Machine Learning... Guess My Emotion

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Ages ago I posted about a website that Microsoft created that uses 'machine learning' to guess your age from an uploaded photo. Microsoft has just released another website based upon machine learning, this time trying to guess your emotion based upon an uploaded photo. https://www.projectoxford.a...

Small Network Builder... Highly Recommended

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The other day I got talking to one of the IT technicians at work about his thoughts about the type of network set up that people should consider having installed in their house. To summarise his advice... get a wired network for running HD or 4K movies and other large files and stick to WIFI for anything...

Table for Theatre... Check!

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On Saturday my darling wife informed me that she had found the "perfect" drinks table for our Theatre. Being 200km away did not really help... so she sent me the following image and a video (still being uploaded) of the supposed "wow factor" feature... the swivel... in which the top glass panel turns...

Photo of the Pantry Dwarf Door... Thanks Troy!

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The Gisborne Willows blog is a blog that documents that story of fellow Waldorfian Troy Popovic's build journey. Recently on his blog Troy shared an image of the dwarf door that allows for access to the space underneath the staircase. We are also getting this feature but had never seen it in real life...

ABCB Advisory - Corrections to NCC 2015 Volume 1

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The Australian Building Codes Board NCC 2015 has announced that they have released an advisory document to rectify errors in Volume 1 of the NCC. These errors have now been corrected on all of the ABCB’s digital NCC platforms and it is recommended that you download a new digital copy of Volume...

ABCB Advisory - Weatherproofing Verification Method (2015)

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Today the Australian Building Codes Board released a number of document to provide clarification around some of the requirements of the National Construction Code and documents referenced within the NCC. One of the documents released is an advisory document for the verification of weatherproofing. It...

External Feature Lights Collected

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A while ago I ordered the feature lights for our terrace and the walkway along the eastern side of our house. Our local Beacon Lighting have been very understanding with storing of our larger items, but have asked that we store whatever we can. Therefore, on the weekend we made space to store the 6...

New Phone on the Way... Samsung Galaxy S6

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Last weekend I realised that my phone contract would be up at the end of the current billing cycle. I have had an awesome experience with the Samsung Galaxy S4 and decided that I would stick with the Galaxy range and upgrade to either the S5 or the S6 (depending on cost). Despite the S6 being considerably...

Houzz Article - A Buyer's Guide to 'The Sofa'

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There's nothing better than to curl up and relax in a cosy sofa. But buying one that will stand the test of time requires some careful consideration. The important thing is not to rush into an impulsive purchase as your sofa will be one of the most-used pieces of furniture in your home. To read the...

Building and Plumbing 101

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Over on the HomeOne forum I stumbled across a thread which revealed the existence of a two websites, hosted by RMIT University in Melbourne, called BuildRight and "Licensed to Plumb". The first site, BuildRight, is designed as an introductory guide to the scheduling, planning and structural principals...
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