Monthly Archives: January 2004

It's not like shaver didn't warn me or anything. It's just that I can't resist sometimes. Last Sunday I had my first instrument flight that included actually flying in a real live airplane. There was an airmet for turbulence and … Continue reading →

Everyone should stop and take the time to read this article, even the non-geeks.

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An excellent little article on framing. I tend to think about these things in most conversations I have and especially when I'm dealing with anything coming out of the media. Many times it's not the answer that's important, it's the … Continue reading →

Right now I'm trying to backport galeon 1.2.7 to Mozilla 1.6. Don't ask why. It's not that much fun as there have been some signifigant changes to the charset manager interface as well as some other small changes. Apparently, a … Continue reading →

I had another instrument lesson on Saturday. It went OK, but not great. My scan kept breaking down in the simulator so the one approach I did was messy, at best. In an embarrassing moment I discovered that the simulator … Continue reading →

Had two back-to-back instrument lessons over this weekend with my instructor, using a sim when appropriate. Did my first ILS approach yesterday and another one today. I'm reasonably comfortable doing VOR and NDB approaches at this point as well. I … Continue reading →

I have to admit, I haven't been impressed with the look of a car in quite some time but the new Mustang makes my heart jump a bit. I think they did a really good job with echoing the style … Continue reading →

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Back from a whirlwind tour of the northeastern united states and canada. Spent new year's with Mike in toronto which was a lot of fun. Having a GPS for these trips means you can build interesting statistics. For example: Syracuse … Continue reading →