Six Keys to Success for New Pilots - RC Groups

Six Keys to Success for New Pilots - RC Groups: "WIND
Orientation
Speed
Altitude
Over Control
Preflight Check"

Woot : Amazon, Woot, and You: But Mostly Woot

Woot : Amazon, Woot, and You: But Mostly Woot:

"From a practical point of view, it will be as if we are simply adding one person to the organizational hierarchy, except that one person will just happen to be a billion-dollar company that could buy and sell each and every one of you like you were office furniture."

Upgrade your RC Transmitter with a DIY Tilt Motion Control Module

Upgrade your RC Transmitter with a DIY Tilt Motion Control Module: "This article describes how to create a motion control module for your RC transmitter, that will allow you to control your model or robot by simply tilting the transmitter case."

CSI | Power Line Panic and Mobile Mania

CSI | Power Line Panic and Mobile Mania:
"What is the physics that underlies any possible linkage between mobile phones, power lines, and cancer?"

Las Vegas Weekly : - A uniquely Weekly ranking of the personalities who define Las Vegas

Las Vegas Weekly : - A uniquely Weekly ranking of the personalities who define Las Vegas:

Penn:

"Teller and I have been brutal to Christians, and their response shows that they’re good fucking Americans who believe in freedom of speech. We attack them all the time, and we still get letters that say, “We appreciate your passion. Sincerely yours, in Christ.” Christians come to our show at the Rio and give us Bibles all the time. They’re incredibly kind to us. Sure, there are a couple of them who live in garages, give themselves titles and send out death threats to me and Bill Maher and Trey Parker. But the vast majority are polite, open-minded people, and I respect them for that."

6061 Tricopter

6061 Tricopter: "The 6061Tricopter frames are light weight (under 300 grams) and will be great for the Professional or Do-it-Yourself RC pilot that demands performance as will as good looks. You can add your own electronics/gear or you may already have a Tricopter made from lessor material and want to swap the gear to a better, stronger airframe."

Flutter-By Models Flutter-By Review - RC Groups

Flutter-By Models Flutter-By Review - RC Groups:

"Wingspan: 38”
Wing Area: 570 sq''
AUW weight: 17.6 oz.
Length: 43”
Wing loading: 4.45 oz/sq. ft.
Servos: 2 – 9 Gram TowerPro
Transmitter: Spektrum 12X
Receiver: Spektrum AR6100
Battery: Thunder Power 1350mAh 3s LiPoly
Motor: E-flite Park 450 890 Kv
ESC: E-flite 25a Pro Brushless
Manufacturer: Flutter-By Models (jefsquared@comcast.net)
Price: $295.00"

Migrating to CouchDB — CouchDB: The NoSQL Document Database

Migrating to CouchDB — CouchDB: The NoSQL Document Database: "CouchDB is document oriented, schema-free database similar to Amazon’s SimpleDB and Google’s BigTable. It stores data as JSON documents and provides a powerful view engine that lets you write Javascript code to select documents from the database, and perform calculations. A RESTful HTTP/JSON API is used to access the database. The database boasts other features as well, such as robust replication, and bi- directional conflict detection and resolution."

MSP430 LaunchPad (MSP-EXP430G2) - Texas Instruments Embedded Processors Wiki

MSP430 LaunchPad (MSP-EXP430G2) - Texas Instruments Embedded Processors Wiki: "What is LaunchPad?

LaunchPad is an easy-to-use development tool intended for beginners and experienced users alike for creating microcontroller-based applications. At $4.30, the LaunchPad offers everything you need to get started with your projects."

Build A Flying Wing For Less Than $5 | The Hobby Guy

Build A Flying Wing For Less Than $5 | The Hobby Guy: "I am always happy to make things from cheap parts, especially when you add up all the money I spend on my hobbies. Building radio control airplanes from BlueCor (Fan Fold) foam board keeps cost down.

In addition to being low cost, Fan Fold airplanes are fast to build and easy to repair. This build should take less than two hours, and sans electronics, cost under $5.00. Compare this to commercial kits, which start at $40.00 for a box of foam. Forty Dollars is not a bad price, very good in my book, but you can build eight wings for the same price."

Mini camera plane construction thread - RC Groups

Mini camera plane construction thread - RC Groups: "I'm working on a small plane to carry one of those keychai/pen cameras. The idea being a plane that can be put inside a small box so I can carry it with me when I travel around and have the chance to shoot some aerial views of the place."

1.4g micro camera FPV setup - RC Groups

1.4g micro camera FPV setup - RC Groups:
"Complete system

-Cam cost $60
-TX cost $38
-RX cost $28"

Welcome to AeroCinema, the home of classic aviation!

Welcome to AeroCinema, the home of classic aviation!

YouTube - 808 Car Keys Micro Camera - Removing Date Time Video Stamp - Logoaway

YouTube - 808 Car Keys Micro Camera - Removing Date Time Video Stamp - Logoaway:

"This short test video shows how Logoaway and VirtualDub can be used to remove (effectively blur) the date time stamp from the lower right corner of a video. This video shows 15 seconds with the date time stamp and 15 seconds without.

