One Thousand and one photo albums

Mar 20

posted by Mark Christie in Family, Computer Related, Joe Christie, Essington, Aerial Photographs - Mark J Christie, Education, Computer Software and Hardware | 0 Comments Bookmark and Share

Or pretty close to it. I have created a little program that randomly selects a random album from my twenty or so album repositories up on the Internet and presents the viewer with a slide show. To view a new album, just press F5 to refresh with a new album.

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TV Stations to train our pilots

Dec 2

posted by Mark Christie in Education, TEFC, Safety, Top End Flying Club, RAAus, Video, Training and Assessment, Safety, CASA, Computer Related | 0 Comments Bookmark and Share

I have written in my eLearning blog about livestream and the aviademy tv channel that I have set up. Apart from being an experiement to see how useful this would be in our traditional education context (although a TV channel on the internet is probably not that traditional)... I expanded the idea of having live video coverage at Natfly next year where we could capture the quality content from the workshops and the flightline and play that back live and as a repeat for those who didn't make it to the event.

http://www.xsymetrix.com.au/Share/index.cfm/2009/12/2/I-bought-a-TV-channel--for-free?adminview=true

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Using Internet Explorer 8 to add our news as a web slice

May 17

posted by Mark Christie in Computer Related, Joe Christie, Computer Software and Hardware | 0 Comments Bookmark and Share

If you use internet explorer 8, I have added the ability to add the news feed as a web slice. The easiest way to add it to your tool bar is to press Alt-J and follow the prompts. The cool thing is that the web part on your tool bar will glow orange when news has been added. Of course you can subscribe to the news feed which guarantees the news will be emailed to you, but this provides an additional visual cue for when our news is updated.

Another way to add the web slice is  to click on the green icon that only appears in Internet Explorer 8 when there is a web slice on the page you are visiting. I have only added the web slice to the home page at this stage.

Of course if you don't use Internet Explorer 8 none of this will work for you.

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Which CD/DVD brand or make is more reliable?

Apr 16

posted by Mark Christie in Computer Related, Work, Training and Assessment | 1 Comments Bookmark and Share

We assume that every blank CD we buy and use for archiving will last with care for many years. Unfortunately this is not the case and some disks are of such a poor quality that you should not rely on them as a backup.

In PC User May 2008 edition the winners in the price/reliability stakes are:

Double Layer DVD media Single Layer DVD media 8cm DVD media
  • Verbatim DL +R 8x
  • Verbatim DL -R 4x
  • TDK DVD +R 16x
  • Sony DVD +R 16x
    		• Melody DVD -R 1.4 gig

    For a more detailed look at how your brand stacks up read on...

    Remember that after burning and labeling a CD, you should check its contents and store it in a location that protects it from scratches and sunlight. We use Centurion CD carousels to store our CDs and DVDs in a safe, secure location that allows us to record who has checked out a CD or DVD.

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