Computer Engineering Lab Christmas Party
Photos from our Christmas parties over the years. Thanks to Oliver for taking the photo again this year.
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LUKS on Intel or ARM Mac (using an ARM64 ArchLinux image under UTM)
For quite a while I’ve wanted to mount LUKS-encrypted partitions to my MacOS machines (here is how to do it in Windows). This post describes a way to do it using UTM virtual machine.
Installing Jekyll under Anaconda
Instructions for the above based on https://s-canchi.github.io/2021-04-30-jekyll-conda/.
Computer Engineering Lab Christmas Party Photo
Photos from our Christmas parties over the years. Thanks to Oliver for taking the photo again this year.
NANDA Workshop 2023
This is a trip report from the NANDA workshop in London.
Open Day 2023
Photos from the University of Sydney Open Day 2023. Thanks so much for those that helped out.
Shepherd St Building Smoking (Ground Breaking) Ceremony
After many years of planning, the Shepherd St Building construction at the University of Sydney is commencing. Here are some photos from the Smoking Ceremony to ward off bad spirits. Here are some ...
The History of Australian Computing
Resources on the history of computing in Australia: Graeme Philipson, A Vision Splendid - The History of Australian Computing, 2017 John Deane, Connections in the History of Australian Computi...
Delivery of EDDI Payload for CUAVA-2
The Electron Density and Debris Instrument (EDDI) that I’ve been working on with Quinn Musulin, Iver Cairns and Joe Khachan was delivered. The instrument measures electric field spectrum using a di...
2023 Winter VHF/UHF Field Day
Photos from the 2023 Winter VHF/UHF Field Day. More information in the Manly Warringah Radio Society post.
World tour
I am on sabbatical this semester so on my return trip from the FPGA conference, I came back the long way via England, Italy, Switzerland and Hong Kong. The purpose was give a lecture about our rece...
Deep Learning-Optimised FPGA Architectures
We presented a tutorial on Deep Learning-Optimized FPGA Archiectures, slides available here. It was an updated version of our previous tutorial.
Fishing Trip with Eden (Part 2)
A repeat trip with Derek (Warren’s brother) and his 12-year old son Eden. Here is the report from 2019 http://phwl.org/2019/fishing-trip-with-eden/.
ICFPT 2022 Conference
Had an amazing time at the International Conference on Field Programmable Technology in Hong Kong, the 21st conference in the series.
Computer Engineering Lab Christmas Party Photo
Photos from our Christmas parties over the years. This year we were joined by David’s dog. Thanks to Oliver for taking the photo!
Scheme primer
Here is an excellent primer on scheme, a lisp-like programming language.
The importance of stupidity in scientific research
The importance of stupidity in scientific research by Martin A. Schwartz is good essay on the nature of research. It explains that research is immersion in the unknown, we don’t know what we are do...
MICRO22 Conference in Chicago
Here are some photos from the MICRO22 conference in Chicago. where we presented a tutorial on Deep Learning-Optimized FPGA Archiectures, slides available here.
Domain woes
While overseas, http://phwl.org suddenly stopped working.
An amazing IOCCC Entry
A really good entry to the International Obsfucated C Code Contest.
Installing Docker 2022 Semester 2
Here are installation instructions for installing Docker and running the software required for ELEC3608 Computer Architecture.
Outboard Links
I had not used the Windows Subsystem for Linux before as it didn’t support encrypted drives. It has come a long way and here are some notes.
Bodangora Wind Farm
Visited the Bodangora Wind Farm, owned by Iberdrola Australia (wikipedia entry here. It is located near Dubbo, has 33 turbines and capacity of 113.2 MW.
Breville Dual Boiler links
Here are some links to information on the Breville Dual Boiler. Ours is the BES920 espresso machine and BCG820BSS grinder.
ANZ Real-time ML & HPC Symposium and Network 2022
Organised a symposium at the Quantum Terminal.
Proxmox server
How to install proxmox on a single server with 2 disks (SSD and hard disk). This was for Proxmox Virtual Environment 7.1-7.
Tips running Linux under WSL2
Here are some tips for using Windows Subsystem for Linux.
What to do about failing real analysis for the second time
I found this post very interesting and the analysis spot on https://blog.plover.com/math/self-esteem.html. The solution is to start working seriously much earlier - not only will you pass, you mig...
Installing Docker 2022 ELEC3607 version
This post has been superseded by http://phwl.org/installing-docker-semester2-elec3608/
Debian on QEMU-emulated ARM-64 aarch64
How to install Debian Linux under an ARM 64 bit (aarch64) emulation using qemu.
Sydney University Electrical Engineering Graduation Ceremony Dec 2021
Congratulations to our graduating students this semester. This was the first time I’ve had 3 PhDs in the same ceremony.
