Fixed - Default gateway unavailable error - Windows 8 - WiFi problem

After struggling with re-occurring errors on my Acer Aspire E1-571 laptop I may have finally found a solution. The troubleshooting process is a little unclear on whether it's an issue with the wireless adaptor (an Intel Centrino Wireless-N 105 in this case), the modem, or windows itself. The internet seems to have settled on the consensus that it is an issue with Windows 8 as the problem is common across multiple devices and multiple wireless adaptors.

The general solution is to update your driver software. This is accessed through the device manager. However, automatically updating it, once you manage to connect to the internet is unsuccessful as the machine thinks it has the most up to date drivers installed. Instead, it is best to browse from a list of local drivers. This will probably give the option of 2 drivers, one provided by Microsoft and the other provided by your adaptor's manufacturer. Selecting the driver provided by your manufacturer seems to solve the issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67qQIUHNHN4

In steps, do the following:
1) Open Windows Explorer (the folder icon near the start button)
2) Right click on 'This PC' (this should be in the panel on the left of the window that just opened)
3) Select Properties
4) Select Device Manager (this should be in the panel on the left of the window that just opened)
5) Select Network Adaptors
6) Right click on your wireless adaptor (in my case it is listed as "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless N-105")
7) Select Update Driver Software
8) Select Browse My Computer
9) Select Let me pick from a list
10) Select the driver for your device that has been supplied by your adaptor's manufacturer (in my case it is the one that ends with (intel) not (microsoft))


Currently I have had no issues since the original date of posting (July 12th 2014).
If that changes I will update this part of this post.

48 hours - Turning back the clock

Looking back, 2014 was my 8th year competing in the 48 hour film competition. In that time I have drifted through a number of teams which have had varying levels of success. Having recently completed a thesis on time perception that focussed on retrospective elements of timing it strikes me as a good time for a retrospective of my time in the 48 hour film competition.

2014

2013

17:09 from HalfShellProductions on Vimeo.

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007
2006
I think this was the year I was with the JafaTV team at uni. I wasn't given a copy of the film and I can't find one online. From memory it was about a person who hit a hitchhiker and gets haunted by their ghost.

48 Hours 2014 - Half Shell and Guerilla Gorilla Cross Over - Harpy's Call and Siren's Call

Here is this year's effort for the 48 hour film competition. Our fearless leader elected to try a crossover with another team. I think it kind of worked out. In theory you should be able to watch them independently and/or in any order you like. Below they are shown in the order they were played in our screening (other team first then our team.)

Required Elements
CHARACTER :Morgan Foster - A Liar
 Line - "Not with that you're not"
 Prop - A Ball
 Shot - Extreme Close up / Macro
 Genre:
Other team - Fantasy
Our Team - Time Travel

 Other team: Harpy's Call
Harpy's Call from Imago Dei Films on Vimeo.

Our team: Siren's Call

NZ post Spam/Scam

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If you inspect the link that is normally in the above e-mail (replaced with google.co.nz above) you can see it's redirecting you to somewhere that is not NZpost to download something that is likely to be nasty:
http://redirect1.amenabd.com/Shipping-Invoice-03032013.exe

There is no reason for a shipping invoice to be stored as an executable (.exe) file.

This is likely to be malware or some form of virus.

Under the guidleines provided by the g-mail team, this qualifies as phishing.

Thesis Word Clouds

The thesis now exists a single document. This means it's super easy to make a word cloud.
For the sake of interest I'll be generating a few as the drafts progress and posting them here to see how things change.

First full draft 10/01/2014


Font: Grilled Cheese
Colour: Chilled summer
Horizontal words
Rounder edges

Third Draft 7/02/14