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    <title>Fixed! (sort of)</title>
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    <published>2016-04-11T11:31:13Z</published>
    <updated>2016-04-15T03:41:58Z</updated>

    <summary>The Movable Type software behind this blog was broken last year when my web host moved the site to a new machine. Its taken me ages to get it working again. I still get error messages I can&apos;t always get...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The Movable Type software behind this blog was broken last year when my web host moved the site to a new machine. Its taken me ages to get it working again. I still get error messages I can't always get past. I'm going to have to move the blog to a new Content Management System. I experimented with Word Press, but its been massively attacked, and there's a whole new learning curve for making it look good. I have managed to get the software to let me make a backup of all the entries, so theoretically I can import those into Wordpress or something else.</p>]]>
        
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    <title>Interview about Electric Cars</title>
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    <published>2014-08-18T09:23:54Z</published>
    <updated>2015-03-04T00:47:55Z</updated>

    <summary> I interviewed Mark Taylor, Secretary of the Sydney Branch of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association at the Sydney Mini Maker Faire for the Diffusion podcast. Stick around to the end of the interview for a look inside the car....</summary>
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I interviewed Mark Taylor, Secretary of the Sydney Branch of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association at the Sydney Mini Maker Faire for the <a href=http://www.diffusionradio.com>Diffusion podcast</a>. Stick around to the end of the interview for a look inside the car.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Double rainbow and killer sunset</title>
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    <id>tag:www.HeresWhy.TK,2014://1.1430</id>

    <published>2014-06-02T07:59:51Z</published>
    <updated>2014-06-02T08:00:59Z</updated>

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    <title>Solar phone USB charger</title>
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    <published>2014-05-26T12:45:45Z</published>
    <updated>2014-05-26T13:58:51Z</updated>

    <summary>I bought this 30 000mAh solar USB battery from TinyDeal.com I&apos;m sceptical about the 30 00mAh, so I&apos;ll be undoing the screws in the next few weeks to check out what the actual power cells have written on them. Other...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I bought this <a href=http://www.tinydeal.com/30000mah-2a-1a-dual-usb-portable-solar-panel-power-bank-p-120447.html?sk=05859215MB>30 000mAh solar USB battery</a> from <a href=http://www.tinydeal.com/index.php?main_page=index&sk=05859215MB>TinyDeal.com</a><br />
I'm sceptical about the 30 00mAh, so I'll be undoing the screws in the next few weeks to check out what the actual power cells have written on them. Other sites are selling 3000mAH batteries for more, without the solar panel.</p>

<p>When I first charged the powerbank overnight, the power LEDs wouldn't switch off. It was crazy, they stayed on for days. However, once I charged it even longer, and then put the powerbank in the Sun for the solar battery to charge it, the power LEDs went off when it was out of the sunlight. It looks like it just needed to be filled with enough charge to behave normally.</p>

<p>Now the LEDS flash when its in the Sun, when its connected to the mains, and when its recharging my phone. They now switch off when I hit the "off" switch, as they should. The built-in solar panel delivers 1.5 W.</p>

<p>Its very light, so I carry it in my backpack at all times, and always have it available to recharge my phone. It comes with a 2A and a 1A USB port. The phone recharges in AC mode, so its pretty quick. T</p>

<p>he only down-side is that the LEDs are very bright when the powerbank is recharging my phone. It also comes with a super-bright LED to work as a torch.  I bought mine for just $20! </p>

<p>At home I've teamed it up with a 7.5 W fold-out solar panel to speed up the solar recharging time. With my extra solar panel I can recharge in a day of full sunlight, or a few days of indirect sunlight.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.tinydeal.com/30000mah-2a-1a-dual-usb-portable-solar-panel-power-bank-p-120447.html?sk=05859215MB" title="Solar powerbank by Ian Woolf, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2933/14272010352_91d9abe1c3_n.jpg" width="320" height="240" alt="Solar powerbank"></a><br />
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<entry>
    <title>Got a second tweet on TV</title>
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    <published>2014-05-12T08:16:57Z</published>
    <updated>2014-05-12T08:33:34Z</updated>

