Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed
Twirl
LightFlite Twirl NEW “TWIRL” E-Fest Video! The Twirl autogyro is set to ship in March. This is one very cool plane. There’s something so strange and fascinating about autogyros. It’s cool to see how it floats down after a stall.
GWS Pico Stick with Brushless Power from M-A-E
GWS Pico Stick with Brushless Power from M-A-E I just ordered the complete kit on this page. I want something very slow and light for the local park since the present planes I have are just too fast and big for my present experience level. Seeing my son fly the non-threatening You Build It Air … Continue reading
Quicktags.js – customizing the WordPress Text Editor tutorial
Quicktags.js – customizing the WordPress Text Editor tutorial This video tutorial gives a great step by step procedure on how to modify your Quicktags.js file in WordPress so that you can add custom tags to your WordPress text editor. There was a specific phrase I like inserting into the blog posts for my company blog, … Continue reading
EasyGlider – First Flight
Yesterday, I had my first flights with the EasyGlider. The first two times I launched the EasyGlider with the Hi-Start, it banked quickly to the right, but from what I learned the previous day from trimming the EasyStar, I adjusted the rudder a bit to the left and subsequent Hi-Start launches went very smoothly. Even … Continue reading
EasyStar – First Flight
I finally had my first successful flight with the Multiplex EasyStar. In previous attempts, the plane kept banking to the right. I tried shifting the battery or manually bending the rudder, but then I decided to shift the default position of the rudder a little bit to the left. After I made that small adjustment, … Continue reading
SuperBowl 42 – way to go Eli Manning!
Wow, what a game. Although my father-in-law is a devoted Boston sports fan, I was hoping Eli Manning would pull off the upset after reading the recent N.Y. Times article on him. That article references how he was the quiet 3rd son who was very close to his mom. Does anyone know how many SuperBowl … Continue reading
[H] Enthusiast – AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition Overclocking
[H] Enthusiast – AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition Overclocking AMD’s Overdrive application is second to none in the world of software overclocking tools. It is easily used inside of Windows to overclock your BE processor. You can control northbridge and CPU voltages easily while also toggling your CPU’s multiplier. It also has a built in … Continue reading
3D Graphics: Limits to Growth?
3D Graphics: Limits to Growth? This article touches on some of the crazy statistics for bleeding edge PC game machines. My latest game machine build is a Q6600 with a 8800 GTX with 768 Mb of memory. This system is great when I’m playing a game like Call of Duty 4 or World in Conflict, … Continue reading
Turkey day was a great day…
for riding! At noon, I started a ride that went up Old La Honda, south on Skyline, and then down Pagemill. I’ve never seen Portola Road so quiet in the middle of the day. It felt like I was riding a quiet country road up in Napa. At the top of Old La Honda, I … Continue reading
Sanesecurity for Clamav
For everyone using the Clamav plug-in, I would suggest trying the Sanesecurity 3rd party Clamav signatures to filter out spam. Details on how to install it can be found at this link: http://www.ducea.com/2007/09/18/filter-out-scam-and-phishing-emails-using-sanesecurity-clamav-signatures/ Please note that in OS X that you have to put “sh” before a script to initiate it. Also, with my install, … Continue reading