Sir John Madsen (1879-1969) archives
A collection of historical records on Sir John Percival Vissing Madsen (1879-1969) from his grandson, Roger Madsen.
Computer Engineering Lab Christmas Party Photo
Down on numbers again this year due to COVID but we had another good Christmas party at Balls Head. People that attended but missing from the photo were Barry and Kathy Flower, Bo Peng and Ian Hedd...
Sydney University Electrical Engineering Photos from 1971
Historical polaroids from Chris Z.
Windows 10 No Audio Output Device is Installed Problem
This is a fix to the “No Audio Output Device is Installed Problem” which occurs after a Windows Update.
Flathead Ubuntu GPU Machine Install
This is how a new machine, flathead, was configured.
Debian on ARM via QEMU
NOTE this post has been superseded by https://phwl.org/2022/qemu-aarch64-debian/.
BeagleBone Green Getting Started
How to get started with a BeagleBone Green (BBG) including installation, internet, GPIO, device tree, Si5351 interface via i2c and cross compiling the kernel.
QEMU ARM Linux system using Buildroot and GPIO emulation
This post details building an ARM linux image via buildroot, emulation using QEMU and using it for emulated GPIO.
Computer Engineering Lab Christmas Party Photo
A little late this year (and down on numbers due to COVID) but we had an enjoyable Christmas party.
Albacore Ubuntu GPU Machine Install
This is how a new machine, albacore, was configured.
Amberjack Ubuntu GPU Machine Install
This is how a new machine, amberjack, was configured.
Xilinx Vivado 2020.1 on Ubuntu using Docker
Using Docker, installation of the Xilinx Vivado tools can be automated and isolated.
Parker 45’s
A small collection of Parker 45 pens.
Installing Docker
This post has been superseded by https://phwl.org/2022/installing-docker-2022-version/.
Computing links
A collection of interesting computing and server links.
Real-time automatic modulation classification using RFSoC
Here is a short video describing our work on FPGA-based machine learning for real-time automatic modulation classification (AMC).
Wailing Joe Siren
Cleaning up some old stuff and found this from the 70’s.
EIE graduation class
Photo of my undergraduate graduation class, Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Sydney.
Staple Review
A stapler is one of the more important pieces of academic equipment.
Herber Hoover on Engineering
On Engineering - Herbert Hoover
Computer Engineering Lab Christmas Party Photo
We continue to have the world’s earlier Christmas party!
Graduation Ceremony
Congratulations to Rijul Gupta who graduated today with first-class honours. This photo shows him receiving his degree from the Chancellor, Belinda Hutchinson. In the foreground, from the right is ...
Generating a Publications List from BibTex files
Publications list in Markdown For many years I’ve been using a convoluted process to generate my publications list from separate bibtex files for journals, conferences, books, patents, etc. I thou...
Ten Lessons I wish I had been Taught - Gian-Carlo Rota
Interesting talk by the late MIT mathematician and philosopher
Academic Genealogy
I visited my PhD supervisor, Dr Marwan Anwar Jabri last week in San Francisco. He left academia to found Dilithium Networks which was then acquired by OnMobile Global Ltd. He is now Founder at Neur...
Berkeley Wireless Research Center 20th Year Anniversary
Photos from the Berkeley Wireless Research Center 20th Year Anniversary.
Tokyo Institute of Technology Tsubame 3.0 Visit
Hosted by Prof Hiroki Nakahara and Prof Yuko Hara-Azumi, I gave a talk entitled “Large Scale FPGA Implementations of Machine Learning Algorithms” (slides available at /talks) at the Tokyo Institute...
FPT18 Workshop on Embedded Machine Learning
Embedded Machine Learning: Technology and Opportunities
Harbin Intitute of Technology (HIT) Reconfigurable Computing Course 2018
Lecture Notes (0-cel, 1-intro-cn, 1-lstm, 2-architecture, 3-exploration, 4-parallelism, 5-integration, 6-customisation, 7-precision, 8-mca, 9-kernelarch)
Nobel laureates Joachim Frank and Dan Shechtman
Q&A session with Nobel laureates Joachim Frank (Columbia) and Dan Shechtman (Technion, Israel), moderated by Julie Carney.
How to apply to the Computer Engineering Lab at the University of Sydney
Please note that I receive a large number of emails from students wishing to join the Computer Engineering Lab (CEL), School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney. The...
Directions to CEL
The Computer Engineering Laboratory is on the 8th Floor of the Electrical Engineering Building (Building J03), The University of Sydney. My office is Room 837 (inside Lab 840) and the entrance is o...
Code for Leong and Carlile, “Methods for spherical data analysis and visualization”
The source code for the paper:
Gordon Bell talk at the University of Sydney
Gordon Bell gave a talk at the University of Sydney today. He signed my computer engineering book.
