers from the same problem, and so the fix is probably the same for the Legend. Don't try this if your unit is in or close to warranty!
I carefully removed the rubber seal, and then didn't wash the sticky stuff off my fingers before proceeding. Then carefully removed the clear tape around the unit, and carefully prised the 5 clips open (2 on each side, and one at the bottom).
There is a ribbon cable connecting the screen & click stick to the rest of the unit. I think the problem with the click stick & screen is that this cable comes loose, or the connections start to get a bit dodgy (which is why a good thump can get it going again), rather than a problem with the click-stick itself.
I Carefully (there's that word again) removed the little clips at the side of the ribbon cable and removed the ribbon cable. Then I cleaned the end of the ribbon cable with some suitable cleaner (I only had metho) and stuck it back in. I did up the little clips at the side of the cable again to hold it in place.
A quick test (YES - she works again!) and time to stick it all back together again. I'm told that if you got the tape that was under the sticky stuff in a horrible mess you can replace it with electrical tape, but mine was pretty much in tact, so I re-used it. I put the rubber seal back on making sure that the buttons on the outside line up with the buttons on the inside.
Next I cleaned off all the sticky stuff on the outside that wouldn't have got there if I had washed my hands straight after taking off the seal, and before handling the screen and poking at the eTrex's innards.
It is so strange to have it working (reliably!) again. It feels like I have a new GPS!
I decided it was time to either get a new GPS, or fix the old one.
Given that I'm still hanging out for a Venture Cx, here's the procedure for fixing it. Note that the B&W eTrex Legend suffers from the same problem, and so the fix is probably the same for the Legend. Don't try this if your unit is in or close to warranty!
I carefully removed the rubber seal, and then didn't wash the sticky stuff off my fingers before proceeding. Then carefully removed the clear tape around the unit, and carefully prised the 5 clips open (2 on each side, and one at the bottom).
There is a ribbon cable connecting the screen & click stick to the rest of the unit. I think the problem with the click stick & screen is that this cable comes loose, or the connections start to get a bit dodgy (which is why a good thump can get it going again), rather than a problem with the click-stick itself.
I Carefully (there's that word again) removed the little clips at the side of the ribbon cable and removed the ribbon cable. Then I cleaned the end of the ribbon cable with some suitable cleaner (I only had metho) and stuck it back in. I did up the little clips at the side of the cable again to hold it in place.
A quick test (YES - she works again!) and time to stick it all back together again. I'm told that if you got the tape that was under the sticky stuff in a horrible mess you can replace it with electrical tape, but mine was pretty much in tact, so I re-used it. I put the rubber seal back on making sure that the buttons on the outside line up with the buttons on the inside.
Next I cleaned off all the sticky stuff on the outside that wouldn't have got there if I had washed my hands straight after taking off the seal, and before handling the screen and poking at the eTrex's innards.
It is so strange to have it working (reliably!) again. It feels like I have a new GPS!
June 29, 2006
Anglican Church "split"
The Herald's headline: Church is split, declares Jensen. I think it is fair to say that the divisions over sexuality in the Anglican Church are serious, to say that "Peter Jensen, aligned with rebellious evangelical prelates in Asia" is probably pushing it a bit far. Is Dr Williams idea of a "looser federation" a split? Probably in some sense it is.
May 16, 2006
St Barnabas Fire Photos
On Saturday there was a brief period where I was able to have a look inside the remains of St Barnabas. Thankyou to the engineers and Barneys staff that made that possible. (If you would like better quality copies if any of these, please get in touch with me.)
May 15, 2006
Barneys photos to come...
There was a brief window on the weekend where some people were able to enter the site at St Barnabas to take a look. (Fire at St Barnabas) I managed to take a couple of photos, but I probably won't have them online for a couple of days. Well, at least not until I find my computer amongst the pile of boxes at my place.
I know it was only a building, but I think part of what is difficult is the association between the building and the memories of things that took place there. It has been interesting reading other blogs about the fire and seeing some of the memories others have of Barneys.
I know it was only a building, but I think part of what is difficult is the association between the building and the memories of things that took place there. It has been interesting reading other blogs about the fire and seeing some of the memories others have of Barneys.
May 10, 2006
Big Fire at St Barnabas Broadway
Very very sad news: There was a big fire last night at St Barnabas Anglican Church, Broadway. The SMH has a story about it here.
I think I'm still in shock. We attended Barneys for more than 15 years.
I think I'm still in shock. We attended Barneys for more than 15 years.
October 20, 2005
Lemony Snicket
In case you don't already know (for some reason), the latest Lemony Snicket "A Series of Unfortunate Events" book came out this week. We were hoping this one would bring closure to a number of matters, but now that I have it in my posession I see that it is called "The Penultimate Peril."
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