Chinese New Year Twilight Parade 2011

6 February 2011
George Street, Sydney, Australia

Awesome visits to IT companies this week!

We have had a great time this week, and thank you to everyone whom attended. This Macquarie sign is from the top of their new “activity-based” building at Shelley St. For those who missed out, it’s not like any other office buildings you’ve ever seen before. Keep an eye out for when SUITS runs another one of these extraordinary visits again perhaps next year!

I want to take this opportunity to thank Will from Google, Robyn from Atlassian and Larissa from our sponsor Optiver whom have worked with me throughout the time leading up. A special thanks goes to Anna from Macquarie because she has made our visit possible even at such short notice! They have put in so much effect to make this all possible, and it’s easy for this effort to go unnoticed.

I promised to make the photos available, and here it is after the break. I’ve only included low-res photos here, but feel free to click through to get to the full quality photos. The links and resources are also after the break.

Feedback. I’d love to know what you thought about this event. Send me an email with any thoughts or comments, in particular:

1. What did you get out of the day?
2. Which parts did you like best (and/or didn’t like), and why?
3. How can we make this event even better for next time?

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My TechEd Australia 2009 photos are now online

I know it’s a while after TechEd finished, but they’re now available on my Flickr!

Mini-Project: Home Theatre PC

Introduction

A while ago, I’ve designed a home theatre PC build for regular TV viewing and recording. Recently I’ve followed it up with an unceremonious unboxing of various parts involved in that HTPC. So the thing that comes after unboxing is putting it together. So in this article, I’ll share my thoughts and experiences while building this machine.

Several factors are of importance to this build: power efficiency, noise and heat while at the same time it must be capable of high definition recording and playback. These factors are typical for many other home theatre builds.

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New unboxing series available

I’ve just added a few new items to my “Unboxing Series”. It’s a simple photo diary that’s designed to give an idea of what a product looks like and what to expect when you open the box.

The parts are a result of the previous article designing a home theatre PC – so stay tuned for more on this little box!

• AMD Athlon X2 5050e Dual-Core CPU
  
• Kingston KVR800D2S5/2G DDR2-800 SODIMM Memory
  
• J&W MINIX 780G Mini-ITX motherboard
  
• Aywun/Apex MI-100 Mini-ITX Case