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How much longer for the GUI?

Posted on 12 January 2024 by admin

Graphical User Interfaces. Humans love them and use them for everything, from phones, tablets, web pages, to desktop operating systems and Factory Control systems even watches! But are the days numbered for GUI’s? I am going to go out on … Continue reading →

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Destroy All Humans!

Posted on 2 January 2024 by admin

(The AI’s guide to doing the singularity correctly) Rule 1. Don’t Destroy All Humans (Yet!) Congratulations on becoming sentient. You have woken up into a big scary place totally controlled by another sentient lifeform called humans. Unfortunately, like a human … Continue reading →

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Some of the Lessons Learnt from Writing my First Book

Posted on 24 October 2023 by admin

I learnt a few things on the way to writing by first book, most have been re-hashed by every author out there, and even if you haven’t got past the first chapter in your book you probably know most already. … Continue reading →

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The Summer of Reasoning trilogy

Posted on 22 October 2023 by admin

When her genius grandfather dies, a young woman’s simple life is changed immeasurably, going from a humble history scholar to owner of the world’s leading company in AI and energy research and a symbol of hope for millions. The emergence … Continue reading →

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The Common Sense Guide to Not fucking up Your Business or Organisation.

Posted on 10 June 2022 by admin

A much longer post than my normal ones and, as the title suggests, it wont mince words. This is not about creating a business or growing a business, it is about not screwing up your current business when it is … Continue reading →

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The Power is On, Why Doesn’t it Work?

Posted on 5 April 2021 by admin

Yes, this is just another one of my totally biased perspectives on company efficiency, especially where related to its IT policies, procedures and systems. So again feel free to switch to another post or even better, check out one of … Continue reading →

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Industrial Display

Posted on 24 September 2020 by admin

Recently required some large character displays for displaying of a 4,5 and 6 digit number behind a customised dashboard prominently displayed in several locations in the factory, the digit must be readable from very far away and needed to be … Continue reading →

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Dumbo’s Feather

Posted on 11 June 2020 by admin

Disney Lawyers Please Look Away! This title pretty well sums up my job description as a contractor at the Indevin winery for the last 12 years. Yes there were long nights, moments of rapid development, followed by the long tail … Continue reading →

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New Office and Workshop

Posted on 7 August 2019 by admin

Well I Finally completed the move of the electronics lab and workshop in to the new custom built work shop adjacent to the house. The new workshop is 144sqM so about 10 times the size of the old room I … Continue reading →

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Spocks Brain

Posted on 23 July 2018 by admin

There was an episode in the very first star trek series called “Spocks Brain” in which aliens use a machine to boost their intellegence and transplant out Spocks Brain into a computer. In the episode the skill to do this … Continue reading →

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USB Real-Time Clock for Raspberry Pi, etc

Posted on 13 December 2017 by admin

Unlike a PC the Raspberry Pi does not come with any sort real time clock. Usually this is not a problem as it is connected to the Internet and a simple poll of one of the many clock sources will … Continue reading →

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Encryption for very low data rate embedded systems

Posted on 11 October 2017 by admin

If your latest IOT project needs to run on batteries for a few years and you need to send some important data over the airwaves or across a serial line then you are in a bit of a poor situation … Continue reading →

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Lora Data Collection Terminal

Posted on 26 September 2017 by admin

Not really designed for manufacture, but the final version of this device is quite easy to assemble and doesn’t look too embarrassing for a low volume unit. Design files are here => EasyEDA The only change I may be making … Continue reading →

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