    <summary> QandA on ABC on April 28th: When was Australia last in an air battle? When do we anticipate being in an air battle next? #QandA The tweet was in reference to the 24 BILLION DOLLARS spent by the Abbott...</summary>
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QandA on ABC on April 28th:</p>

<p>When was Australia last in an air battle? When do we anticipate being in an air battle next? #QandA</p>

<p>The tweet was in reference to the 24 BILLION DOLLARS spent by the Abbott Government on American jet-fighters that can't turn, and can't fly far enough to reach outside Australia. An obvious waste of money, like the faulty submarines, helicopters, tanks, aircraft carriers and other expensive broken war toys we buy from the Americans and can never actually use.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/iwoolf/14167358755" title="When was Australia last in an air battle? When do we anticipate being in an air battle next? #QandA by Ian Woolf, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7434/14167358755_d90365fda2_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="When was Australia last in an air battle? When do we anticipate being in an air battle next? #QandA"></a></p>

<p>My previous tweet on TV was on QandA on April 6th.</p>]]>
        
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    <title>Obey the sign</title>
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    <published>2014-05-12T08:13:20Z</published>
    <updated>2014-05-12T08:14:42Z</updated>

    <summary> Welcome to Sydney....</summary>
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    <title>Sydney Harbour last weekend</title>
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    <published>2014-05-12T07:54:47Z</published>
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<entry>
    <title>Save your bad fruit</title>
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    <id>tag:www.HeresWhy.TK,2014://1.1424</id>

    <published>2014-05-12T07:09:44Z</published>
    <updated>2014-05-12T07:23:35Z</updated>

    <summary> So you need to save the bad fruit, AND your receipt, and trek them both back to the supermarket for a refund. Fortunately, last week I won a large box of fresh fruit and vegetables in a raffle held...</summary>
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<p>So you need to save the bad fruit, AND your receipt, and trek them both back to the supermarket for a refund.</p>

<p>Fortunately, last week I won a large box of fresh fruit and vegetables in a raffle held at the Australian Society for Medical Researchers trivia night . Its due to be delivered this week or next week.</p>

<p>I'd like to see The Checkout cover this.</p>]]>
        
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    <title>My name on TV!</title>
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    <id>tag:www.HeresWhy.TK,2014://1.1422</id>

    <published>2014-04-07T00:43:58Z</published>
    <updated>2014-04-07T02:00:30Z</updated>

    <summary>Last Monday night one of my #QandA tweets was selected to be broadcast during the show. The newly appointed Free Speech Commissioner Tim Wilson appeared on Q and A, so the right to free speech became a topic. I asked...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Last Monday night one of my #QandA<a href="http://www.twitter.com/IanWoolf"> tweets</a> was selected to be broadcast during the show. The newly appointed Free Speech Commissioner Tim Wilson appeared on <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/">Q and A</a>, so the right to free speech became a topic.</p>

