| Feb 1 | Some pics of local central coast cockatoos including full-flap landing.. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from gtveloce's posterous |
| Feb 1 | Bike stuff. I swear this shifter cable was perfectly fine a week, or m.. Clearly it wasn't. Despite knowing that I should clean, inspect, lube and replace cables (having broken plenty of gear cables in my time, and clutch and accelerator cables in cars, too) somehow this one passed me by. In hindsight I knew I had a probl.. |
| Jan 18 | Last Friday's crit – the iBike power-meter view of 10 laps in D-.. I had a break. Well several breaks really, and a fall (with no breaks, just pain!). But I'm back on the bike and racing – and training – with the intention of staying race-fit until the “road season” (which is Aussie-speak for.. |
| Jan 18 | Last Friday's crit - the iBike power-meter view of 10 laps in D-grade I had a break. Well several breaks really, and a fall (with no breaks, just pain!). But I'm back on the bike and racing - and training - with the intention of staying race-fit until the "road season" (which is Aussie-speak for our winter as we do tr.. |
| Jan 18 | Airline timetables – on paper! Airline timetables_0761 Originally uploaded by gtveloce Would you believe I have stashed away these 1970s-vintage airline timetables for posterity? Weird, I know. But printed material of this nature – anything at all, really – is fast di.. |
| Jan 4 | Wet day, a camera, some fruit and flowers. You are warned. Wet day, a camera, some fruit and flowers. You are warned. Originally uploaded by gtveloce Some light rain and even light under a cloudy sky - perfect for shooting flowers! (Oh, and just a touch of flash to light up the darkest bits.) |
| Jan 4 | A splash of colour and beaks – parrots in our Central Coast gard.. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from gtveloce's posterous |
| Jan 4 | A splash of colour and beaks - parrots in our Central Coast garden (re.. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from gtveloce's posterous |
| Dec 23 | This morning's Central Coast spiderwatch - warning Eriophora eating gr.. There are always plenty of spiders around in summer but the orb-weavers - especially the Nephila and Eriophora - are surprisingly small for this time of year. I'm guessing that the early summer heat, coming as it did in late winter, drew the sap-suck.. |
| Dec 23 | At great personal cost (ie loss of sleep) last night's Central Coast G.. This is Phyllurus platurus or a close relative, AKA Southern Broadtailed Gecko. They are slightly unusual (I think) in having that blue colouring on the back of the neck. There are 2 of them here, male and female (not that I checked in detail but at .. |
| Dec 22 | Crfitics dump on Barangaroo. I don't love the design but making up stu.. I like some of the approved Barangaroo design and would prefer more wild spaces rather than manicured lawns, but overall it's iconic and interesting. As for the critics, really, they could do better than just make it up to suit themselves: "''There's.. |
| Dec 22 | My last win in A-grade? Whilst cleaning up I stumbled over some person.. I'm obviously not working today, am I? Whilst digging through the archeological treasure trove known as my "house" I stumbled over this clipping from the SMH, 21st October 1989. In one yellowed scrap of ye old newspaper clipping we see results for th.. |
| Dec 22 | For the musically-inclined, here's a MIDI-controller, a guitar 'snake'.. For day-to-day 'mucking about' with audio files I use Mixcraft as my first choice as it's fast and easy. It can do most things pretty well, too. If it can't load a particular VST or just can't give me the control I want then it's on to Anvil for comp.. |
| Dec 22 | Photos of a lacewing. Saratoga is full of these blue-eyed metamorphs Lacewings and their relatives are everywhere in my Saratoga, NSW garden, and sometimes (like this one) in the bathroom as well. The eggs are laid underneath just about anything they can find in a white, U-shaped arrangement, hanging down as if on sti.. |
| Dec 9 | GM's Lutz suggests higher tax on petrol to push buyers to EVs GM product boss converts to green motoring "Over time, if this country is serious about reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gases, there has to be a gradual increase in Federal taxation on gas {petrol]," he said, while falling short of suppor.. |
| Dec 2 | Insurmountable? I don't think so Interesting story, sure. Inspirational? Maybe. Anti-social, possibly (especially if you leave near by or care about the environment! But 'insurmountable'? Hardly. Sinatra was easier than Sydney V8s | The Daily Telegraph The high school drop-out wh.. |