VirtualDub V1.9.9
http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net
is a free AVI video editor / converter.

Logoaway V4.01
http://voidon.republika.pl/virtualdub
is a free plugin for VirtualDub.
The logoaway.vdf file must be copied to the VirtualDub plugins folder.

The source file is a 720x480 MJPG AVI file from a #3 808 Car Keys Micro Camera. Re-scaling this video to 640x480 removes distortion.

VirtualDub is configured with 2 filters: Logoaway and Resize.
The Logoaway filter is configured for logo border position: 343x448, logo border size: 343x31, UGLARM, exponent power: maximum , border default sets: over video, visible border: unchecked.
The resize filter is configured for aspect ratio: disabled, absolute pixels: 640x480, filter mode: precise bicubic A=0.75."

ArduPilot - DIY Drones

ArduPilot - DIY Drones: "ArduPilot Mega is a pro-quality IMU autopilot based on the Arduino Mega platform, which will fly fixed-wing aircraft, quadcopters and (soon) helicopters, handling both autonomous stabilization and GPS navigation. It supports 8 RC channels, has four serial ports and features an all-in design."

Map: Where Americans Are Moving - Forbes.com

Map: Where Americans Are Moving - Forbes.com: "More than 10 million Americans moved from one county to another during 2008. The map below visualizes those moves. Click on any county to see comings and goings: black lines indicate net inward movement, red lines net outward movement."

Introducing the Google Command Line Tool - Google Open Source Blog

Introducing the Google Command Line Tool - Google Open Source Blog: "GoogleCL is a command-line utility that provides access to various Google services. It streamlines tasks such as posting to a Blogger blog, adding events to Calendar, or editing documents on Google Docs.

For example:

$ google blogger post --blog 'My blog' --tags 'python, googlecl, development' my_post.html
$ google calendar add 'Lunch with Jason tomorrow at noon'
$ google docs edit --title 'Shopping list' --editor vim

GoogleCL is a pure Python application that uses the Python gdata libraries to make Google Data API calls from the command line."

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences: "by R. W. HAMMING"

8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup

8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup: "That’s a great question. I immediately thought of Tony Wright’s post: Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas. It’s definitely worth reading, but it’s also quite high level and doesn’t deal with some of the more nitty gritty issues of startup work life. So here are 8 questions I’d suggest you ask when interviewing at a startup:"

SuperFly

SuperFly: "The SuperFly by SuperFly RC features High Density CNC cut ULTRA DURABLE EPP wing cores and a Powerful Brushless Motor! Whether you fly fast or slow this is the plane for you.

Is it windy where you fly? The SuperFly can handle winds that ground other aircraft with ease. You can turn up the throws for high alpha harriers and insane roll rates or simply throttle back and float gently around. The stall resistant, ultra stable, extremely predictable SuperFly does it all.

Assembly time is under 4 hours with flights that can last 15 minutes or more! Be sure to check out the photo gallery and movies sections!"

wincent.com: Fixing nginx client body temp permission denied errors

wincent.com: Fixing nginx client body temp permission denied errors:

"Diagnosis

Upon inspection, you see that /usr/local/nginx/client_body_temp/ is owned by the user that corresponds to one of your Rails applications (the first one that tried to create it). You'll see the problem only when the second application actually tries to use the client_body_temp folder.

The problem may take a while to materialize because the client_body_temp folder is only used if the body is sufficiently large enough to require it. In my case I saw the error the first time I tried to submit an edit for a wiki article that was beyond a certain size.

The fix

The fix is clear: each nginx master process must have it's own client_body_temp folder. The directive required is client_body_temp_path and it's documented here."

Basic RC Crash Course

Basic RC Crash Course: "This is a paper that was put together to help newcomers with the great hobby of Radio Control. It is the rough draft so bear with us."

R/C Desk Pilot - a free rc flightsim |

R/C Desk Pilot - a free rc flightsim |: "Are you thinking about taking up the exciting hobby of R/C aviation but don't want to crash that plane on the first flight? Or is the weather preventing you from flying? Are you thinking about buying that cool new plane but want to try it first? The answer is simple: fly from behind your desk!

R/C Desk Pilot is an R/C flight simulator in development that will allow you to fly without having to worry about the weather or your expensive model. And this for free!!!"

Sport Designs | Budget RC

Sport Designs | Budget RC: "NutBall

The Nut Ball is Here
The 20″ NutBall…..It’s what you get when you
combine a Pizza Box
Flyer with a Smart Dart,
Get the best of both worlds. It’s round, and it flies
like crazy; hence the name.
It can be set up for flying from mild to wild. It’s an
easy quick build, so any repairs are a breeze.
There’s no nose or tail to break of,f and the wing
can’t fold. As a trainer it can fly slower than slow,
super stable and no bad habits."

