THE NSW AUDITOR-GENERAL IS COMING TO BLACKTOWN

Written by Paul on May 3, 2008 – 10:51 am

Press release

THE NSW AUDITOR-GENERAL IS COMING TO BLACKTOWN

Peter Archterstraat NSW Auditor GeneralMeet Peter Achterstraat, the NSW Auditor-General, who keeps an eye on the government spending our money. He is coming to Blacktown, however, not to do any auditing, but to be the Guest of Honor and keynote Speaker at a public Dinner Meeting organized by the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship International. He will be talking about his work in his varied career, among others including the Australian Tax Office, also as Deputy Commissioner of Taxation, in NSW as Chief Commissioner of State Revenue, now as Auditor-General. Read more »

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File Storage - NASes for the masses

Written by Paul on April 7, 2008 – 8:31 pm

YMOne common challenge for digital photographers is the storage and archiving of the ever increasing set of digital image files.

A lot has been written on this subject already, and Mr. Google will happily lead you on an endless road of discovery. I am documenting here my own travel on this long and winding road…

DVDNot everyone realises, but many DVD media has limited life span! This means that archiving your precious images on DVDs may be more risky than you realize.

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Strobists on Flickr

Written by Paul on February 3, 2008 – 12:26 pm

I have recently discovered “Strobists” group, which is an excellent resource to learn about shooting using off-camera flash.

They have their own web site, and user groups on Flickr. Read more »

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Snowy Mountains Ride

Written by Paul on January 13, 2008 – 4:14 pm

Just got back from a 2,000 km return trip from Sydney to the Snowy Mountains, via Canberra.

Left Sydney on Friday 4th, Jan 2008, widing with a friend down to Canberra, where we stayed 2 nights with a couple we knew. Ended up buying a new lower set of replacement handlebars for my V-Strom.

Then we were off to Cooma, where we checked in to the Alpine Hotel Pub then went riding through Adimanaby just enjoying the fantastic roads.

Anyway, the pictures from the trip can be seen here

Snowy Mounts ride, Australia

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2007 Dec 30 Fun Run

Written by Paul on December 31, 2007 – 8:59 am

Grinning DukeYesterday (Dec 30, ‘07) I went out with 8 other bikes for a 400+ km fun run, with Dyno Dave of Sydney Dyno fame and some of his customers. Read more »

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Digital Workflow

Written by Paul on December 23, 2007 – 7:03 pm

This is a hotly debated, often misunderstood subject, which describes what steps to take after transferring a digital photo to the computer, before ending up with the final result. I outline my approach here… Read more »

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Watches I like

Written by Paul on December 19, 2007 – 7:47 pm

My favourite watches Read more »

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Coffee Links

Written by Paul on December 19, 2007 – 7:38 pm

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Garmin Zumo GPS

Written by Paul on December 19, 2007 – 7:10 pm

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Autocom Intercom

Written by Paul on December 19, 2007 – 7:09 pm

http://www.angelridevideos.com/reviews/SuperProAvi.html

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Crivelli Coffee

Written by Paul on December 19, 2007 – 7:00 pm

I bought my VBM from Crivelli in Melbourne.

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HX technique links

Written by Paul on December 19, 2007 – 6:47 pm

Some HX E61 links ind info… Read more »

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Suzuki V-Strom 1000cc

Written by Paul on December 17, 2007 – 10:58 am

This is my current bike. I think it is the best one I’ve had, especially as it has quite a number mods, including: Read more »

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My Motorcycles

Written by Paul on December 17, 2007 – 10:39 am

I have been a keen motorcyclist since the age of 16. Got my license on a Kawasaki 100, and then quickly moved up to a Kawasaki 750 as my next bike. Read more »

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Where I started

Written by Paul on December 17, 2007 – 10:36 am

Also see our Portfolio and latest Albums.

Photography is perhaps my first hobby and pashion. My interest was started in my pre-teen years, when my Dad showed me how to use his Praktica (East German) SLR camera. Read more »

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The Clean Machine

Written by Paul on December 17, 2007 – 10:35 am

A Clean Machine is a Mean Machine !

Crucial to good coffee, is consistency and cleanliness. All vendors of machines stock good cleaning products, and these all carry instruction on how to use them effectively. Well, almost. What I would like to do here is highlight some essential differences between machine designs and how that relates to the cleaning process. Read more »

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PID Digital Temperature control

Written by Paul on December 17, 2007 – 10:32 am

PIDMost espresso machines use some kind of a thermostat or pressure stat to control the heating element of the boiler. Standard control can often be as poor as +/- 20 deg C, however using digital circuitry this can be changed. Read more »

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Rancilio Silvia

Written by Paul on December 17, 2007 – 10:31 am

Silvia

Many believe (including me) that the Rancilio Silvia is one of the the best single boiler espresso machines. One of the very best reviews and instruction is on CoffeGeek and you absolutely must watch the excellent instructional U-Tube video on this page.

© Paul Szilard, RemekTek Pty Limited 2007

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Making Tea!

Written by Paul on December 17, 2007 – 10:30 am

Incredible as it seems, there are some folk that prefer tea to our beloved coffee. Equally surprisingly, your $2,500 espresso machine can also make excellent tea, however we bring to light some important considerations. Read more »

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Frothing in the Real World

Written by Paul on December 17, 2007 – 10:29 am

I thought I’ll start by “brain storming” some thoughts on frothing technique are called for…

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