School Retreat (Manly 2016)
Here are some photos from the School of Electrical and Information Engineering retreat in Manly.
PAPAA 2016
We had a very successful Croucher PAPAA workshop at Hong Kong University.
Meeting Dr Karl
A great honour to hang out with the inimitable Dr Karl Kruszelnicki (and Taylor Swift) this morning. A real gentleman.
Kangaroo Tagging at Nelson Bay
I had the opportunity to visit the Nelson Bay Golf Course and observe the tagging programme of semi-wild Eastern Grey Kangaroos being conducted by a colleague in Veterinary Science. Our interest in...
Molonglo Radio Observatory
The University of Sydney’s Molonglo Radio Observatory is located about 3-4 hours south of Sydney. It is being used to prototype some of the technologies in the proposed Square Kilometer Array.
A Gift From my Students
I was honoured to have received this pen from my ex-students at CUHK.
Life, the Universe and Fishing
I was asked by Prof Evangeline Young to give a “Lunchtime Pizza talk” on the 15th May, 2009. Here is the text of the talk which is not really about fishing but concerns graduate research.
Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
Making ice cream using liquid nitrogen at Imperial College.
Liquid nitrogen ice cream
After reading the April 1994 article, “Chemistry and Physics in the Kitchen” in Scientific American, I made liquid nitrogen ice cream for the first time with Drs Barry Flower and Markus Schenkel.
Postdoc at SGS Thomson in Milan
Photos from my postdoc at SGS Thomson in Milan. I had a great time over there and made some lifelong friends.
fishing
New Zealand Fly Fishing Trip 2024
Over the Easter break, went on a fly-fishing trip to the South Island of New Zealand with Beard. My last trip was in 2015,
Pittwater with Beard and Carol
In this summer of fishing, went to Pittwater with Beard and Carol (my student).
Hawkesbury River fishing with students
Had a good morning fishing with Wenjie and Bo in the Hawkesbury.
Motor home trip to Lake Eucumbene and Young
Motorhome We rented a motorhome this year. It’s a Mercedes Sprinter with all the fancy features like hot water and shower.
Fly-fishing for Kingfish, Flathead and Salmon in Pittwater, Nov 2021
The misadventure began when Barry called me at 10pm the night prior to tell me he was a COVID close contact and could not make the fishing trip.
Sydney Harbour Bream
This brush turkey tried to bite my camera.
Hawkesbury River Rescue
It started off as a rather routine Easter fishing day trip to Mooney Mooney with Warren.
Trailer Bearings
Here is how you tell what types of trailer bearings you have without taking them out.
Lake Eucumbene - who would go trout fishing during a heatwave?
Made a trip to Buckenderra Holiday Village on Lake Eucumbene for a very hot Australia Day weekend.
Sydney Harbour Luderick
Went for a fish in Sydney Harbour with Beard this afternoon.
Hawkesbury River 2020
As has been the custom for many years, I went for a camping/fishing trip with high-school friend Warren on the Hawkesbury River (here is a list of previous trips).
Googong Dam
Barry and I were in Canberra on a CruxML business trip and had a quick fish in Googong Dam.
Lake Copeton Fishing for Murray Cod and Golden Perch
Drove with Beard for 16 hours for 10 hours fishing at Lake Inverell.
Lake Wallace Smoked Rainbow Trout
Went with Beard for a day trip to Lake Wallace in the Blue Mountains. It was a rainy day but fortunately not too windy.
Fishing trip with Eden
Warren’s brother, Derek and his son Eden were visiting from Broome and we took them out on the Hawkesbury. We only had a few hours and the tides were not quite right.
Mooney Mooney Spring Trip 2019
This was the first trip for Warren and I for the season. We were on the way to Milson Island when the engine started hesitating and then stopped.
Mako on Fly - San Diego 2019
The mako shark is one of the fastest and most ferocious fish in the sea. They can swim up to 69 km/h (42 mph) and jump 6m (20 feet) in the air. There two species, the shortfin (Isurus oxyrinchus) a...
Grass Valley Fly-Fishing 2019
The FPGA Fly-Fishing Symposium 2019 (FFF’19) was a post-FPGA Conference workshop, attended by Guy, Ken and I.
Sydney Harbour Kingfish Jan 2019
It was cold and wet today but good to get out with Beard and son in Sydney Harbour. First time I can remember the temperature high and low being 21 C in the middle of summer.
Hawkesbury 2018
Returned to the Hawkesbury River with Warren and my daughter Nicole. Last time I was there camping with Nicole was in 2009. The fishing was tough and the trip reasonably uneventful. Here are my sna...
