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Owning an EV means much to learn
Greg Eden You have many things to consider. First you have to stop thinking like a petrol car owner. I have purchased a Cupra Born EV and installed a 7 kW home charger in the carport. A Born is a hatchback about the size of a Corolla. At the time of writing my car is...Continue reading→
Our next Monthly Meeting is on Wednesday 3rd May 2023
This will be run as a “hybrid” meeting, meaning we will be in person in the Borrett Room at the club but also opening it up to members via Zoom. Click here a little before 7pm to join the meeting on Zoom or make sure you have secured your raffle tickets at the door and are seated before 7pm. Our...Continue reading→
Humans have been predicting eclipses for thousands of years, but it’s harder than you might think
Sabine Bellsted The coastal town of Exmouth in Western Australia is due to experience one of the most spectacular astronomical phenomena on April 20 2023 – a total solar eclipse. Eclipses have entranced us for millennia. But it turns out calculating exactly when and where we can watch an eclipse in its full glory can be...Continue reading→
Most people already think climate change is ‘here and now’, despite what we’ve been told
Ben Newell A quick search on the internet for “climate change images” readily yields the familiar photograph of a lone polar bear on a shrinking block of ice. Despite signifying an impending crisis, such images make climate change seem abstract – happening a long way off (for most of us), to animals we’ve probably never...Continue reading→
A journey through the world of HiRes music
Greg Eden Digital music is digital music, some say. No, there is a very wide spectrum of quality. If you are hearing impaired this article is of no use to you. For me this has been a long journey of dead ends and wrong turns, of wrong assumptions and so many paths. Back in the...Continue reading→
Member of the RACV? Get an extra 5c off per litre of petrol at all EG branded Ampol service stations.
Greg Eden Great, but how do we get that scan code down to the servo? You could just waste a sheet of paper and print it out, or make a link on your phone. You need an active data connection to make this easy although you could do a screenshot at home. It is relatively...Continue reading→
East SIG Report – March 2023
Neil Muller After welcoming members to the March meeting of East SIG, host Frank Maher outlined the night’s agenda below: Presentation 1: Q&A with George Skarbek Presentation 2: Latest SCAMs to be aware of by Dave Botherway Presentation 3: Recover Deleted Files Using RECUVA by Trevor Hudson Main presentation: Elgator Stream Deck Mk.2 by John...Continue reading→
Online stumble-ons
David Stonier-Gibson Just a few of the interesting things I stumbled on this month … Progress in 3D printed homes. An article in The Conversation https://theconversation.com/3d-printing-promises-to-transform-architecture-forever-and-create-forms-that-blow-todays-buildings-out-of-the-water-198954 Artificial intelligence: Have we already passed human level IQ? An article in The Conversation https://theconversation.com/has-gpt-4-really-passed-the-startling-threshold-of-human-level-artificial-intelligence-well-it-depends-202856 Wolfram Alpha is an online tool for solving maths problems. ChatGPT is a language...Continue reading→
From The Editor and President March 2023
Hugh Macdonald David Stonier-Gibson is enjoying a nice jaunt around New Zealand so I’m back in the editor’s chair temporarily. This month, we’ve got a good selection of articles on ChatGPT, space, robots, some little known tips on using Google, and some COVID discussion. There’s also some club based information on Be Connected initiative that...Continue reading→