About AUSTRALIAN BIRD CALLS AND SOUNDS

In 1990 I sustained a Spinal Cord injury which left me paralysed, using a motorised wheelchair... no turbo unfortunately. 

Personal Computing & the internet  has been great way of pursuing another career & many other avenues of keeping the mind active.

Before

I  completed a Carpentry and Joinery trade immediately after secondary school in Perth WA.  Over the years I ran my own business as a Tree Arbour for some years.   I then worked in multi-storey construction Industry overseering the Carpentry team in Sydney NSW. 

Post Injury

Since I was a small child my parents told me stories of me playing with a hammer and wood, so I was always interested in creating, sometimes destroying [but thats another story] so whatever form of work I threw myself into I wanted to know how things worked and to improve on what I knew.  So as much as  disliked school, after I finished secondary schooling I did courses after hours to improve my skillsets.  And thats what I have been doing since.   I have carried that through even post my SC Injury  here are some courses and training I have completed in the 90's... lot more up till now....

  • 1991 Completed Computer Concepts (T.A.F.E)

  • 1992 Completed CAD (Computer Aided Drafting) and Database (T.A.F.E)

  • 1997 Trained by Stac US Support Engineer Reachout (Remote Control Software)

  • 1997 Completed self training kit Implementing and Supporting Windows 95

  • 1997 Microsoft Proxy Server 2 (Workshop course Microsoft)

  • 1997 Microsoft Internet Information Server (Workshop Microsoft)

  • 1997 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server Core Technologies (Workshop course 5 Day)

  • 1998 Completed Computer Based Training using Microsoft Office

  • 1998 Certified MCP in Implementing and Supporting Windows NT 4.0 Server

  • 1998 Certified MCP in Implementing and Supporting Windows NT 4.0 Station

Equipment

Details of my current tools of trade....3x 19' Samsung 931C LCD monitors [3840 x 1024px] connected to the Matrox TripleHead2Go, using 2x VC 285 GTX 1GB GDDR3 OC "SLI" sitting on a ASUS Striker Extreme MB, Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6600 , memory Corsair 4GB (4x 1GB) DDR2 1066 XMS2 Dominator. HDD 2x 150G WD 10,000 rpm 1x WD VelociRaptor 300GB 10,000rpm, 1x 500G SATA II, 1x CD/DVD Pioneer SATA Drive. PSU  Thermaltake W0116 ToughPower 750W Modular EPS All housed in a THERMaltAKE ARMOR PLUS FULL TOWER
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External Dual Drive e-SATA (eSATA) HDD RAID Enclosure with 2TB, transfer rate of avg 75MB per second upwards.

see my photo gallery page

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Hobbies

I enjoy collecting 1:18 Scale Diecast V8 Supercars, American Muscle cars, and keeping up to date with technology i.e. the PC components evolution.    

I also own a HPI Baja SS remote control 2wd 1/5 scale buggy.  Visit photo Gallery for more photo's and video's.

HPI BAJA SS 5B CELLO ORIGINAL COLOUR

 

Want a laugh?   

Doesn't matter what type of humour,  you'll find something to get you laughing..  Visit my humour site

Life isn't tied with a bow,
but it's still a gift."