The Home of Ben May, Hervey Bay, QLD, Australia

7th Mar 2010

And they wonder

….why people outside Australia think of us they way they do…. (awesome video by the way)

14th Feb 2010

For as long as I can remember, I have been a person who lays down in bed to go to sleep, and although my body may start to relax my mind will continue to go on thinking and thinking, making it a longer process to get to sleep. I will often lay and think about the day that has just gone by, the day ahead, and what ever else may be on my mind.

In the past, I have used different iPhone apps that play just nice and quiet relaxation tracks, as a means to unwind and fall to asleep which are OK.

Recently, I purchased an iPhone application called pzizz sleep – which was described an NLP structured application and that it wasn’t just some standard relaxation app, but every session was different, not the same recording played every time.

What is it?
pzizz is a powerful new kind of insomnia treatment that’s perfect for you if you have the kind of sleep problems where you can’t switch off when in bed. It will help to quiet your mind, and gently ease you into restful sleep.
pzizz is non-addictive — there are no drugs. And because it’s possibly the most effective sleep treatment available it gives you back your sleeping and waking hours like no other remedy!

NLP – How it works
In simple terms what this means is that the spoken suggestions that are used in pzizz, and the way in which they’re spoken, produce maximum benefit for you every time you use it.

More info on the application which can also be installed on your computer is available here

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7th Feb 2010

They all Scanned?

Tonight marks the end of my photo scanning regime. We all have in the back of our mind, that we need to digitise our photo and video collections.

About a year ago I went out and bought a Cannon LIDE100 scanner, which is one of the most basic scanners around there, but it featured the cannon software that would detect if you scanned 4 pics, and would save each off separately at 600dpi which is quite impressive. This software was PC based, so I had to boot the Macbook Pro into XP to do it, there may be suitable and similar Mac software that does it?

About 800 photos later, I think I have scanned all my old photo albums that I have, I have FINALLY got my pics scanned, saved on the iMac, backed up with time machine and also saved online too.

The obvious reason why you need to have your photos and videos saved electronically, is that you have a terrific backup, should a) the photos deteriorate with age & humidity, b) you loose the photos c) something like the house burns down and you’ve lost everything. Having it backed up and saved online is terrific piece of mind!

My next step, a slightly more involved one, is to start backing up videos from VHS and video camera tapes.

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30th Jan 2010

Where did January go?

Wow, we’re already day away from February 2010, where have the first 30 days of this month and year gone?

I have not had a chance to really jump back on the poor old site and write anything, there has been many changes in the last couple of months for me commercially.

Towards the end of December, I re-branded my existing business and founded Alyte Creative, this was after I assessed my existing business arrangements and how things had been running up until that point, and for what was going to be best leading into the future.

Alyte is the crystallisation of the services and level of service I had been providing all kinds of businesses since leaving school. For those who may not have ever guessed, I am an I.T. oriented individual (nerd for short usually works), and focus on providing outstanding websites for business of all sizes. Having a considerable understanding of I.T., server administration, networking and such, this underpins the terrific websites and web apps I produce.

January has been a very busy month, both looking after clients and establishing many new programs for Alyte that I hope to launch in the near future. As I start to gain some time away from the office, I hope to get back to my pattern of posting here once in a while.

For more information on what Alyte is all about, the first stage of the website is live – head over to alyte.com.au

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