YouTube - Aggressive Maneuvers for Autonomous Quadrotor Flight

YouTube - Aggressive Maneuvers for Autonomous Quadrotor Flight

Amazing quadrotor!

The Road to Serfdom as a Comic Book @ AMERICAN DIGEST

The Road to Serfdom as a Comic Book @ AMERICAN DIGEST: "The book was originally published in 1944. A condensed version of the book written by Max Eastman was then published as the lead article in the April issue of Reader's Digest, with a press run of several million copies. This condensed version was then offered as a Book of the Month selection with a press run of over 600,000 copies. In February 1945 a picture-book version was published in Look magazine, later made into a pamphlet and distributed by General Motors. [Reproduced here.] The book has been translated into approximately 20 languages and is dedicated to 'The socialists of all parties.' In 2007, the University of Chicago Press put out a 'Definitive Edition.' In total the book has sold over two million copies."

A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man 'Academy' on YouTube - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education

A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man 'Academy' on YouTube - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "The most popular educator on YouTube does not have a Ph.D. He has never taught at a college or university. And he delivers all of his lectures from a bedroom closet.

This upstart is Salman Khan, a 33-year-old who quit his job as a financial analyst to spend more time making homemade lecture videos in his home studio. His unusual teaching materials started as a way to tutor his faraway cousins, but his lectures have grown into an online phenomenon—and a kind of protest against what he sees as a flawed educational system.

'My single biggest goal is to try to deliver things the way I wish they were delivered to me,' he told me recently."

SACRC Home

SACRC Home

Located on the East Side of the San Francisco, California Bay Area, SACRC was first incorporated in 1967 and holds AMA Club Charter #162.

Sport Aviator - www.masportaviator.com

Sport Aviator - www.masportaviator.com: "Sport Aviator’s “Pri-Fli” column is designed to provide the student model pilot all the information needed to insure that the first model flight, and all succeeding flights, are successful. Pri-Fli is where you will find basic information and techniques about setting up a model’s radio system, engine controls, airframe balancing, control line and free flight trimming, etc."

Coroutines for the Dazed and Confused

Coroutines for the Dazed and Confused:
"I hope these lies and oversimplifications will help others understand coroutines. See below for an increasingly accurate explanation."

tornado/xmlrpc.py at master from thafreak's tornado - GitHub

tornado/xmlrpc.py at master from thafreak's tornado - GitHub:
"XMLRPC Module

This module adds support for XMLRPC to the Tornado Framework.
I've moved this code out to it's own module to make it easier
for changes to web.py to be merged in from upstream."

Martin's Flying Machines

Martin's Flying Machines: "Mosquito
4', 1.3 gram
Mono-plane"

tornadorpc - Project Hosting on Google Code

tornadorpc - Project Hosting on Google Code: "This library is an implementation of both the JSON-RPC and the XML-RPC specification (server-side) for the Tornado web framework. It supports the basic features of both, as well as the MultiCall / Batch support for both specifications. The JSON-RPC handler supports both the original 1.0 specification, as well as the new (proposed) 2.0 spec, which includes batch submission, keyword arguments, etc."

HobbyKing Online R/C Hobby Store : OrangeRx Spektrum DSM/DSM2 Compatible 4Ch 2.4Ghz Receiver

HobbyKing Online R/C Hobby Store : OrangeRx Spektrum DSM/DSM2 Compatible 4Ch 2.4Ghz Receiver:

"A perfect foamie or parkflyer receiver. Very small and very light!

The new range of OrangeRx receivers are built using original components and MCUs and with state of the art SMT automation to ensure a quality product each and every time.

All OrangeRx receivers are QC tested before leaving the factory.

The OrangeRx will work with ANY Spektrum DSM or DSM2 2.4Ghz transmitter"

Jelly Lens

Jelly Lens:
"Best Seller
1. Series 1 - Wide Angle
2. Series 8 - Close Up
3. Series 10 - Starburst
4. Series 7 - Polorizer"

808 Car Keys Micro Camera, Spy Video Recorder, Review

808 Car Keys Micro Camera, Spy Video Recorder, Review: "My second camera is a version #3 camera. I ordered it from eBay seller joymyzone.. It was delivered from Hong Kong in 19 days for US$16.98, with free shipping. I am using an 8GB micro SDHC flash card. This camera creates a 30 fps AVI video file with only a few duplicate frames per second. The video quality is much better than my #1 camera."

808 Car Keys Micro Camera, Spy Video Recorder, Review

808 Car Keys Micro Camera, Spy Video Recorder, Review: "Q. Which 808 car keys micro camera should I buy, and from who?
A. Buy a #3 camera and a micro SD flash card (class 4 or faster recommended). The video and sound quality is good. The reliability is good. You will be amazed when you see the first video that you take with this camera. See the #3 Q&A below for a list of sellers and other information."