Mooney Mooney Morning 2018
Couldn’t believe this was the first time this year Warren and I fished Mooney Mooney. It was forecast to be 13-31 Celcius, 10 degrees above the average and the first warm day of spring. Wind was to...
Fishing Utah 2018
Prior to the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference in Salt Lake City, went on an awesome fly-fishing trip, hosted by Brent in Provo, Utah. My previous trip was in 2008.
Pittwater Jan 2018
Despite it being really windy, had a good day of fishing with Beard and his son Lachlan in Pittwater.
Fly-fishing for Kingfish in Pittwater, Sydney
Ken came from Seattle to Sydney for a few solid days of fishing. I’m going to call this FFF’18 (even though it was in 2017 and the real FFF’18 was Ken and Guy fishing in NZ).
Forster trip with Ken
Ken came to visit from Seattle so Beard and I took a day off on Friday to go car-camping in Forster.
South West Rocks (Michael Zhu)
An awesome fishing report that Michael Zhu sent to me via Facebook Messenger.
Trinity River 2017
The 3rd annual FPGA Fly Fishing Workshop (FFF’17) was down on attendance, only Ken and myself participating from the 19-20th Feb, 2017. This year, it was on the Trinity River, California, fishing f...
Mungo Brush Beach
Photos from Mungo Brush beach.
Tailor at the Spit Bridge 2017
First fish of 2017 is a tailor (and it was a fluke).
Hawkesbury 2016
Photos from another great trip to the Hawkesbury River.
Olympic Peninsula Fly-Fishing 2016
I participated in the 2nd FPGA Fly-Fishing (FFF’16) Symposium in Seattle WA, hosted by Ken and attended by Guy, Aaron (not pictured below) and myself. The previous FFF was in New Zealand and is des...
Luderick Fishing Sydney Harbour
Luderick (otherwise known as blackfish) are among my favourite targets as they are quite plentiful in Sydney Harbour and the fishing is very visual. The rig involves a green weed or sea lettuce on ...
Hawkesbury River 2015
A camping trip with Warren to the Hawkesbury has become an annual event but unfortunately, we couldn’t do it this year but went for a day trip. This was also our first fishing trip there in the new...
New Zealand Fly-Fishing 2015
After attending the International Conference on Field Programmable Technology, Brent, Ken and myself took a 5-day fly-fishing trip around the Omarama region of the South Island in New Zealand. We c...
Stacer Outlaw 429
Traded in the Quintrex for a new Stacer Outlaw 429 with Evinrude 50 hp at Huett Marine. I highly recommend them as they are great people to deal with and very knowledgeable.
Quintrex Fishseeker Photos
Didn’t realise that we have had this boat since 1993. It has performed faultlessly over this period and the Evinrude 30hp outboard still starts first pull.
Fishhook removal
In all my years of fishing, we were fortunate not to have had a bad injury. There was the time Beard, Warren and myself tried to run a rapid on the Katherine River in the Northern Territories in a ...
Hawkesbury River 2014
Much like previous years, went to do some fishing in the Hawkesbury River over the Christmas break. This time, Beard joined us. Nothing too different from other trips and a good time was had by all.
Fishing with friends
Our boat was purchased around 1991 and has served us well. It is jointly owned with my close university friends, Beard and Warren. We were pleased to go out together for the first time in more than...
Hawkesbury River 2013
Our trips to the Hawkesbury River have become an annual event.
Cowan Creek
Photos from a short trip to Cowan Creek on a foggy morning. More after the jump.
Luderick Sydney Harbour
Went for a fish in Sydney Harbour with my neighbour Michael. Had a great time catching luderick (otherwise known as blackfish).
Lake Eucumbene 2013
Lake Eucumbene is an alpine lake about 500km south west of Sydney. My fishing mate, Beard (nickname which refered to his facial hair - he doesn’t have one anymore but the name stuck), and I made a ...
Hawkesbury River 2012
In what has turned out to become an annual event, went on a 4 day camping trip to the Hawkesbury River with my high-school friend, Warren. We camp on a beach which is only accessible by boat.
Hawkesbury River 2011
Went with Warren to the Hawkesbury River for 3 days of fishing and camping.
Forster 2008
Went on a 4 day fishing trip to Booti Booti National Park with my mates, Warren and Chris despite unfavourable tides and weather. Life’s too short to only go fishing when conditions are good. We we...
Forster 2007
Forster is about a four hour drive from Sydney. Went on a very brief overnight camping/fishing trip with my good friends from Sydney University, Warren and Chris.
A trip to Finland
My trip to Finland coincided with the Midsummer Festival, an event which I was lucky enough to share with my host Tero.
Walthamstow Reservoir
From Sydney, going trout fishing requires commitment. It is either an 8 hour drive to the Snowy Mountains or a plane trip to New Zealand. From Hong Kong, it is even more difficult. In London, I fou...
