I’m In ….. SheEO Year 2
I happened upon SheEO earlier in the year and signed up as a first year Activator in Australia. It sounded novel and much of the message resonated with me and what I’d seen in a lot of our local community. … Continued
Unofficial VS2017 Mixed Reality Project Template
For those that are missing the HoloLens template in VS 2017 on of the awesome Emerging Experiences MVPs Dwight has updated the VS2015 one for you. Get it here.
Fixing "Something went wrong" page with error ADDriverStoreAccessNonLocalException
Recently we saw a change to our outlook.com and it upgraded our accounts. My account went through fine and I see the layout on the right. One of our other accounts however didn’t. Took awhile to notice..no new emails were … Continued
Microsoft Band–My Band Journey
At Build last year I rushed to the Microsoft store to buy a Microsoft Band. They weren’t available in the US and what drew me to the device was the phone integration and the ability to track my bike rides. … Continued
Day 2–Off to the Namib
Today was another massive travel day. Up early to catch the shuttle bus to the airport and off to Windhoek. That all went well until we boarded the plane and sat there…and sat there…and finally they announced 35 passengers had … Continued
Day 1–Arrived in Johannesburg
This morning was a massive travel day. We were up at 4am to get to the airport for a flight from Brisbane to Sydney. Had a few hours to kill in Sydney so we found a nice bluetooth speaker incase … Continued
Day 28-30 Buenos Aires
Friday morning was an early flight up to Buenos Aires. The site said we had to be there 2 hours before but the airport was completely dead. Checked in, scored and exit and paid our $3.50 US departure tax. Arrived … Continued
Day 27–Laguna Esmeralda Ushuaia
After parking out at sea last night and picking up the driver for the last bit of the journey we arrived at Ushuaia this morning. Last minute pack rush, handing back of boots and life jackets, collecting passports and we … Continued
Day 24-26 New Island
3rd – The morning was spent on New Island. Bit of a hike up the hill and you reach a colony of rockhoppers and albatross. The zombie penguins as usual. They looks more like zombie falling penguins when they go … Continued
Day 23 Carcass Island
Today was basically a “filler” day in terms of photography but it turned out to be a nice day. We landed on the beach and the sun was shining so we took a bit of walk and found somewhere out … Continued
Day 22 Westpoint and Grave Cove
This morning we headed to Westpoint. After a bit of a hike up the hill we scabbed a lift in the caretaker’s Jeep. After a short walk we arrived at a massive Albatross colony on a massive cliff. We headed … Continued
Day 21–Steeple Jason and Grave Cove
This morning we were up and ready to land on Steeple Jason which is home to 20000 albatross. It’s a difficult landing site with a narrow weather window so the team were planning on landing us and leaving us there … Continued
Day 20–Saunders Island
Today we headed to Saunders Island. Even though I knew on Day 12 the dream was over, being in the snow and conditions in South Georgia hid that seeing penguins on bright green grass really brought that front and centre. … Continued
Day 16-19 Back to Falkland Islands
We’ve had to head back to Falklands. We spent 3 days in rough seas and to top it off I have a head cold. Normally it’s pretty awful to be sick and not in your own bed. It’s also awful … Continued
Day 15–Gold Harbour
We pulled into Gold Harbour bright an early and they woke us up 2 hours earlier than expected as the weather was good. When buying gear for this trip I had resisted cheaping out and we’d bought expensive waterproof pants … Continued
Day 13 and 14–Salisbury Plains
We’d had a rough night in more way than one and this is the view that greeted us out of our porthole this morning We made it to Salisbury Plains this Thursday afternoon to give us some fresh air but … Continued
Day 12–Grytviken and Jason Habour
This morning we landed at our first of two compulsory stops on our trip – Grytviken. It’s an old whaling station that was set up in 1904. After being cold yesterday I went for more layers. This time I had … Continued
Day 11 – Land Ahoy!
We’re running ahead of schedule and we’re going to hit land early and actually walk on solid ground today. My head has stopped spinning. Not sure if it’s the calmer waters, not taking my old meds or taking the new … Continued
Day 8-10 All aboard the Ushuaia
Saturday we’re up early to get to the airport for our flight to Mt Pleasant. If you’ve never been on a smallish plane with 100+ photographers it’s an experience. Unsurprisingly with a full flight we quickly ran out of overhead … Continued
Day 7–Hotel Switcheroo Bring on Antarctica
Today was hotel swap day. Moving out of our little apartment and to our much more expensive and swish hotel to meet up with our group before the big journey begins. When we arrived our room wasn’t ready so we … Continued
Day 6–Hike up Alto el Naranjo
Today we got out of town and went for a hike up Alto el Naranjo. It’s a short drive out of the city except in peak hour traffic when it’s quite a bit longer. It’s quite a steep walk on … Continued
Day 5–Back in Business to Santiago
No sunrise for us this morning so a bit of a sleep-in. Spent the morning taking a few snaps at Tahai in the morning sun. After carting our National Park ticket around this was the first day John left his … Continued
Day 4–chilling around Easter Island
Woke up early this morning for sunrise only for it to be really cloudy and pouring down with rain. So meant a nice slow morning and catching up on some sleep. Went into town for lunch and to get some … Continued
Day 3–Monday, The Many Statues of Easter Island
We woke up early this morning – something about jumping back 13hrs in time one day and then another 2 the next. The sun doesn’t rise here till about 7:30 am and we had no wheels so it was a … Continued
Day 2–Sunday To Easter Island
This morning we were up early to catch our flight to Easter Island. I was a bit worried whether the taxi the hotel had called for us would arrive or it would be lost in translation of my extremely poor … Continued
Day 1–Saturday To Santiago
Today we are officially on holidays. After booking this trip over 14 months in advance it has been a slow countdown. It’s been a long first day getting up at 5am to get to the airport in Brisbane, to catch … Continued
Moving an Existing Blog site
We’ve been a bit quiet on the blogging front for awhile. There’s a few reasons : we’re busy, we’ve been procrastinating but also we thought this would be much easier…. Our site was a Dot Net Nuke instance from a … Continued
Learning To ride a Bicycle As An Adult
For reasons that are a whole other story I never leant to ride a bicycle as a child. It never really bothered me back then, and as a young adult didn’t worry me much either. I had my car license … Continued
Rails Girls Brisbane #3
Tonight we kicked off the install fest for Rails Girls Brisbane #3 . It was great to see lots of ladies attending and to see a large number of mentors to help out. After much installing we got everyone together … Continued
Young ICT Explorers 2014
Today was Young ICT Explorers judging for QLD. This is my 3rd year as a judge. It’s great to see so many young people getting excited with technology and building cool stuff. It’s also great to recognise a bunch of … Continued