Jun 23rd, 2009
by Stephen Hucker.
Library Books is an Mac OS X application that tracks the library books you have borrowed.
Library Books connects to your library catalogue and downloads the list of books you have checked out. Then books are then displayed on the menu bar. You can then view the books you are currently borrowing in the menu bar as in the picture below from my computer.
If you look carefully the green star next to the number 8 indicates 8 books on loan, the green star indicating I have one book on hold ready to pick up from the library.
If you have a Mac and regularly borrow books then this is a great application and the price is right.
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Tagged: Computers
Jun 14th, 2009
by Stephen Hucker.
First Aikido Lesson
Had my first Aikido lesson on Saturday. The style is Yoshinkan Aikido
Aikido (and Judo) are derived from Ju-Jitsu,
Ju-Jitsu incorporates all the strikes (kicks an punches) of Karate, the grappling (throws, locks, etc) of judo, weapon training and much more. Aikido eliminates all the striking, that is there is no punching or kicking and tries to resolve a fight by the use of throws, locks and pins. Off course this is a simplification have a look at the wikipedia entry for Aikido for more information, in particular Yoshinkan Aikido for the style I will be practising.
For more information read:
Yoshinkan Aikido
Aikido
A rather good book on the subject is:
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Tagged: Aikido · Martial Arts
Apr 21st, 2009
by Stephen Hucker.
I have a 750GB external hardrive from Western Digital with USB 2, Firewire 400 and 800 as well as eSata
I have tried all the interfaces except for eSata and I get the following error when I try to write files to it.
The drive reads fine.
Very frustrating! 
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Tagged: Computers
Apr 2nd, 2009
by Stephen Hucker.
Australian Bike Friday Club annual trip for 2009 – Halls Gap, Victoria, Australia
To see all of the pictures click here –>Bike Friday – Halls Gap 2009
Last week was the 13th annual bike friday gathering. Riders from all over Australia, New Zealand and even the US turned up for four days of rding in Halls Gap, Victoria.
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Mar 4th, 2009
by Stephen Hucker.
Part one of an essay on my computers that I have owned. In Part two I will flesh out a narrative to go with the pictures.
When I went to university, I updated my PC to a Commodore Amiga A500. Note the hi-tech dot matric printer with Z Fold paper.
Then I moved onto the more business like Apple Macintosh Classic. It had a massive 12″ screen, in monochrome. But it was very portable and a great machine.
From the late 90’s to to 2003 I had a dual screen setup with two 17 CRT” monitors. Man, are those PC’s butt ugly
When I worked in Korea, my school lent me a laptop. I found that pairing it with a monitor and a wireless keyboard/mouse combination worked really well.
But you can’t play games on a work laptop and I don’t really like PCs ..
So in 2004, but to a Mac, this time, my first laptop. An iBook G3.
A good little machine, but a little underpowered and not very good for games.
As I was about to leave Korea in the next year or so I purchased two machines!
- a Mac Mini for surfing the web / work and a Shuttle XPC for games.
The shuttle was expensive, over 1.1 million won! .. but worth it at the time.
In hindsight it would have been cheaper just to buy a normal PC and take the motherboard and components home.
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Feb 17th, 2009
by Stephen Hucker.
When I was last in Korea I had a GPS and I wondered what was the route from Ulsan to Daegue via bus?
Posted in: Korea.
Feb 16th, 2009
by Stephen Hucker.
As I mentioned in my last post I was looking for an activity to focus on for health reasons. Martial Arts provide an excellent focus for this.
The martial arts I am interested in are
I have done Hapkido before but now lack the passion for it, BJJ is ruled out too because of injuries. That leaves Wing Chun.
The Wing Chun schools in Melbourne that I know
Those based on William Cheung’s style of Tradional Wing Chun Kung Fu
Former instructors now running their own schools:
Sifu Danna Wong is a wonderful teacher.
I don’t know Sifu Joe Savah, but there is a lot about him on the internet
Sifu Julian de Boers and his wife run a nice school in the centre of Melbourne. Haven’t attended a class yet, but they were very friendly and he was a chief instructor under William Cheung before branching out on his own.
Wong Shun Leung way of Wing Chun Chinese Boxing
Tn the Wong Shun Leung way of Wing Chun Chinese Boxing or WSL Wing Chun for short is based on Wing Chun as taught by Sifu Wong Shun Leung.
The main instructors in Melbourne that are close to me are David Peterson (City) and Sifu Enzo Verratt (Brunswick)
Enzo’s school is only $85 per month! Bargain. David’s classes are about $110 per month
Off course cost alone is not the dominate factor in choosing a school.
There are probably other schools of course and no doubt I have missed out on good schools close to me, but I shall be trying out classes with Julian de Boers, Enzo Verratt and David Peterson to see what suits me.
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Tagged: Arts · Martial
Feb 16th, 2009
by Stephen Hucker.
Recently I lost 5kg, but that was due to dental surgery and an inability to eat solid food. Not exactly a sustainable option, there are a a finite number of teeth.
So how to get that body I had when I was twenty?
Well, the hair is out of the question
At the time my average exercise week consisted of
- Running 5km, six times
- Weight Training 3 times
- Eight or so Aerobic lessons
- Two Taekwondo lessons
Now I just ride 5km to and from work.
Short of moving for a greater commute, the best option is to choose an exercise I think I would enjoy.
The answer? … Martial Arts
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Tagged: Health
Feb 16th, 2009
by Stephen Hucker.
Last Wednesday (11th Feb,2009) I had my back wisdom tooth and my baby tooth removed.
This caused some swelling as you can imagine. My first meal was
- Peach
- Apple
- Kiwi Fruit
- California Roll
But all put into a blender and mixed with orange juice!
Not exactly mouth watering, but nutritious
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Jan 18th, 2009
by Stephen Hucker.
I have got an iPhone!
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