Meon Springs
Fished Meon Springs yesterday. It was my first fishing trip in the UK and my first experience fishing a managed, stocked fishery. Went with Tero Rissa who got the beautiful 6.5 pound hen rainbow tr...
Weipa
Here are some photos taken from a fishing trip to Weipa in 2004 with Chris See.
London Lakes
Here are some photos from a trip to London Lakes in Tasmania that I made in December 2002.
Fishing Photos
Here are some of my favourite fishing photos from the age before digital cameras.
A Ballard of Ducks
The railway rattled and roared and swung With jolting carriage and bumping trucks. The sun, like a billiard red ball, hung In the western sky: and the tireless tongue Of the wild-eyed man in the co...
Testament of a Fisherman
I fish because I love to; because I love the environs where trout are found, which are invariably beautiful and I hate the environs where crowds of people are found, which are invariably ugly; beca...
New Zealand Trip
Fished the South Island of New Zealand in November 1996 with fishing buddy Beard. Here are some pictures of the trip.
Marlin on Fly
Black marlin on fly, Cape Bowling Green, Queensland
Barramundi on Fly
Introduction Barramundi
travel
Phuket trip
Went for a 1 week holiday in Phuket. It was many years ago that we were last there.
Hawkesbury River Trip with Dr Phil
The forecast was for 20 knot wind and rain. Who would be crazy enough to go fishing?
Lakemba Ramadan Nights
Some photos from Lakemba Ramadan Nights Food Festival 2022.
Trip to Eden
This was planned as a family trip but Nicole was a COVID close contact the day prior to departure so couldn’t participate.
Christmas Day at Darling Harbour
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.
Motor home trip to Lake Eucumbene and Young
Motorhome We rented a motorhome this year. It’s a Mercedes Sprinter with all the fancy features like hot water and shower.
Moree campervan trip
Hired a Toyota Hiace campervan and went for a drive to Moree via Muswellbrook and Tamworth.
Tasmanian Holiday
Went to Tasmania for a few days. Last time I was here was 2015.
Crookwell Sheep Shearing
Went to visit Prickle Farmer in Crookwell and take some photographs.
Lightning Ridge
Went for a drive to Lightning Ridge in the central north of NSW. It is an opal mining town and the major source of the rare black opal.
Dubbo trip
Went for a drive to Dubbo as a cure for cabin fever.
London trip
Went to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden to see the David McVicar production of The Magic Flute.
Hong Kong and Shanghai Trip 2019
Shenzhen I always look forward to visiting Hong Kong and Shanghai. Here are some photos from the trip.
Hong Kong and Zhuhai 2019
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Yosemite 2019
Went for a two day trip to Yosemite National Park, staying at Yosemite Cedar Lodge. It is such a magnificent place. Wish I had more time there to take photos.
Las Vegas 2019
Made the 16 hour return drive to Las Vegas for a long weekend. Here are some photos.
EDC
Thought I’d post a photo of what I’m going to take on my upcoming 6 month trip the US for my “every day carry” or EDC.
The Bar, Hyatt Regency Okinawa 2018
Following the FPT conference, we had a great evening at The Bar on the top floor of the Hyatt Regency in Naha, Okinawa.
Shanghai Harbin 2018
Had a short holiday prior to giving my 2018 Reconfigurable Computing course at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT). Photos herein are mainly of food.
Chengdu and Hong Kong 2018
Took a train trip to Chengdu for Sichuan food prior to the Performance-Aware Programming with Application Accelerators (PAPAA) 2018 Workshop in Hong Kong.
An Afternoon in Frankfurt 2018
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Shanghai 2018
Went to Shanghai again to collaborate with Prof Lingli Wang at Fudan University.
Postcard from Shanghai 2017
Travelled to Shanghai to visit my collaborators at Fudan University over Easter 2017.
London, Xi’an and Macau 2016
Departed on a beautiful early-summer Sydney morning in late Nov.
Osaka trip 2016
Spent a week in Osaka, the last time we were there was 2013.
Cradle Mountain Tasmania
A gallery of photographs taken around Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.
Postcard from Kyoto and Osaka
Following the International Conference on Field Programmable Technology we spent some time in Kyoto and Osaka.
Postcard from Harbin Summer 2013
After a superb trip to Harbin in winter, I returned in summer to attend the ICEMI conference, kindly hosted again by Prof Peng Yu, Prof Shaojun Wang and Mr Yeyong Pang from Harbin Institute of Te...
Shanghai April 2013
I had an excellent trip to Shanghai last year and wrote about it here. I was fortunate enough to be invited back.
Postcard from Harbin
Had a really cool time in Harbin.
