See Where I Work!

As part of the job share I am doing with Christian for the development of the new library website, one of the cooler things I have been playing around with is creating interactive online panoramas.
This involves taking a whole heap of photos from the same spot and 'stitching' them all together to create one huge 360 view, then loading that picture into a web page with a java applet called PT Viewer.

Once this is loaded you get a full interactive panorama which allows you to turn around, zoom in, zoom out.... basically allowing customers to have a interactive tour of our library.

Checkout my example here.

"Achoo", cough cough

Well it has been a hell of a weekend. Winter has set in, and do I get sick - no, my computer does! My PC has come down with the Vundo virus which is proving to be a pain in the butt to remove. I have run several different virus removal tools specially developed to kill Vundo, and I still have traces of the stupid thing throughout my system!

We had an electrician come over last week and install some new light fittings around the place. This included 2 new fittings in the gallery which have improved the lighting in there so much. We also have a new light in the stairwell which looks really cool (I will post some new pics soon), and finally a heater lamp in the bathroom which you could cook a roast under!

Delfin also came and did the front and side garden beds last week, so from the street view the house now looks completely finished and occupied.

Have a full week at work this week, no RDO plus I'm working this Saturday, so this Sunday will be a total bludge day.

Also, most of you probably won't believe me, but I have not been watching Big Brother this year. This has to be the crappiest season ever and lost my loyalty after about week 2.

Anyway, better go do something constructive. I promise to post some more pics soon.

All Locked Up

Well, what a busy week it was last week. Had lots of training for work during the week including a full day off-site "managing effective teams" session with some other council staff. I had a site visit to the new Sydenham Library on Thursday. The building works are progressing there very fast. The interior is pretty much complete and now most of the remaining work is on the exterior.

Speaking of building works. The house is now officially in lockup, so unfortunately when we went there on the weekend we could not get in to take newer photos (I tried though the glass, but there is too much reflection). The staircase is now in, as well as the decking on the entry/porch. All the plaster has been delivered and is piled up around the place inside, but as of the weekend they had not yet started putting the plaster up. The hole is now in the brickwork for where the embedded letterbox will go.

I am also going to upgrade my computer hopefully this weekend. I have a day off on Friday, so amongst other things I am going to go and buy the components I need to do the upgrade. That means I will be busy in the evenings this week backing up all the stuff on my current PC that I wish to keep (as I will reuse many parts from the current PC such as hard drives, CD/DVD ROMs, graphics card, ect.

Also a busy week socially this week. I am going out for dinner with some old workmates on Wednesday and out for dinner and movies with a group of friends on Friday night down at Werribee.

That's about it!