The Scythe � CrashTestHobby.com - We make em' you try to break em'

The Scythe � CrashTestHobby.com - We make em' you try to break em': "Scythe Beta Test Kits Available now!!!
Two 30' Scythe planes in each kit.
Can be cut to a micro plane or 24' or less."

HigherPlaneProductions - Worlds Greatest RC Video

HigherPlaneProductions - Worlds Greatest RC Video: "Higher Plane Productions makes the most entertaining RC videos you'll find anywhere. We specialize in filming remote
control aircraft. From small local fly-ins, to the biggest RC competitions. Our RC videos and RC DVDs are endorsed by the
world's top RC pilots like Mark Leseberg, Andrew Jesky, Jason Noll, Gernot Bruckmann, Seth Arnold, Ido Segev, RJ Gritter,
Bill Hempel, Chris Brislin and many more."

[Python-Dev] Fixing the GIL (with a BFS scheduler)

[Python-Dev] Fixing the GIL (with a BFS scheduler): "The problem addressed by the GIL has always been *scheduling* threads to the interpreter, not just controlling access to it. The patches by Antoine and David essentially evolve the GIL into a scheduler, however both cause thread starvation or high rate of context switching in some scenarios (see data below)."

Python Performance Part 1 � Kurt Seifried

Python Performance Part 1 � Kurt Seifried: "These articles will specifically cover how you can speed up Python performance (parallelization, code profiling, performance measuring, etc.) and include code examples (for brevity I will use pseudo code for some of the longer examples). I will also cover some Python internals so that you will understand why speeding up code doesn’t always work as expected (and what you can do about this)."

The Volokh Conspiracy � Sabotage! Or How “Dilbert” Won The�War

The Volokh Conspiracy � Sabotage! Or How “Dilbert” Won The�War:

"(1) Insist on doing everything through “channels.” Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.
* * *
(3) When possible, refer all matters to committees, for “further study and consideration.” Attempt to make the committees as large as possible–never less than five.
(4) Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.
(5) Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.
(6) Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.
(7) Advocate “caution.” Be “reasonable” and urge your fellow-conferees to be “reasonable” and avoid haste which might result in embarrassments or difficulties later on.
(8) Be worried about the propriety of any decision–raise the question of whether such action as is contemplated lies within the jurisdiction of the group or whether it might conflict with the policy of some higher echelon."

Using free USB flight sim FMS with Spektrum DX6i controller | alex stanhope

Using free USB flight sim FMS with Spektrum DX6i controller | alex stanhope:

"The manual (single side of paper) eludes to downloading a driver. I couldn't find one. I think it means FMS.

FMS 7 Beta
http://n.ethz.ch/~mmoeller/fms/index_e.html

Setup new model on DX6i
Model type ACRO (plane, not helicopter) as described at http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29125"

YouTube - Learn to Appreciate Technology

YouTube - Learn to Appreciate Technology:
"Louis CK Conan Technology"

Amazon.com: Profile For Peter Norvig: Reviews

Amazon.com: Profile For Peter Norvig: Reviews:
"Reviews Written by Peter Norvig (Palo Alto, CA USA)"

George H.W. Bushisms - Funny George HW Bush Quotes - About.com

George H.W. Bushisms - Funny George HW Bush Quotes - About.com: "'Fluency in English is something that I'm often not accused of.'"

Installing FMS "fmsdisk01.exe" & Set-up for FMS to Transmitter Remote - Beginner's Forum for RC Helicopters, Airplanes & Cars!

Installing FMS "fmsdisk01.exe" & Set-up for FMS to Transmitter Remote - Beginner's Forum for RC Helicopters, Airplanes & Cars!: "Now click on 'Mapping / Calibration'. The screen that pops up is the HEART & SOUL of configuring FMS to the TX remote.
STEP ONE: Please Make Sure to set the Numbers & Check the boxes the way you see it here. Under 'Channel' column the numbers should read '4,2,1,3, 4,2,1,3,' TOP going DOWN and all the Boxes under the 'Inv' column should be Checked.
STEP TWO: Now click on the 'Calibrate' button. The 'Next' button will come up"

YouTube - ParkZone Vapor with onboard camera

YouTube - ParkZone Vapor with onboard camera: "A completely stripped down pencam that can be had on eBay for $20-$30. They are listed under pencam or spypen. Video taken here was with MP10 version which will also take regular 640x480 pictures. To remove it from the pen just pop the cap (it's glued in) and pull it out. It's stripped down to just the bare circuit board and wrapped in 4 mil 19mm clear heatshrink. The USB plug has also been removed and replaced with a 4-pin connector, saving approximately 1.5g of weight."

R/C Airplane Flying Techniques | FindHow.com

R/C Airplane Flying Techniques | FindHow.com: "* How to fly an R/C airplane"

ParkZone Vapor - EFlightWiki

ParkZone Vapor - EFlightWiki: "The Vapor is primarily designed for slow indoor flight, and is an excellent performer in this regard. It is capable of high-alpha flight at very low speeds and can turn rapidly, enabling flight in confined spaces. The flying weight of 15g makes the Vapor highly responsive to throttle and control inputs, and the low mass prevents damage in most crashes. The low weight also makes the Vapor sensitive to wind, including currents from air conditioning. Outdoor flight is possible only in dead-calm conditions."