Postcard from Shanghai
Spent a fortnight over Easter in Shanghai,
Postcard from London 2011
I only have this as a pdf file but this link contains the story of my 2011 trip to London: london-2011.
Elaine’s (off) Road Trip
Check out Elaine’s amazing motorcycle trip around Australia here
Postcard from Ottawa
In return for my sins I was sent to Ottawa for the week.
Beijing and Harbin
Here are some photos taken from a trip to Beijing and Harbin in 2009.
Telluride 2000
Town of Telluride taken from the Jud Wiebe Trail
Cessna first solo
Been taking flying lessons and took my first solo in a Cessna 152 in December 1996.
photography
Lion Dance in Cabramatta
Wishing everyone a happy and successful Chinese New Year!
Sydney Harbour Panorama
Taken from the Harbour Bridge.
Another Balls Head Panorama
Nothing much happened the entire morning except for a brief moment when Beard and I had a double hookup.
Crookwell Sheep Shearing
Went to visit Prickle Farmer in Crookwell and take some photographs.
Foggy morning, pork crackling and MWRS AGM
Early walk on a very foggy morning.
Dubbo trip
Went for a drive to Dubbo as a cure for cabin fever.
Camden Haven
Photos from North Brother Lookout.
Balls Head
Photos from Balls Head.
Death of a Canon S120
I really liked my Canon S120 but it met its demise by being drowned in coffee. Replaced it with a very similar Canon G9X mk II which has a larger, 1” sensor. From my limited time with the new camer...
The Bar, Hyatt Regency Okinawa 2018
Following the FPT conference, we had a great evening at The Bar on the top floor of the Hyatt Regency in Naha, Okinawa.
Talks by documentary photographers
TED talks from some of the best documentary photographers.
The Dish, Parkes NSW
The Dish
Balls Head Panorama
Sydney Skyline from Balls Head
Fujifilm X Links
Introduction Wandering around Sim City in Hong Kong, a mint Fujifilm X100T jumped out and emptied my wallet. This is the first digital camera I really like as it is small, quiet and fast, making it...
Osaka trip 2016
Spent a week in Osaka, the last time we were there was 2013.
Danny Lim
Took this photo of Danny Lim, Activist, outside Redfern station. A nice guy and quite a character!
Sydney looking west
A westward looking photograph of Sydney with the Eastern Suburbs in the foreground, Sydney CBD and Harbour in the middle, and the Blue Mountains in the distance. It is a post processed using techni...
Sydney University Open Day (from a weather balloon)
A photograph of the Sydney University Open Day from a weather balloon above the tower of the main quadrangle. This photo was made with Sydney University Electrical and Information Engineering stude...
The Gap, Watsons Bay, Sydney
Some photos from The Gap, Watsons Bay, Sydney this morning at sunrise.
High Altitude Balloon Launch #1
Our Sydney University Electrical Engineering students, Stephen Tridgell and David Portelli successfully made a high-altitude balloon launch from Blayney, NSW. Stephen’s report is after the jump.
Panorama at Akuna Bay
Went for a drive this morning to Akuna Bay. Fog was coming off the river and this photograph was taken on the road between Akuna Bay and Church Point.
Sydney skyline at dusk
This photo of Sydney was taken from Kirribilli, not too far from the Harbour Bridge.
Blue Mountains
The 1 million hectare Blue Mountains is a World Heritage listed National Park in NSW Australia. Its name comes from the blueish haze that often appears above it due to evaporation of eucalyptus oil...
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong has a beautiful campus. Here are some photographs.
Street photos from Hong Kong
Here are some street photos from Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Skyline
Here are some photographs of Hong Kong.
Snowboard Fever
Photo from Beijing ski trip.
Stanwell Park
This photo of Stanwell Park was taken back in 1999.
diy
Visiting Farmer Rod (Massey Ferguson repair)
A farm tour and repairs to a forklift and Massey Ferguson tractor.
Trailer Bearing Replacement
My boat trailer is about 10 years old and on the original set of bearings. I guess it’s time to change them.
2015 Evinrude ETEC 50hp Service
Here is how to change the fuel filter and gearcase oil on a 2015 Evinrude 50hp ETEC outboard motor.
Telwater Stacer/Quintex Aerator Fix
This is the first problem I’ve had with my Stacer 429 (very similar to the Quintrex 420SC Renegade) since I purchased it in 2015. The live bait tank pump stopped working. Here are the steps I used...
A Visit to the Victorinox Store in Lausanne
This is the Victorinox store in Lausanne.
Shoe rack
My wife wanted me to build her a shoe rack. Since you can buy one from Ikea for $20 and it is hardly going to be furniture, why not spend a day building one for considerably more?
Boat maintenance links
Some links about boat maintenance.
