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ZQ02356 – 7x40W Bee Eye Moving Light – Unofficial Manual

Another light! This one I actually made a year ago, but I m adding it here so people can find it 🙂 Model is ZQ02356 The original instructions said it was a 7x40W LED. This is a lie. This model is also sold by a bunch of different companies, main one being UKing. Here s theContinue reading

ZQ02109 – 7x30W LED Bee Eye Moving Light – Unofficial Manual

Another day, another light in need of an unofficial manual. This one has a proper model number however, it s a ZQ02109 7x30W LED Bee Eye Moving Light Here s the unofficial manual Here s the official manual (it s actually not too bad) And here s an ETC EOS/Element DMX Profile you can use (instructions are in the file)Continue reading

Mini 740 Bee Eye LED Moving Light – Unofficial Manual

I ran into a light I couldn t find a profile for, with a pretty average manual. So I worked out all the DMX channels and wrote an unofficial manual. There s not even any model or descriptor on the light, so here s all the details I found incase someone else tries googling the same words IContinue reading

Using the Canon 8400F Scanner on Windows 11

Here s a quick guide on getting the drivers to work for the CanoScan 8400F on Windows 11 The CanoScan 8400F Scanner is nearly 20 years old now, it was annouced in late 2004 and if you want to get a brand new scanner of this calibre you re looking at well over $1200AUD for an EpsonContinue reading

Setting a Blank DHCP Searchdomain on OpnSense

Super quick one because it took me way too long to google the answer How to tell Opnsense to not send through the searchdomain setting with DHCP this stops it from interfering with domains that have no TLD (for people with funky LAN setups) Problem: I use pihole for my network, I haveContinue reading

Thermaltake Riing Fan Rewiring and Pinout

I needed a 120mm fan for my 3D Printer that I was messing around with and found some Thermaltake Riing Plus fans I had lying around, but I needed to control them via a standard fan header rather than using the special 9 pin plug they have. Here s a quick run down to change theContinue reading

HP Chromebook 14 G5 Trackpad Failure

I have a fleet of about 200 HP Chromebook 14 G5 s that I manage at my job (among other models of machines) and I ve been having this common fault with the trackpads where they will stop working or stutter around. I thought it was an interesting problem so I ve decided to document it a bitContinue reading

Rubber Band Cars STEM Project

About the project This is a project I worked on with a group of students at both the schools I work at. The original goal was to have the students at both schools build the cars then meet up and talk about their cars and have races to see whose car can go the furthest.Continue reading

Where to get games for PC

There s a boatload of different ways you can buy/rent PC games these days. This guide is a quick rundown of the different places you can get games from and how to score yourself a good deal too! I cover Games Launchers, Stores and subscription services. Please feel free to leave a comment if you thinkContinue reading

Firefly – Starry Night Stop Motion

This is a project I did with Year 6 students using stop motion for our schools Firefly Festival Read on for some more technical details! Part 1 Doing the Stop Motion I’ve done stop motion with students before using the ol’ hang the iPad off the edge of a table and work on theContinue reading