Flying Model Simulator

Flying Model Simulator:

"One of the biggest downfalls of FMS is that the RC Models and Sceneries that are included with the sim are really crappy. Both in looks and in the way the models perform. But there are many people who have taken the time to make sceneries and models that are much better then the originals. You can search 'FMS Downloads' on google to find places to download the additional models for free.

But I went ahead and made it a little bit easier for you. I took all my favorite FMS Sceneries and Models and saved them in one file that is available for free download. Here is the link to download them."

Gary Gunnerson's FMS Models

Gary Gunnerson's FMS Models: "ParkZone Micro
Sukhoi SU-26m"

Particle Systems in Processing

Particle Systems in Processing:
"9. Adding a spring
10. Fixed isn't stationary
11. It can even be interactive
12. Looping for structures"

toxiclibs

toxiclibs: "This is part 2 of the discussion of the classes & processes provided by the recently released simutils package. The first part of this series dealt with Diffusion-limited Aggregation (DLA) and this next process too is related to the simulated diffusion of particles."

YouTube - u.s navy vintage fire control computers (part 1)

YouTube - u.s navy vintage fire control computers (part 1): "an educational film about vintage u.s navy analog computers."

Falkenblog

Falkenblog: "At the end of the day most really great economic ideas aren't derived through the formalism of abstruse mathematics, but rather, finding an important parochial problem and solving it, and then fortuitously finding out it has general relevance. Math is merely a way to compliment the exposition of an economic idea, not to prove it: if an idea is only compelling within the context of a complex mathematical proof, it is probably not robust to slight changes in assumptions."

Creative Think: Paradoxes of Creativity

Michael Michalko's Eight Paradoxes of Creativity:

To create, a person must

• Have knowledge but forget the knowledge;
  
• See unexpected connections in things but not have a mental disorder;
  
• Work hard but spend time doing nothing;
  
• Create many ideas yet most of them are useless;
  
• Look at the same thing as everyone else, yet see something different;
  
• Desire success but learn how to fail;
  
• Be persistent but not stubborn; and,
  
• Listen to experts but know how to disregard them.

How to Harmonise a Chorale in the Style of Bach - wikiHow

How to Harmonise a Chorale in the Style of Bach - wikiHow: "If you're studying harmony, then you will probably encounter Bach chorales sooner or later. Fed up with the endless rules? Here's a guide teaching you the basics."

How to Harmonize - wikiHow

How to Harmonize - wikiHow: "A good step to harmonizing is to fully know the melody, and then sing to it in a slightly lower pitch not an octave low. If you have another person with you, it also helps to sing with a piano first, and then move on to singing and harmonizing more independently."

Classic Christian Hymns

Classic Christian Hymns: "music downloads, sheet music, mp3, midi, Public Domain and Royalty Free music files."

A computer program is writing great, original works of classical music. Will human composers soon be obsolete? - By Chris Wilson - Slate Magazine

A computer program is writing great, original works of classical music. Will human composers soon be obsolete? - By Chris Wilson - Slate Magazine: "There's a reason Cope talks about composing this way: He is the inventor of the world's most musically creative computer program, whose latest album came out a few weeks ago. Cope has been writing software to help him compose music for 30 years, and he long ago reached the point where most people can't tell the difference between real Bach and the Bach-like compositions his computer can produce. Audiences have been moved to tears by melodies created by algorithms. And yet, it's not exactly that Cope has created a computer than can write music like a human. The way he sees it, it's that humans compose like computers."

TeleHash - Distributed JSON Peering Protocol

TeleHash - Distributed JSON Peering Protocol: "TeleHash is a new wire protocol for exchanging JSON in a real-time and fully decentralized manner, enabling applications to connect directly and participate as servers on the edge of the network. It is designed to efficiently route and distribute small bits of data in order for applications to discover each other directly or in relation to events around piece of shared content. The core benefits of TeleHash over other similar platforms and protocols is that it is both generic (not tied to any specific application or content structures) and is radically decentralized with no servers or points of central control.

It works by sending and receiving very simple small bits of JSON via UDP using an easy routing system based on Kademlia, a proven and popular Distributed Hash Table. Everything within TeleHash is routed based on a generic SHA hash, usually of something specific to an application or something common like a URL."

High Scalability - High Scalability

High Scalability - High Scalability: "Entries in queue (2)"

High Scalability - High Scalability - 7 Lessons Learned While Building Reddit to 270 Million Page Views a�Month

High Scalability - High Scalability - 7 Lessons Learned While Building Reddit to 270 Million Page Views a�Month:
"There are seven lessons, each has their own summary section:
Lesson 1: Crash Often;
Lesson 2: Separation of Services;
Lesson 3: Open Schema;
Lesson 4: Keep it Stateless;
Lesson 5: Memcache;
Lesson 6: Store Redundant Data;
Lesson 7: Work Offline."