Tap Seat Refacing to Fix Dripping Tap
How hard could it be to fix a dripping tap? I’ve been battling with this one in my mother’s kitchen for several decades.
Corolla Ignition Coil
Wife returned home with the Corolla’s Check Engine light blinking and the car sputtering on 3 cylinders.
Fixing rice cooker E1 error
This is a $20 rice cooker from Taobao which stopped working with an E1 error just when we had family over for dinner.
Miele H4212B Oven Repair
I’ve never heard of any oven failing but ours went bang after my wife opened the door.
Workbench
Photo of my workbench.
Anti-fouling Charlie’s boat
My friend Charlie’s boat was at the dock for anti-fouling and I gave him a hand.
MY16 Subaru Forester Cabin Air / Pollen Filter Replacement
Took our 2016 Forester to Subaru for a service. They called me back asking if I wanted to pay $143 to replace the Cabin Air/Pollen filter.
Trailer Bearings
Here is how you tell what types of trailer bearings you have without taking them out.
Smoked duck
One of my favorite dishes is smoked duck.
Simple capillary alcohol stove from 375 ml coke can
It only takes about 10 min to make a stove that burns methylated spirits from a coke can.
Loose mattock head
This Stanley mattock has had a loose head for a few years now. Time to fix it properly.
Camp Kitchen (chuck box)
Wanted to make a camp kitchen for a while to use on the boat.
Honda HRU19D Lawnmower Full Service (Carburettor, Oil, Spark Plugs, Blades)
My Honda HRU19D has gone 10 years without a service.
Raised Garden Bed
Over a couple of weekends, made a raised garden bed for the back garden.
New Stove Case
Carried an electric stove all the way back from Shanghai only to drop and break the plastic case.
Kigumi table
Really amazing craftsmanship on this table.
Refinishing Footstool
Refinishing a footstool I made about 5 years ago in Tasmanian Oak. It was my take on this elegant design published in Fine Woodworking http://www.finewoodworking.com/2002/02/01/a-sturdy-footstool.
Camphor Laurel Timber Slab Hall Table
This nice camphor laurel slab was purchased at the Sydney Timber and Working with Wood Show.
radio
Program Yaesu FTM-500DR (without a Cable)
This post explains how to program the memories of a Yaesu FTM-500DR via the microSD card (instead of a cable).
Trans-Tasman Low-Band Contest
Photos from the Manly Warringah Radio Society setting up in the Berrima Scout Hall for the Trans-Tasman Low-Band Contest.
Yaesu FT-817ND
The Yaesu FT-817ND was for many years the ultimate low-power (5W) all-band radio.
Yaesu VX-6R
A good and relatively inexpensive 2m/70cm handie talkie (HT) is the Yaesu VX-6R. It is compact and rugged. While still available in Australia, it was discontinued in the US in Dec 2020.
Wyong Field Day
This was the first time I attended Wyong Field day 2021 “Mayham”.
Real-time automatic modulation classification using RFSoC
Here is a short video describing our work on FPGA-based machine learning for real-time automatic modulation classification (AMC).
Codan 6924
Picked up this “not working” Codan radio on Gumtree.
Amateur Radio Links
Here is a collection of amateur radio links.
Installing USRP Toolchain (UHD and GNU Radio) for Ettus B210 (on Ubuntu 18.04)
Installation of software for Ettus B210.
John Moyle Memorial Field Day 2020
The Manly Warringah Radio Society activated Barrington Tops in the John Moyle Memorial Field Day this year.
Spring VHF/UHF Field Day
Photos from the 2019 Spring VHF/UHF Field Day. More information at the Manly Warringah Radio Society site.
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend 2019
Activation of Barrenjoey Lighthouse with the Manly Warringah Radio Society (MWRS) on the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend. There are more photos at the MWRS writeup.
Visit to W1QG’s shack
Chris Dick was kind enough to introduce me to his friend, Dick Benson W1QG, a retired hardware development engineer. We went to visit his very impressive shack (which was not difficult to spot from...
Amateur Radio Shops in Akihabara
Passing through Tokyo this week and took the opportunity to visit a few amateur radio shops in Akihabara. <a href= "/assets/images/2018/12/DSCF5835.jpg" > <img src= "/assets/imag...
Visit to University of Kassel Amateur Radio Club
University of Kassel Amateur Radio Club station. Here I am with a sausage, received as honorarium for giving a lecture.
WSJT-X with improved antenna
26 May 2018
Installing powerpoles
Anderson Powerpole connectors are the standard for 12V amateur radio equipment. Instructions are here: https://powerwerx.com/help/powerpole-assembly-instructions and this figure shows the correct o...
