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8 days ago
If you are in Adelaide tonight (Fri Nov 20) feel free to drop in to the Excelsior hotel cnr Coglin/Hawker st Brompton after 7.30pm. I will be sitting in with some of the Duke Holler boys playing a little slide guitar. They tell me the vibe will be 'chill-axed' so it should make for some pleasant amusement over a beverage or two. Hope to see you there. Fang - Mike Seyfang26 days ago
I have been helping out with the Wine2030 BlueSky summit and would like any of my readers who are interested in the Australian wine industry to join me either online or possibly in person next Tuesday. Here’s the deal – if you have ideas on how academic research in any discipline could possibly enhance any aspect of the wine industry and would like to spend a day working hard with a bunch of very smart people with a view to sharing those ideas then please get in touch with me. Over the past few weeks I have been re-mixing some key messages from organisers of the event with highlights from some of last year’s presentations and an interview or two with some invited speakers for this year. They are all shorter than 10mins and are designed to give you some insight into why this event is a great catalyst for innovation – giving rise to several successful funding bids and collaborations. Have a listen to: Call for participants (give an idea of the type of people we are seeking) ...
78 days ago
If you are in Adelaide tonight (Fri Sept 11) feel free to drop in to the Excelsior hotel cnr Coglin/Hawker st Brompton after 7.30pm. I will be sitting in with some of the Duke Holler boys playing a little slide guitar. They tell me the vibe will be 'chill-axed' so it should make for some pleasant amusement over a beverage or two. Hope to see you there. UPDATE : We might be billed as "David Smiths 4" on the board out the front. WTF? The Jukes Holler BoysFriday, September 11th, 7:30pm at Excelsior Hotem - Phantom Pub You have been invited by James Strong. PLAY AS - David Smiths 4 Fang - Mike Seyfang114 days ago
Ever wanted to make an autoplaying, looping DVD that looks good on a widescreen 16:9 display from a powerpoint presentation slide deck? Here is a process in which you can start with powerpoint on a Mac or PC (Office 2007 on Vista PC used for this example) PowerPoint (Mac or PC): Design->Page Setup->Custom 27.09cm x 15.24 cm Just like ( THIS presentation available from slideshare) (On Mac powerpoint 2004 check that preferences->Save, Advanced, Resolution Settings is 96dpi - will give confirmation that 27.09cm x 15.24cm at 96dpi is 1024 x 576 pixels) Note - hitting options wll enable you to check/toggle from size in cm to pixels. Make your slides (with bugger all text boys and girls) Save As (Other Formats) jpeg (exports each and every slide to a .jpg image of 1024x576 pixels precisely) Quicktime player (pro) (Mac or PC): file open image sequence, pick first file in numbered series from the folder created by powerpoint save as allow 10sec per frame ...
