I had a meeting last night with a client. He suggested I look at a couple of programs to assist in my productivity – not that there is anything wrong with it – just to manage work and my ToDo list. This client suggested that I have a Look at ToDoList2 on the CodeProject. This is free software in simply is amazing. Basically it is a micro version of Microsoft Project, without the stupid reports that generally are not needed. I think I will be using this software a lot more. You can download the software here

I dont think I mentioned this the other day. Gliders are supposed to, well, glide. Well, there is one exception which is gliders which have a motor in which to use to get to off thr ground, but we will ignore that for the moment. Right now, we are assuming that gliders do not need any fuel. Which is why I felt rather strange having to help my client fill up the tanks to his glider when before his flight. And make sure that they were full. We had to add 60 liters into each tank. And he came back empty too.

I suppose I really should explain here what was happening. We were adding water to the tanks. And no, we were not using the water for fuel. The water was to make the glider go faster. AS it was explained to me, if you put a slide of some type at the top of a hill in the snow, the heavier you go the faster you go down the slide. The same works in the air aparently. I think you also climb more slowly in a thermal, but generally you get better performance by adding water.

SO before each race they add water up to a certain level. But before landing the pilot must get rid of the water as it makes the glider too heavy for landing. There are weight limits on each class of glider so that everyone is on a level playing field.

Outside the weather is bad, but I thoght it would have been a lot lot worse. The weather pattern on the radar with the rain looks strange… Down south of sydney it is moving from the ocean inland. And north of Sydney it is moving out to sea. Almost as if there was a huge fan somewhere in sydney circulating the rain. I know that is impossible, but that is what it is looking like to me.