<p>I asked if anyone would ask about the anti-protest laws recently introduced in <a class="zem_slink rdfa" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-37.0,144.0&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=-37.0,144.0 (Victoria%20%28Australia%29)&amp;t=h" title="Victoria (Australia)" rel="ctag:means geolocation" target="_blank" xmlns:ctag="http://commontag.org/ns#" typeof="ctag:Tag" resource="http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/en/victoria" property="ctag:label">Victoria</a>, robbing millions of free speech. My question was tweeted, but it wasn't asked. Commissioner Tim Wilson appears in all his public statements to only support free speech of the wealthy to be racist, as the LNP government wishes. Tim Wilson thinks its unfair that ethnic minorities can use words (particularly one beginning with "N") to describe themselves that are currently illegal for rich white men to use to describe them.</p><p>Tim Wilson is a former staff member of t<a href="http://www.ipa.org.au/">he IPA</a>, an extreme right-wing group who have long advocated abolishing the Human Rights Commission. The <a class="zem_slink rdfa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Human_Rights_Commission" title="Australian Human Rights Commission" rel="ctag:means wikipedia" target="_blank" xmlns:ctag="http://commontag.org/ns#" typeof="ctag:Tag" resource="http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/en/human_rights_and_equal_opportunity_commission" property="ctag:label">Australian Human Rights Commission</a> had to sack staff to free up $300 000 for Tim Wilson's salary, as this was a newly created position. The LNP government appear to be working down the IPA's policy wish-list, despite all the election promises they break.</p><p><br /></p>
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<entry>
    <title>Guaranteed TV</title>
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    <published>2014-02-19T08:19:24Z</published>
    <updated>2014-03-07T02:13:52Z</updated>

    <summary>UPDATE 7th March 2014: Sony have phoned to tell me that as my TV is beyond repair, they will replace my TV with the latest model that is just about to be released. They will phone next week to organise...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p><b><font style="font-size: 1.25em;">UPDATE 7th March 2014:</font></b> <font style="font-size: 1.25em;">Sony have phoned to tell me that as my TV is beyond repair, they will replace my TV with the latest model that is just about to be released. They will phone next week to organise delivery!</font></p><p><br /></p><p><iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/iwoolf/12624383525/player/38e7cb9fbb" height="375" width="500" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""></iframe></p><p><br />
My 2.5 year old Sony TV started looking like this last night: red ghosting across the bottom 3/4 of the screen, with images and text ghosted for 30 seconds.&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: 1em;">I phoned Sony and they told me their warranty was only 12 months. I pointed out that 2011 Australian Consumer Law says TVs have to last a reasonable time, so they had to fix it or replace it. Sony told me that I could "pursue that path", but they would only honour their warranty, not the Australian Government's consumer guarantee. They offered to collect the TV from me for a fee, and then fix it for a larger fee. They opened a case file. It was completely illegal for them to even quote me a fee.</span></p>

<p>I tried phoning Bing Lee, where I bought the TV on 17th June 2011, and they told me that they don't have any repair facilities, they would only send the TV back to the manufacturer under the 12 month warranty, and as the TV is over a year old, they couldn't help me. I invoked the Australian Consumer Law with them as well, and they repeated that there was nothing they could do. I pressed and they suggested I bring the TV in so they could see the red screen, and they would see what they could do, no promises.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/tv/thecheckout/clips/?play=checkout_01_03_returninggoods.mp4">The CheckOut at ABC covered this last year</a><br />
<a href="http://www.consumerlaw.gov.au/content/Content.aspx?doc=the_acl/guidance.htm">Australian Consumer Law Guide</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/ftw/Consumers/Consumer_guarantees_warranties_and_refunds.page">Fair Trading on Consumer Guarantees and the Australian Consumer Law</a><br />
<a href="http://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/consumer-rights-guarantees/repair-replace-refund#approaching-the-retailer-or-manufacturer">The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission</a><br />
<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-06-07/broken-but-out-of-warranty-you-still-have-rights/2749924">Broken but out of warranty? You still have rights</a><br />
<a href="http://www.choice.com.au/reviews-and-tests/money/shopping-and-legal/shopping/consumer-law-and-extended-warranties.aspx">CHOICE Magazine</a><br />
<a href="http://www.brw.com.au/p/business/could_raps_apple_warranties_harvey_znWHgjoTR3XIqxBP0YJYUO">ACCC raps Apple and Harvey Norman for deceiving customers over warranties: why The Good Guys and JB Hi-Fi could be next</a><br />
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    <title>Where is Ciguatera? - an interview with Shauna Murray and Gurjeet Kohli</title>
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    <published>2014-01-20T08:10:25Z</published>
    <updated>2014-01-20T08:36:34Z</updated>