HOBBY ZONE - Hobby Zone - Night Vapor BNF

HOBBY ZONE - Hobby Zone - Night Vapor BNF: "ParkZone PKZU1180
ETA: 05/25/2010"

MileHighWings

MileHighWings: "USB v.4 Interface for Spektrum DX6i

You need the different interface for JR and other Spektrum transmitters

The package include:

-USB Interface;

-Transmitter Cable;

-CD with set up instructions, USB Calibration Utility, Freeware simulators"

Mini FPV Covert/Hidden Camera - Up to 6 Hours Great Quality Video

Mini FPV Covert/Hidden Camera - Up to 6 Hours Great Quality Video: "Up to 6 Hours Great Quality Video"

For RC plane cam.

prototypes vs classes was: Re: Sun's HotSpot

prototypes vs classes was: Re: Sun's HotSpot: "The big idea is 'messaging' -- that is what the kernal of Smalltalk/Squeak is all about (and it's something that was never quite completed in our Xerox PARC phase). The Japanese have a small word -- ma -- for 'that which is in between' -- perhaps the nearest English equivalent is 'interstitial'. The key in making great and growable systems is much more to design how its modules communicate rather than what their internal properties and behaviors should be. Think of the internet -- to live, it (a) has to allow many different kinds of ideas and realizations that are beyond any single standard and (b) to allow varying degrees of safe interoperability between these ideas."

Ask Culture vs. Guess Culture

Ask MetaFilter

"This is a classic case of Ask Culture meets Guess Culture.

In some families, you grow up with the expectation that it's OK to ask for anything at all, but you gotta realize you might get no for an answer. This is Ask Culture.

In Guess Culture, you avoid putting a request into words unless you're pretty sure the answer will be yes. Guess Culture depends on a tight net of shared expectations. A key skill is putting out delicate feelers. If you do this with enough subtlety, you won't even have to make the request directly; you'll get an offer. Even then, the offer may be genuine or pro forma; it takes yet more skill and delicacy to discern whether you should accept.

All kinds of problems spring up around the edges. If you're a Guess Culture person -- and you obviously are -- then unwelcome requests from Ask Culture people seem presumptuous and out of line, and you're likely to feel angry, uncomfortable, and manipulated.

If you're an Ask Culture person, Guess Culture behavior can seem incomprehensible, inconsistent, and rife with passive aggression.

Obviously she's an Ask and you're a Guess. (I'm a Guess too. Let me tell you, it's great for, say, reading nuanced and subtle novels; not so great for, say, dating and getting raises.)

Thing is, Guess behaviors only work among a subset of other Guess people -- ones who share a fairly specific set of expectations and signalling techniques. The farther you get from your own family and friends and subculture, the more you'll have to embrace Ask behavior. Otherwise you'll spend your life in a cloud of mild outrage at (pace Moomin fans) the Cluelessness of Everyone.

As you read through the responses to this question, you can easily see who the Guess and the Ask commenters are. It's an interesting exercise."

The Humble Indie Bundle (pay what you want for five awesome indie games)

The Humble Indie Bundle (pay what you want for five awesome indie games): "Now it's our turn to give back. As of 5/11/10, Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD, and Penumbra Overture pledge to go open source. We are preparing the sources right now and will be releasing them ASAP. We spent last night preparing Lugaru and it is available now. The code is still a little rough (no Visual Studio project yet, for instance) but hopefully with the help of the community we can rapidly make it more accessible to everyone.

Note, the games will be 'free as in 'free speech', not as in 'free beer'': see each license for the full, finalized details as they come out very hopefully this week -- stay tuned. It is the underlying code that will be made available to everyone."

Tornado Web Server

Tornado Web Server: "Tornado is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and tools that power FriendFeed. The FriendFeed application is written using a web framework that looks a bit like web.py or Google's webapp, but with additional tools and optimizations to take advantage of the underlying non-blocking infrastructure."

Python and vim: Two great tastes that go great together

Python and vim: Two great tastes that go great together: "Presentation Overview"

Global IP Network Latency

Global IP Network Latency: "_Figures are in ms. Thresholds are distance sensitive."

Why do some questions get closed for no reason? - Meta Stack Overflow

Why do some questions get closed for no reason? - Meta Stack Overflow:

"You would get much better response if you distilled this question into a technical question, not some rambling storyline with a problem hidden in it... – John Weldon"

The Illusiveness of the Entirely Useless | MetaFilter

The Illusiveness of the Entirely Useless | MetaFilter: "So, there's a Japanese artistic concept called a Thomasson. In short, they are 'defunct and useless objects, attached to someone's property and aesthetically maintained.' But a more nuanced explanation involves artist Akasegawa Genpei, baseball player Gary Thomasson, and a whole generation of Japanese kids who wandered around Tokyo, looking for architectural abnormalities."

