marxy's musing on technology

I recently constructed the Bitx20 kit and so far, despite willing help from the Yahoo! group , I've failed to get it working. It's ...

Spent a very pleasant morning at the Blue Mountains Radio Club Winterfest. Great weather (I was expecting to freeze) and a great turnout. L...

My daughter noticed this, thankfully we are running MacOS X here.. If you visit the web site of the " Embassy of the People's Repub...

Apart from a rice cooker, the other gadget we picked up during our stay in Hong Kong is an induction cooker . You don't see them in stor...

Medal auction It's reported that each Olympic gold medal in the last 20 years has cost Australian tax payers about 40 million dollars. ...

Did some work on my 20m (14Mhz) dipole antenna and managed to raise it about another meter above the (2nd story) roof. The difference is cle...

I don't normally do this but there is some amazing work being done at the University of Washington. Using Photographs to Enhance...

It's a year since I posted about how I thought printing phone books and distributing them was a waste in the days of the on-line phone ...

So happy to finally see iTunes movie rentals in Australia. I immediately jumped in and rented a movie through iTunes for AU$3.99. It took 65...

Regular listeners will know that I'm always searching for high quality headphone audio. In the past I've built a CMoy amplifier and...

I've just received my first bill for iPhone 3G from Vodafone Australia. As you can see it's rather excessive. I was unsure about wha...

I've taken some time off regular work to build BaristaReview.com , a site where you can find and review your local coffee shops. To buil...

My primary antenna for the past few months has been an 80m dipole. It works pretty well and I hear lots of regular groups chatting but I rea...

Dropped in to the new Apple store at Chatswood Chase this afternoon and ran in to well known blogger Ben and his wife (trying to get his h...

Like everyone I had a few annoying issues with the original software but I still feel it's the best phone/pocket internet device, I'...

I've just completed a short stint as a juror on a criminal trial here in NSW. On several occasions in the past I've been called and ...

The current project on the bench is a single sideband transceiver for 14Mhz. It's a kit from Hendricks . I'm following the instructi...

I'm a keen photographer, not a great one, but keen. Over the years I've captured a few shots, perhaps 10, that I'm happy with. T...

Saw some great news in the paper this morning, Stuart Gary's StarStuff which was taken off ABC NewsRadio has returned as a podcast here...

Neighbour Peter hatched a plan to combine traditional (fired) rocket motors with the new sustainable water and air propulsion. Unfortunately...