    <summary>right click and choose &apos;save as&apos; to download MP3 Shauna Murray is an associate professor and ARC Fellow at the University of Technology, Sydney in the Climate Change Cluster C3 Centre where she researches microalgae that produce toxins that are...</summary>
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Shauna Murray is an associate professor and ARC Fellow at the University of Technology, Sydney in the Climate Change Cluster C3 Centre where she researches microalgae that produce toxins that are eaten by fish and could end up on your dinner plate, giving you an illness like Ciguatera. Ciguatera fish poisoning can cause major problems with circulation, digestion, breathing and the nervous system.  Shauna's work includes identifying where the microalgae are growing so that fishers can be warned not to take any seafood from those areas and prevent the spread of the illness. <br />
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<p>Gurjeet Singh Kohli is a Research Associate studying the genes of the microalgae that cause Ciguatera with both Shauna at UTS and Bret Neilan UNSW. He has recently handed in his PhD thesis. I asked him why it was so difficult to make a test kit that detects the toxins that cause Ciguatera.<br />
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<a href=http://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/our-research/climate-change-cluster/research-groups/aquatic-processes-group-0>Sustainable Aquaculture Group UTS</a><br />
<a href=https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-ciguatera-fish-poisoning-21835>What is Ciguatera Fish Poisoning?</a><br />
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<entry>
    <title>Sydney Mini Maker Faire gallery</title>
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    <published>2013-12-26T12:19:01Z</published>
    <updated>2013-12-26T12:26:18Z</updated>

    <summary>The Sydney Mini Maker Faire was held for one day at the Powerhouse Museum. I recorded 13 interviews which were broadcast over the last month on Diffusion Science Radio, and I took 78 photos, which you can browse by clicking...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The Sydney Mini Maker Faire was held for one day at the Powerhouse Museum. I recorded 13 interviews which were broadcast over the last month on <a href=http://www.diffusionradio.com>Diffusion Science Radio</a>,  and I took  78 photos, which you can browse by clicking below:<br />
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<entry>
    <title>Cycle reindeer</title>
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    <published>2013-12-15T12:45:44Z</published>
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    <title>PLoS ASAP video interview</title>
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    <published>2013-10-02T07:51:35Z</published>
    <updated>2013-11-22T05:51:06Z</updated>

    <summary>The Public Library of Science has announced the six finalists for their ASAP Accelerating Science Award Program. They hired me as a freelancer to record an interview with finalist Professor Matt Todd about his Open Source Science project to crowd-source...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The Public Library of Science has announced the six finalists for their <a href="http://asap.plos.org">ASAP Accelerating Science Award Program</a>. They hired me as a freelancer to record an interview with finalist Professor Matt Todd about his Open Source Science project to crowd-source a cure for Malaria. <a href="http://www.adriantan.com.au">Adrian Tan</a> worked as my videographer.</p>

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    <title>Lynne&apos;s Sci-Fi News is back online!</title>
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    <published>2013-09-25T03:12:38Z</published>
    <updated>2013-11-03T10:58:06Z</updated>

    <summary>Lynne Gryphon produced a top-rating video podcast back in 2006, and became very popular. Then her show was broadcast on Canadian TV with ads but no pay, copied by people with ads all over the internet. Lynne felt she&apos;d been...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Lynne Gryphon produced a top-rating video podcast back in 2006, and became very popular. Then her show was broadcast on Canadian TV with ads but no pay, copied by people with ads all over the internet. Lynne felt she'd been exploited and so she took everything down. This year she's uploaded the episodes to youtube.</p>

<p>Here's episode 12 where I was a guest. Subscribe to <a href=http://www.youtube.com/user/Lynnegryphon>Lynne's youtube channel</a>, she's creating new content. Her website is <a href=http://lynnegryphon.com/>www.lynnegryphon.com/</a><br />
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