X-box Repairs....jawaproFri 27/04/2012 10:25 PM
My xbox died last year with the dreaded Red Rings of Death.
Apparently this is caused by faulty solder on the mainboard. Chris finally got bored watching re-runs of McLeod's Daughters and asked if we could have a go at fixing the xbox. So we watched some YouTube videos of other people doing the same thing and then pulled mine apart.
The video said to cook it with a heat gun - but we didn't have one, so we used a hairdryer (which I bought to dry carpets after my car went swimming). And surprisingly, it worked! We plugged it in roughly to test and it worked. Hurray!
By the time we put it back together properly three times (each time we realized we'd missed something so had to pull it apart again) and tried it again - it didn't work. Doh!
So we made it to Supercheap just before they shut and bought a proper heat gun, and repeated the whole process.
And now I've got a working Xbox again!
Not bad for a $30 tool - saves me spending $300+ on a new xbox - plus it'll be awesome next time I need to dry carpets!
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Rothgar the Video StarjawaproMon 23/04/2012 12:13 PM
Yep - it's another video post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80i8wHEwPuE
One of the guys on the RMP-O forums wanted to see some video of my G60 ute "Rothgar" and I wanted to try out my new GoPro camera - so this is the result.
Enjoy...
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Lego Yellow Cargo TrainjawaproFri 20/04/2012 07:32 AM
Last night I finally put together my first Lego train set. It's set 7939 "Yellow Cargo Train".
It was a fun build - but the best bit was watching my cat Neptune react to the train when it was finished. Neptune doesn't think Lego should move on it's own - it rather freaked him out.
He also doesn't quite get the concept of 'track'. The train would go past and then he would build up the courage to get closer for a better look - only for the train to come back around and scare him half to death and make him run away (time after time after time).
Anyway - the timelapse video is on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwPJm9iZa78
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Building Approval!jawaproTue 17/04/2012 10:35 PM
I have a Building Permit!
It's not the end of the road though - I still need to get an engineer to sign off on the footings plan and find a plumber - but it's a very important step in the right direction!
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Landy CruiserjawaproSat 14/04/2012 04:24 PM
A while ago one of my friends on Facebook (Rob L) posted a photo of their Landcruiser and said "Hard at work on the Landy!".
Of course - that offended me. Don't get me wrong, his cruiser is an awesome truck and I completely approve of it. But it's not a Landy!
Of course - this obviously means he bought it thinking it was a Landrover and will be devastated when he learns the truth. So, me being me, I set about to create a short web course to teach people the difference between a Landy and a Cruiser.
So without further ado - here is my web course:
http://www.headlessmoron.com/landycruiser/
Of course, it's a joke and designed to be funny - so take a whirl and see how you go.
Oh - and I should mention, Rob L is also a massive fan of Zooey Deschanel, hence the photo if you get something wrong.
Enjoy!
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