Perry's Blog

OK... if you're following these posts you'd think there's a bit of a recurrent theme happening ;) It's been just over a month since Keren & Danni's piece was publicly released: kdm, a LiveMosaic and of course their wedding Mosaic, and I've just uplo… more »

Some time ago (well: 2.5 years ago, checking the date ;)) I implemented my backup strategy, and it's saved my bacon a number of times. It's basically the same, except for replacing BackUp with FreeFileSync and Paragon with Macrium Reflect. SpiderOak… more »

Keren & Danni's wedding was one of the most sublime weddings I've been to! ...but some months ago, after their engagement, I had an idea for their reception: The initial inspiration for the piece was in two parts: To create an image of Keren… more »

The SPOT2 Messenger is a Satellite GPS Messenger that provides a unique line of communication with friends and family when you want it, and emergency assistance when you need it. This review looks at how the device performed over 54 days on the Bibbulmun Track in the South-West of Western Australia. more »

After 10 weeks, I've managed to put together the timelapse of our walk. Over the 54 days of our trek, we took a portrait photo each morning before setting off on the day's walk and then each afternoon when we'd reached camp -- often capturing the mor… more »

Purchasing a Bushwalking Camera was a very successful deliberative exercise: Determined our requirements Investigated possibles and narrowed the field Chose the best (for us): Sony HX5V We were extremely happy with the purchase, performi… more »

After an exhaustive battery test of our new SPOT2 Messenger I now know what it's performance is like on rechargeable batteries. :D We tested the SPOT Messenger on the Mittagong to Katoomba walk in preparation of the much longer walk of the Bibb… more »

Way bak in 2009 (or so it seems) I purchased and wrote about a more ergonomic keyboard / mouse set up. Unfortunately the rollermouse has waited untill it's 30 days out of its 2 year warrantee period before it stopped working (clicking to be acurate).… more »

After we'd paid off our house's mortgage it meant that we could look to other things that had been on hold (for 6 years ;)). Being a creature of habbit, and wanting to repay good service in the past, I initially went back to Mark at Sigmacom but he w… more »

Well, I think I thought I knew what the best bushwalking camera was, but the past weeks has shown me that it's a difficult question to answer. At one point I was thinking that the various companies were colluding to produce cameras that were not perfect… more »