Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed
Mountain View Voice : Replacement workers force end to BMW strike
Mountain View Voice : Replacement workers force end to BMW strike After eight weeks of picketing along El Camino Real with no pay, striking service writers and mechanics at BMW of Mountain View have come to an agreement with owner AutoNation. The workers were forced to make a compromise when an overwhelming number of replacement … Continue reading
Ohio Model Planes :: Innovative Products for Model Aviation
Ohio Model Planes :: Innovative Products for Model Aviation I really like the graphics on the Stiffys and Shock Flyer. There’s just too many cool looking planes out there! The snakeskin covered EPP is very interesting. I like the use of carbon and the landing gear in the Stiffys. Ah, still have to build and … Continue reading
Varathane coating for foam planes – Cox Christen Eagle particularly
I’m receiving the Cox Christen Eagle biplane today which is made out of foam with water applied decals. They suggest coating the decals with Testor’s clear cote to protect the decals, but it looks like I can use the can of Varathane in the garage for that. I hope the Varathane is still in good … Continue reading
Nike Zoom Victory Review
I was really excited about trying these shoes, but I’ll be returning them because of two reasons: 1. Not enough forefoot cushioning 2. The skin around my left achilles tendon was rubbed raw after running only 2 miles with this shoe. There’s not enough cushioning on the upper part of the heel cup, and it … Continue reading
RC Flight updates
I finished building a Tribute FX 3D last weekend, but I was too eager to take it out on a windy afternoon, and it flipped over and had its nose torn off. It’s interesting to see that the nose is mainly held on to the fuselage by glue between two flat plates of balsa. I … Continue reading
President Palmer, meet President Obama
Link via LA Times Meanwhile, Hollywood is gearing up for pro-Obama events — concerts, parties and galas — between now and November. A soundtrack CD with songs dedicated to Obama is in the works (think of all that musical hope available for download to your iPod.) A black and white ball is planned for Aug. … Continue reading
Played Pixeljunk Monsters via Remote Play on the PSP
I played Pixeljunk Monsters last night via Remote Play on the PSP. It actually helped to see the whole screen on the PSP rather than on the 50″ HDTV for this game. The control wasn’t as good as the PS3 controllers, but it was acceptable. I also viewed some streaming video after I played some … Continue reading
Removed tape from empennage of Fik 100
I put some Fast-Pack tape on the empennage of the Fik 100 and it made the plane very tail heavy. Between the weight of the tape, and I’m assuming a worse airfoil created by the tape over the empennage, the plane flew very tail heavy. After the removal of the tape, the plane flew much … Continue reading
Watched Cloverfield through XBox Live download
I watched Cloverfield via an XBox Live download yesterday. The cost was 320 points for a normal download and 480 points for a HD download (at $20 for 1600 points this comes out to $4 for the normal download and $5 for the HD download). I decided to pay for the less expensive version since … Continue reading
Fik 100 with Fast-Pack.com tape
I covered the wing of my Fik 100 with Fast-Pack.com tape last night (red and orange on the bottom and yellow on top), and it looked very nice on its morning flight today. The tape isn’t super-tight, but it sticks on fine. I also put red around the nose to cover up all the excess … Continue reading