超芸術トマソン報告用紙：：：Hyperart Thomasson

超芸術トマソン報告用紙：：：Hyperart Thomasson: "Hyperart Thomassson Index Form"

Men's Everyday Work Pants - Duluth Trading Company

Men's Everyday Work Pants - Duluth Trading Company: "Men's Work Pants with 7 pockets, gusseted crotch and more.

Mall store pants can’t come close. Let’s just say that up front. We packed our Everyday Work Pants with more hardworking features – at a more practical price – than you’ll find in any other “everyday” work pants. No scratchy poly-blend fabric, we insist on smooth, soft 8-oz. 100% cotton twill – treated for stain resistance. Triple stitched seams make these pants hold up to a lot more wearings. Bigger belt loops fit belts up to 2' wide. 7 pockets an dual utility straps hold all your gear. And our trademark freedom of movement (F.O.M.™) crotch gusset lets you bend, squat and scale a ladder with ease."

One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages

One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages:

"1936 - Alonzo Church also invents every language that will ever be but does it better. His lambda calculus is ignored because it is insufficiently C-like. This criticism occurs in spite of the fact that C has not yet been invented."

Highway Traffic Safety : Men's Health

Highway Traffic Safety : Men's Health:
"Dead Man Driving

Car crashes happen to other guys, right? Maybe they don't have your quick reaction time or uncanny ability to multitask behind the wheel. Or maybe they're simply lesser drivers. If you believe that, let us introduce you to Adam LaBar, 1970-2008. We suspect you'll recognize him. We hope you'll learn from him."

good coders code, great reuse

good coders code, great reuse:

"The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state

John Ousterhout"

RecordBrother: A Brave New World

RecordBrother: A Brave New World: "On This stupendous Lp Aldous Huxley Narrates his eerily prophetic Brave New World"

THE DEVIN'S ADVOCATE: THE WILHELM SCREAM ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

THE DEVIN'S ADVOCATE: THE WILHELM SCREAM ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT: "The Scream was resurrected by Ben Burtt, the sound designer of the Star Wars films. Burtt is widely held to be one of the great geniuses of Hollywood filmmaking, and is the winner of a number of Oscars, as well as being the voice of the robot Wall-E in the film Wall-E. Burtt found The Wilhelm Scream in a sound vault under the title 'Man Being Eaten By Alligator,' and used it for the cry of a stormtrooper falling down a Death Star chasm in Star Wars."

11 Amazing Fake 'Harry Potter' Books Written In China - 11Points.com

11 Amazing Fake 'Harry Potter' Books Written In China - 11Points.com: "Yesterday, I stumbled upon the Chinese 'Harry Potter' fake book market. Here, it seems, Chinese authors have seized upon the Potter popularity and decided to run with it. It's hard to say how many new 'Harry Potter' books have come out of China -- most of the articles I read put it around a dozen -- I found almost twice that during my research and picked my 11 favorites to share here.

These are 11 amazing fake 'Harry Potter' novels written and bootlegged in China, and a little info I found out about each of them. Although they're truly unbelievable, each of these is very much real."

Amazing Python | High-Quality Programming Screencasts

Amazing Python | High-Quality Programming Screencasts: "This free screencast demonstrates a practical example of how to use Python to solve a relatively difficult problem (an ASCII maze) with ease, thanks to just a few lines of code.

With this informative screencast you will:

* Learn how to solve a class of algorithms that are both common and useful.
* Get a feeling for the power and elegance of the Python language.
* Learn how to approach incremental development to resolve a self-contained problem.
* Solve huge ASCII mazes in mere fractions of a second! ;-)"

Right Wing News

Right Wing News: "Ironically, one of the hottest new books for conservatives is far left-winger Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, which was written way back in 1971."

CultureLab: Top 10 greatest science fiction detective novels

CultureLab: Top 10 greatest science fiction detective novels: "China Mi�ville's detective story The City And The City is well on its way to being the award-winningest novel of the year. But it's not the only great novel about science fiction/fantasy sleuths. Here are 10 other SF detective classics.

Speculative fiction and detective fiction have a lot in common -- they're both about digging down to the truth of matters. Fictional scientists and explorers, like detectives, follow clues and act on hunches. The truth is enshrouded in an ocean of red herrings and false trails. Plus, a lot of great science fiction authors, like Ray Bradbury and Robert Silverberg, also wrote detective novels, for money or as a change of pace."

CMAP #2: How Books Are Made - Charlie's Diary

CMAP #2: How Books Are Made - Charlie's Diary: "What is the production workflow for a book by a professional author working under contract with a publisher?"

Edsger Dijkstra - Discipline in Thought - good coders code, great reuse

Edsger Dijkstra - Discipline in Thought - good coders code, great reuse: "In the interview professor Edsger talks about his thoughts on software development. He compares two very different styles of programming - Mozart style of programming vs. Beethoven style of programming. When Mozart started to write, the composition was finished. He wrote manuscript in elegant handwriting in one go. Beethoven was a doubter and a struggler. He started writing before he finished the composition and then glued corrections onto the page. In one place he did it nine times. When they peeled them, the last version proved to be identical to the first one.

