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Just found out that Benoît B. Mandelbrot has passed away. It is somehow sad, when people that inspired you so much at a younger age (I got into fractals while at high school; the domain name reflects my fascination with…
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Just found out that Benoît B. Mandelbrot has passed away. It is somehow sad, when people that inspired you so much at a younger age (I got into fractals while at high school; the domain name reflects my fascination with…
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Watched a really good short movie last night: Sintel. This 15min movie was created using Blender, an open source 3D content creation suite. In the past, I watched Big Buck Bunny and Elephant’s Dream. But that’s not the only movie,…
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After it took quite a while for Kepler to release a new version (2.0 on June 30th), it took me also quite a while of getting my a in g to move to a completely new build mechanism. But hey!…
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For once I had really good night’s sleep and what happens? A 7.1 quake down in Christchurch. Holy s**t! You can say whatever you want to about the Waikato, but it’s nice not being too close to volcanoes (i.e., Auckland),…
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I just came across an article about one of the first digital cameras. Pretty cool hack, I have to say. Mr. Sasson, the inventor, concluded the first presentation of this new technology with the words “substantially impact the way pictures…
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To be honest, as much as I like the new Ubuntu 10.04 release, I can’t stand two things: the window buttons (min/max/close) on the left hand side the aubergine login screen But that can be fixed quite easily: window buttons…
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After the initial bodywork done, it is time to start cracking on the electronics. There will be two servos installed for controlling the plane, one for the elevator (flapping the tail up and down; altitude) and one for the ailerons…
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I’m getting closer to finishing the plane. That’s at least the plan! 😉 Tonight, I was working on the tailplane/fin, attaching a control horn. This horn will be used by a servo, controlling going up or down. Gluing the bits…
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Man, I can’t believe, but my model car/plane times are about 20 years in the past. Wow… About time to get my a in g again! Since I had some spare time tonight, I decided to give it a go…
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After many weeks of waiting, we sampled the first radish today: Was really yummy, though a bit hot. 🙂 It’s amazing, how simple it is to raise radishes. You merely have to plant the seeds and they do the rest…
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