Dazed and confused

Building the HPI Cyber 10B

day10-1.JPGI’ve been toying the idea of joining the 1/10 4wd stock for awhile now. The class has been steadily gaining popularity here in Australia (it’s more popular than 2wd stock now) but I never really found a kit that appealed to me. Then HPI launched their club-level HPI Cyber 10B.

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Picasa Image Express v2.0 public test

I finally managed to implement the last few features I had planned for Picasa Image Express v2.0.

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Losi XXX Phobia paint job

Here is a small project I’ve been working on over the Summer holidays. This is the third R/C body I’ve painted and the first time I’ve really put some effort into it. Previously, I took the easy road by sticking to a single colour and only masking windows.

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Help a me win an iPhone

Let me be frank. I’m a Flash designer working in an in-house marketing department for a software company.  Recently, we completed a minisite to raise awareness of our flagship product. Chances are you probably haven’t heard of it unless you’re in the Electronics design/engineering industry.

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Google Chrome theme editor

Until someone comes up with a WYSIWYG, user friendly theme editor, here are some simple batch files which will allow you to edit and customize the look of Google Chrome.

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Picasa Image Express for Wordpress

Select the photos you wish to insert. Select multiple photos using CTRL-click and SHIFT-clickThis Wordpress plugin essentially provides a quick and easy way to insert photos from Picasa while editing a Wordpress page. It additionally provides plenty of options and settings which should suffice for most users.

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XCarLink MP3 in a 2005 Mazda 3

Last week I became the proud owner of a 2005 Mazda 3 SP23, including the leather seats and Bose sound system with 6 CD changer.

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Lightbox support for KB Easy PicasaWeb

After trialling a dozen Picasa plugins, I found Adam Brown’s KB Easy PicasaWeb Wordpress plugin to be the most elegant solution and easiest to implement. However, the key feature I required was Lightbox/Slimbox support. After a short crash course in PHP, Wordpress plugin API and the Picasa API, I somehow managed to get it working.

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Losi Micro-T charger mod

P1000852 Here are some photos of my modified Losi Micro-T charger. Flicking the switch left or right will change the power source to either batteries or a 12v wall adaptor. Instructions came courtesy of DarthRacer.

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ATX R/C power supply

P1000830 While searching for a 12v power supply for my R/C battery chargers and equalising trays, I came across this article which details how to build a lab power supply from an ATX computer power supply.

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