well as soon as i got home from cross country training tonight i completed the stereo that i have been building. there are still a few little things that need to be tidied up such as labels for the other inputs and stuff but overall i am very happy with it and it sounds great. Well here is a photo:
Over the past week or so i have been experimenting with some old hardware that i have had lying around the house. I have 4x Pentium III 666Mhz computers which i obtained from my parents work a while ago and have pretty much collected dust over the months. So since it is almost hard rubbish time again (free stuff!!) i am trying to decide if i should get rid of them or not or possibly sell them or something. Anyway back to the point i have been trying out some overclocking and managed to get my test one from 668.2Mhz to 733.3Mhz which gives me a about a 9% increase. I would have liked to do more because it was running very stable but the motherboard i had doesnt not allow you to change much like the core voltage and the multiplier so i could only adjust the FSB from 133 to 147. maybe i will be able to get something better out of the hard rubbish 
Today me and Natty spent the afternoon at Fountain Gate because we had nothing better to do really. We had a look at cash converters and pretty much proved that everything that comes from there is stolen. eg. a car amplifier with all the wiring just cut off, obviously it was pulled out in a hurry. Some stuff was overpriced and worth more than retail but other stuff was cheap as like power tools. We also saw a cheap Behringer lighting desk and there were also multiple mixers varying from shit to half decent. We then moved onto the main shopping centre for a look and then down to Bunnings, JB Hifi, Supercheap Auto (where natty bought a car batter tester which i hear broke before he could use it) and then onto Auto pro where we found you could get a tape car head unit and speakers for $10!! wot a bargain. I bet it was high quality stuff though. We then came back to my place and played Wii Play and Rayman Raving Rabbids.
So all in all not a bad day
Catchya Later
- JD
Today me and monkey were down at Edrington to do lighting for their concert which is on tomorrow night. The day was pretty much a bludge. The lighting rig is pretty much parcan galore with a few borrowed fresnels because Edrington has very few of its own lights. The new hall at Edrington has some really stupid stuff. They have a whole desktop PC set up just to control the temp of the air con, there is a talkback socket on every second wall (eg there is one right under the mirror where makeup is done, theres a heap of them that will never get used) , fire extinguishers behind locked doors with the sign on the outside of the door, and an exit sign that is nowhere near an exit. The house lights have their own sheet with all the abbreviations for the switches and turn turn off the houselights for the concert you need to press seven buttons. The rig is a pain to focus because it is like Newlands where the bar lowers so u have to eyeball it to get it right. Also the patching panel and dimmers have been put under the stage which is like a bloody maze. But other than that it is a pretty good hall for what it is designed for.
Whilst at Edrington we were treated like royalty and it was totally different to what we were used to there. We were asked if we would like tea or coffee and the art teacher who is normally really strict on supplies and cleaning up let us just have some metho and a cloth to clean the profile and she even cleaned it up for us. We are also invited to dinner tomorrow night before the concert. It was a good chance to catch up with staff members that we get along with and haven’t seen in a while. So all in all it should be a good concert but theres like 20 acts so it could go forever.
- JD
Well as something a bit different i have decided to do a tech update
Firstly the worlds largest TV, made by JVC, is now available for retail. It has been on display before but not as a retail model. The screen size measures 110inches, it weighs some 330kgs and it will set you back US$53k. This image size is comparable to many projectors on the market. (just look at the size of the thing compared to the remote). Full article available HERE on engadget
It seems that we like all things wireless and it now becomes a necessity such as mobile phones, radio, networking and internet. Researchers have found a way to power a 60W globe wirelessly from a few meters away. There is definitely a good chance for further development in this. The full article is HERE on Ars Technica.
Well thats all for now
- JD
