What to do… Hmmmm?
What do you do when you have a falling out with your brother who is in the ‘Force’ – Ya put the lean on him! (Whispered, “This is not the Jedi you are looking for!”)
Salient Moments
Life is full of moments, many of them forgettable. However there are times when significant events happen that flood us with emotion and leave us reflective Too often in life our most memorable moments involve some sort of crisis that leaves us shaken, emotionally exhausted and dwarf the positive by …
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Northpower Fibre bringing cosplay communities together
Whangarei high school technology teacher Wayne Carroll is utilising Northpower Fibre’s ultra fast broadband (UFB) network to bring the local cosplay (a performance art that sees participants, called cosplayers, wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent sci-fi, gaming, anime and comic characters) community together. Wayne runs ‘Wayne’s Workshop’ technology and cosplay hobby …
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Robot Rescue
I’ve always wanted to have my own little workshop helper… like in the movies. No, not Elves or the yellow Despicable Me variety – more the robotic kind. Over the last couple of years I have collected a number of unwanted robot toys from various places in the hope I …
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To Creatives in the Poppy Fields
I’ve been asked lately why I do what I do. It’s an interesting question that I was surprised to find had no easy answer. In fact when I tried to formulate an answer my response was slightly different each time I put finger to keyboard. So I thought I would …
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Creative Technologies Northland Shout Out
Just wanted to give the team at Creative Technologies Northand a shout out for a great article about your’s truly. The article goes on a bit – lol – but seriously flattered. Credit to photographers Hoppipolla’s Charm Hauraki, Young-Hwan and Pixie Captured Images for the use of their imagery – …
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World Famous in Whangarei!
When an invitation came my way to be involved in a promotional video for our local council I jumped right in —- well not ‘right in’ per say – you’ll find me near the end fishing – enjoy!
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A Glimpse into Wayne’s World.
Its not everyday that space heroes turn up in Northland touting their own 3D printed gun. But that’s Wayne Carroll, Northland’s leading Maker Space leader and Cosplay expert. Wayne is also now a multi-award winner. He has won a technical prize in Northland’s Bernina Fashion Awards and a Cosplay Technical …
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Roman Eagle Baton Prop
I was asked to do a quick prop build for our annual Christmas production at my local church. The character Tiberius Caesar, the Roman emperor at the time of Christ’s birth, is reclining in opulence eating grapes and decrees that all citizens return to the place of their birth for a …
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A Little Bit of Green Screen
Had some fun with my students today teaching them green screen and layering to create a simple compilation – just like what my friend Charm from Hoppipolla Photography did for our site imagery. We started with this slightly burnt image of some models we had in our classroom… And ended up …
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