360 VIDEO EDITING

360 VIDEO EDITING

I captured a 360 video on the weekend and decided to see if it can be edited or trimmed as the original file was 9GB for 25min video. It was captured at the highest resolution 2880×28080 pixels with a frame rate of 30fps and recording rate of 50Mbps. The quality was amazing and you needed to […]

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valentine day

VALENTINE’S DAY

It’s Valentine’s day and for me, it’s just another normal day – yes boring but I don’t see the point of buying flowers that will wilt away. I love my wife dearly and buying flowers is not going to change anything. ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: Found out […]

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too much pizza

TOO MUCH PIZZA?

Had pizza for breakfast and lunch. I know it not healthy eating pizza for breakfast and dinner, but if I don’t eat it who will? ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: Fixed up the issues with email. Turned out the issue was with the SMTP for zoho mail changed […]

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TOO HOT TO HANDLE

TOO HOT TO HANDLE

Today we hit over 46 degrees. It was a hot and humid day. It was lucky I had the air con in the office and didn’t realise it was that hot until I came out. ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: Had to shut down digital signage players for […]

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the backup process

THE BACKUP PROCESS

So I mentioned yesterday I was backing up files from the VPS server and zipping the files is taking so long. There’s about 100GB of data which needs to be zipped and then the zip files need to be FTPed across to another server. It seems to be taking forever and the site has now […]

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Watermelon Picnic 1

WATERMELON PICNIC

Took the kids out today for a picnic at the local park. Despite the hot weather the kids still wanted to go. I decided to cut up a watermelon and bring it to the park so we had a watermelon picnic. ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: Cleaned up […]

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CONFUSION WITH SHOE SIZES

CONFUSION WITH SHOE SIZES

I ordered a pair of shoes from the online Puma store a few days ago. They are the indoor soccer shoes called evoPOWER 4.3 Tricks IT Men’s Football Boots. I decided to buy them since they were on sale and my previous Lotto shoes were no longer wearable (part of the sole tore from the shoe). […]

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WIFES BIRTHDAY AND OLIVIA STARTING SCHOOL

WIFES BIRTHDAY AND OLIVIA STARTING SCHOOL

Two major events happened today. It was my wife’s birthday and my daughter started kindergarten. As a present,  I gave my wife the 360fly 4K camera and the Ascent Women’s Self Inflating Mat. She was excited to receive these gifts especially when she needed the Mat for an event. We all enjoyed the cake we […]

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recovery from RM RF

RECOVERY FROM RM -RF

I panicked today after doing the worst thing anyone could do on their VPS CentOS server. I ran the command, RM -RF /* and what this meant was files from the Operating System was being removed. I managed to stop the transfer when access denied error messages started appearing on the console. That’s when I […]

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binding day

BINDING DAY

I learnt a few things about binding machines. There are two types, one for binding plastic combs and the other for binding wired combs. The holes for each is different and therefore you can’t mix and match.  I had to bind roughly 150 booklets and I stayed up until 3 am. Someone had a large […]

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the sleepless night

THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT

Hardly had any sleep and realised how much impact this can be on the body. As part of the Chinese New Year tradition, I had to make sure the lamp and the incense don’t go off so you pretty much have to stay up all night for this. The only time you can have a […]

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chinese new year 2017

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2017

Is it Chinese New Year and it’s a time to celebrate!! Why? Because it’s a tradition and it’s a good excuse to just eat, catch up with friends and family. More importantly, those who have certain beliefs can pay their respects to God, their ancestors and also pray for peace and harmony in their family. […]

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chinese new year eve 2017

CHINESE NEW YEAR EVE 2017

As a yearly Chinese New Year Eve tradition, we had lunch at my parents’ place and dinner at my in-laws. Lots of food to eat which meant more calories I needed to burn however I didn’t work out at all today. Arggg! ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: Project […]

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COULDNT TURN THE CAR KEYS IN IGNITION

COULDN’T TURN THE CAR KEYS IN IGNITION

Another car problem today. I couldn’t turn the car keys in the ignition, it was like stuck to the O position. After some research. the symptoms were related to the ignition barrel. Some of the articles suggested to replace the barrel and it required the removal of certain panels near the steering wheel but I […]

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the unsual beach

THE UNUSUAL BEACH

We went to the beach today. Well, it wasn’t your usual beach with sand, water and rocks. It was a large pit area with lots of white balls. It was called “THE BEACH” and it was held in Barangaroo Cutaway. It was a free event and the wife wanted to go with the kids. We […]

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quotes quotes quotes

QUOTES QUOTES QUOTES

Most of my day was spent preparing quotes. We receive enquiries from all over the world and this time it was from Illinois US. The clients’ requirement was to provide a digital wayfinding solutions for their school but due to the location, we were not able to supply them with the hardware and onsite services. In […]

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THE SWAP AND THE CONTRIBUTION

THE REFUND AND THE CONTRIBUTION

I had to return one of the vegetarian burgers today at a large retailer and was asked why I was returning it. I mentioned to the lady the patty didn’t taste right and I didn’t use it. It was kept in the fridge and was only taken out during the short transportation to and from […]

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not so mini king mushroom

THE NOT SO MINI KING MUSHROOM

I came across a little but big Mini King Mushroom whilst preparing dinner. My daughter looked at it and yelled out “That’s fat!”. I had to correct her and tell her it’s actually big not fat. Apparently, she said the same thing when she saw a large man at a shopping centre. One of my […]

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the vego party 1

THE VEGO PARTY

We had the party today. It was obviously a Vegetarian party and here are some photos of the food we indulged in: I don’t think many people ate my hummus lol. ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: I’ve been creating new banners using GetStencil it is a fast and easy […]

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