| Dec 2 | Venerable? Dave, I think you mean 'vulnerable' Nice review, Dave, but your wordsmithing? Hmmm. I like this PVR too but the 'vulnerability' mentioned (or not, if its venerable-ness is to be believed) is entirely up to how you secure your network. Yes, a consumer device with IT-abilities does leav.. |
| Nov 30 | What did he say? I think the writer means "fleshes out", rather than "thrashes". Maybe it'll catch on, though? Renault launches Twingo Gordini | Car News | Hot Hatchbacks | evo Renault is relaunching its Gordini brand. It thrashes out the French firm’s hot hatchback.. |
| Nov 27 | Convergence and meta-consciousness. More fantasy futurism and enhanced.. OK, ultimately this is all about security, privacy and copyright - those dogged old fashioned concepts from last century. In essence we are perhaps just a few technological steps away from a complete and utter loss of our physical control over images.. |
| Nov 23 | Confused cicada, or knows exactly what's what I'm not exactly sure what this guy was trying to do, but it was worth taking a shot. He (or perhaps she?) is either climbing out of their shell, or having felt the 40 degree C heat is getting back in. There's another possibility I'd rather not consid.. |
| Nov 23 | Daily visitors, looking for a handout and a chat See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from gtveloce's posterous |
| Nov 23 | USB Guitar snake USB Guitar snake_0259 Originally uploaded by gtveloce This USB ‘light snake' is an alternative (and possibly cheaper) way to get your guitar signal into your PC. |
| Nov 23 | M-Audio K61es MIDI controller M-Audio K61es MIDI controller_0258 Originally uploaded by gtveloce An alternative to software keyboards is this MIDI controller that recently landed in my collection of gadgets. MIDI-out via USB to PC where I use Reaper or Mixcraft (amongst others) .. |
| Nov 23 | USB Guitar Link USB Guitar Link_0260a Originally uploaded by gtveloce For those who are interested in such things, I use a Behringer GuitarLink USB cable to link my Strat with my PC, using various software ‘amplifiers' to get the right sound. On the PC I reco.. |
| Nov 23 | Tracks of our tears. Extent of NSWGR, 1962 NSWGR 1962_0263 Originally uploaded by gtveloce |
| Nov 4 | Blame Labor or Libs, or venal self-interest? A quick guide to NSW rai.. This could be a very long post, or a very short one if I get bored of the task. But if history matters at all, and it may not, it's worth looking at who did what to stall or enhance the NSW railways over the medium to longer term. We could then draw .. |
| Nov 3 | Just can't let this one past - soft brake pedal, so blame the pads? I like EVO mag. It's readable. It's not necessarily focused on sustainable motoring - in fact all forms of 'motoring', be they EV, diesel or petrol, are arguably unsustainable. It's really about harm-minimisation. That said, I have to question rev-h.. |
| Oct 31 | It's not about the car, it's the language: "we can conquest sales"? Pa.. OK, OK, I'm pedantic. But "conquest" sales? Did he simply mean "win" sales? Or maybe there is an element of "convert" intended here? I remain unconquered and unconverted by his word use, anyway. Kia Koup: first drive review | Review | carsguide.com... |
| Oct 31 | Poor quality screenshots of ibike data collection during CCCC crit = m.. OK, I'm not that fit right now. I was really fit in 1987, but that seems to have worn off already. Who would have thought? So this is 2009, I'm reliably told, and here's an almost 52 year old trying to get race fit in CCCC 'D grade' at the Lucca Rd c.. |
| Oct 23 | Mod 2JJJ Weller interview '83 Mod 2JJJ Weller int_cover_066 Originally uploaded by gtveloce Tribal Sydney in the late '70s, early '80s. Mods roamed the streets on Vespas and Lambrettas from the 1960s onward, especially enjoying a re-birth with the 1979 release of the Who's film .. |
| Oct 23 | Mod Luna Park Invasion Mod Luna Park Invasion_062 Originally uploaded by gtveloce Tribal Sydney in the late '70s, early '80s. Mods roamed the streets on Vespas and Lambrettas from the 1960s onward, especially enjoying a re-birth with the 1979 release of the Who's film .. |
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| Apr 4 | Stats, stats, stats Can't get enough of statistics, I really can't. First of all, you have to question them. Don't give in to the allure of your first interpretation. Dig deep and dive in, and keep questioning. Chances are that if someone is using stats to prove an argu.. |
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