Author: Darryl Smith

My next big project is a data logger for gliders to record their flights for official recognition. Basically it stores enough data to prove that the glider went where the pilot said it did. This includes things such as the …

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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 …

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Definitely no run today. I was really hoping to get some exercise… It is about to start pouring down… With a big thunder storm

I have just got back from a meeting, and the weather is horrible. The wind is the worst – at one point I was having to aim the car to the right a bit as the wind was trying to …

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I love SKYPE… Skype is great for teleconferences. You can have three or four person chats, and it works really well… If you have people around the corner or around the world. The sound quality drops out at times, but …

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In the internet word, Network Solutions runs some of the root servers, as well as internet domain registration services. They also have some dodgy business practices. One of these is registering domain names if you express interest in one on …

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I saw something cool at K-Mart a week back that I meant to mention… I was on my way to the music section through the toy section, and came across the board games section, and found a cute toy. It …

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As chocolate is one of the five major food groups [Along with Coke, Lasagne, Pizza, Coffee, Ice Cream], it might be interesting to know how it is made. The USA US National Association of Manufacturers contains a cool video on …

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It is a beautiful day outside, and in many ways I wish I was back up at Lake Keepit. But some of us have to work for a living. [I think it would be wonderful in a light plane out …

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I have got my car washed… When I went there I realised that the last time I got it washed I got a free voucher to get it cleaned. The front needs to go through again, but the car now …

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Now that I am back home I guess i can get some other real work done. Not that visiting the NSW Glider Championships was not work, but I do have other things to do too. One thing at the top …

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What I had know but not realized until today was how important the work I have been doing with the OzFlarm collision detection system. The ‘gaggle’ which is the huge number of gliders in a thermal climbing is really dangerous… …

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I will soon be leaving Keepit… I can assure you all of one thing… I will NOT be getting a glider license… I may go up again, but frankly I find it stressful to fly with lots of gliders around… …

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Sundat morning, Lake Keepit… There is not a cloud in the sky. The weather is beautiful… really is. The sun is up, and the birds are singing… And the internet is working… The world is good. I am not sure …

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