How to program Australian Repeaters into an Icom IC-2730A using Chirp
I was not able to find much information on how to program Australian repeaters into my Icom IC-2730A. I did this under a Windows 7 VirtualBox virtual machine since I thought all I needed was the Ic...
John Moyle Memorial Field Day 2018
Tim VK2BT, Dave VK2JDS and Owen VK2OL
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend 2017
At my first International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend with the Manly Warringah Radio Society, operating from Barrenjoey Lighthouse. Here is their writeup: http://www.mwrs.org.au/lighthouse-ope...
A 2m/70cm (146MHz and 440MHz) J-pole Antenna
My electronics doesn’t normally involve a hacksaw, hammer and propane torch but I had fun building this J-pole antenna from instructions by N6JSX.
software
Installing Docker 2022 Semester 2
Here are installation instructions for installing Docker and running the software required for ELEC3608 Computer Architecture.
Installing Docker 2022 ELEC3607 version
This post has been superseded by http://phwl.org/installing-docker-semester2-elec3608/
Install Vitis/Vivado
Instructions on how to install Vivado 2020.1 under Ubuntu Linux 20.04.
Luks Encryption under Ubuntu
Copy a LUKS volume This is how to copy a LUKS partition from back1 to back2.
Installing Docker
This post has been superseded by https://phwl.org/2022/installing-docker-2022-version/.
DUST2 Ubuntu GPU Machine Install
New Install Ubuntu 20.04.3 (28/8/2021)
Updating jekyll on macOS
When doing a bundle update I got an error telling me that installing ffi failed, and the following had to be fixed: ``` phwl@x86_64-apple-darwin13 phwl.github.io % gem install ffi -v ‘1.12.2’ –sou...
VPN to the University of Sydney on Ubuntu
Openconnect makes it easy to use the University of Sydney VPN on Ubuntu.
Installing Anaconda and Pytorch
Here is how I configured Anaconda and Pytorch 0.4.1 on the Ubuntu 18.04 system mentioned here. This was for running DTWnet.
Linux and Docker links
Some interesting links.
Setting up some new Ubuntu/NVIDIA machines
Some new machines arrived in the lab including a Dell XPS 8930 Desktop with Dell UltraSharp U2518D monitor.
Moving from Wordpress to Jekyll
I have been using Wordpress for many years. It produces good looking websites and is easy to install and maintain. Unfortunately, it isn’t easy at all to backup the website, and the interface is al...
Dropbox - don’t give full access to your machine
Dropbox is a widely used program but they have a wide-open back door which allows them to circumvent Apple’s (good) security features. Upon startup, they ask for you to enter your administrator pa...
macOS Install
It seemed like a good idea to remove all the accumulated rubbish on my MacBook Pro and install what I really needed. Here are the steps:
Dell Inspiron 13 7000
Setup of a Dell Inspiron 13 7000 running Windows 10 Pro at USyd
How to make a Ubuntu boot usb in OSX (don’t use the UNetbootin USB installer)
I had a lot of trouble making an Ubuntu boot USB drive from OSX. The instructions on https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-macos#0 don’t work in general. I think ther...
electronics
Install Vitis/Vivado
Instructions on how to install Vivado 2020.1 under Ubuntu Linux 20.04.
Canon G9x charging via USB
I was having problems charging my Canon G9x via USB.
Electronics Flea Market
On the second weekend of Mar-Sep, the Electronics Flea Market runs in the carpark of Fry’s Electronics, Sunnyvale CA. I arrived at 8am because I thought I might be the only one there at the startin...
Repair of a Marantz 74CD67 CD Player
My mother bought this Marantz 74CD67 CD player in 1996. Twenty years later, it was unable to read reliably.
Ettus USRP x310 installation on Ubuntu
Vivado 2017.4 Version (Aug 2018)
hk
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong has a beautiful campus. Here are some photographs.
Street photos from Hong Kong
Here are some street photos from Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Skyline
Here are some photographs of Hong Kong.
computers
TP Link TL-WPA4220 problem and fix
I purchased a TL-WPA4220 which was was unreliable. The connection did not stay up more than a day or so.
Hard disk replacement for a mid-2011 iMac
Today on the operating table we have a mid-2011 iMac with a dead hard disk.
Intel NUC8i7BEH
Impressed by the Intel NUC8i7BEH. It went together easily, requiring only a Philips head. Installed Ubuntu linux and it is pretty fast and quiet.
music
Links to mostly Jazz Standards
A short list of great jazz muscians and recordings, mostly standards.
Jascha Heifetz links
Links to Jascha Heifetz documentaries, masterclasses and performances.
cruxml
If-bit-then
This optimisation came up in a consulting job for CruxML. A common pattern in embedded programming or high-level synthesis is if-bit-then, i.e. test a bit and modify a variable depending on the re...