From the video one can understand that Edsger preferred Mozart's style of programming. Not just programming, but Mozart style of doing things. He says that the most important thing has been the daily discipline of neatly writing down his thoughts.

His daily discipline lead to hundreds of crystal clear scientific papers, which have now been archived in EWD Archive.

You are welcome to watch interview with Edsger Dijkstra:"

Glenn Vanderburg: Quotations on Software Design

Glenn Vanderburg: Quotations on Software Design:
"This is a collection of quotations (collected from my larger, more general quotes collection) which I see as having some relevance to the craft of programming and software design. There is a conspicuous dominance of quotes which extol the virtues of simplicity (and the deceptive difficulties involved in achieving it)."

Tuffcode - Home

Tuffcode - Home:
"HTTP Scoop 1.4. The HTTP sniffer for Mac OS X."

mxm - IT's Mad Science: Python eggs - a Simple Introduction

mxm - IT's Mad Science: Python eggs - a Simple Introduction:
"Python eggs used to be the wave of the future. But for Zope and Plone developers this has evolved into a true tsunami. They are everywhere now.

Yet there is a lot of confusion of what they are and how to use them.

To understand them, you need to understand Pythons way of organizing code files."

The Non-Paradox of Choice - Jim Manzi - The Corner on National Review Online

The Non-Paradox of Choice - Jim Manzi - The Corner on National Review Online:

"Ultimately, the debate about choice is not about markets but about character. Liberty and responsibility really do go together; it's not just a platitude. The more freedom we have to control our lives, the more responsibility we have for how they turn out. In a world of constraints, learning to be happy with what you're given is a virtue. In a world of choices, virtue comes from learning to make commitments without regrets. And commitment, in turn, requires self-confidence and self-knowledge.



'We are free to be the authors of our lives,' says Schwartz, 'but we don't know exactly what kind of lives we want to 'write.'' Maturity lies in deciding just that."

Kasserine Pass Battles Staff Ride Background Materials

Kasserine Pass Battles Staff Ride Background Materials:

"Readings, Doctrines and Lessons Learned, Maps and Sketches"

Dyson Swarms and Dyson Spheres

Dyson Swarms and Dyson Spheres: "this power collection swarm consists of thousands of elements in inclined orbits, each with a slightly different ascending node and pericenter. This arrangement ensures the elements never come close to each other. The various orbits form a toroid shape, surrounding the star."

SoundSource Provides Fast Audio Input and Output Switching - Audio - Lifehacker

SoundSource Provides Fast Audio Input and Output Switching - Audio - Lifehacker:

"SoundSource is a free download, Mac OS X 10.5 and above only.

Update: As many of you have pointed out in the comments, some of this functionally (specifically, the ability to switch input and output sources) is already available in the menu bar if you option click the volume icon (Snow Leopard only). If that's all you need, then do that instead—no need for extra software. However, the added ability to adjust volume levels and access, say, MIDI setup is a nice addition if you're doing something a bit more involved (or if you're still on Leopard)."

Top 10 Hard Drive Upgrades and Fixes - Hard Drives - Lifehacker

Top 10 Mac Hard Drive Upgrades and Fixes - Hard Drives - Lifehacker: "Top 10 Mac Hard Drive Upgrades and Fixes"

Dropbox Startup Lessons Learned

Dropbox Startup Lessons Learned:
"Dropbox Startup Lessons Learned"

Shedding Bikes: Programming Culture And Philosophy

Shedding Bikes: Programming Culture And Philosophy:

"By Zed A. Shaw
An Attempt At A Book Teaching Beginner Python"

Computing Now | January 2009 | Theme: Software's 25th Anniversary

Computing Now | January 2009 | Theme: Software's 25th Anniversary:

"Sometimes the Old Ways Are Best
by Brian Kernighan

As I write this column, I'm in the middle of two summer projects; with luck, they'll both be finished by the time you read it. One involves a forensic analysis of over 100,000 lines of old C and assembly code from about 1990, and I have to work on Windows XP. The other is a hack to translate code written in weird language L1 into weird language L2 with a program written in scripting language L3, where none of the L's even existed in 1990; this one uses Linux. Thus it's perhaps a bit surprising that I find myself relying on much the same toolset for these very different tasks."

How to think like a Pythonista

How to think like a Pythonista: "NEVER does Python embark on the HUGE task of _deep_ copying unless you very specifically ask it to -- specifically with function deepcopy of module copy. DEEP copying is a serious matter -- function deepcopy has to watch out for cycles, reproduce any identity of references, potentially follow references to any depth, recursively -- it has to reproduce faithfully a graph of objects referencing each other with unbounded complexity. It works, but of course it can never be as fast as the mundane business of shallow copying (which in turn is never as fast as just handing out one more reference to an existing object, whenever the latter course of action is feasible)."