How to format/wipe your Hard Drive

It's amazing what a high powered rifle can do to a Hard Drive. You can see the bullet went clean through the hard drive. One hard drive was no problem.... so we stacked up 5. No problem getting through 5 hard drives either. May be difficult to restore the data on this baby.

Heli Pics

Here are a few shots. If you would like to see more click below

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Saturday Fun

I have done some modification to the Blade 400. I cut a small block of foam out to mount to the heli. I then attached the camera mount to the block of foam. The end result was a camera that looked very stable. I did not have the same camera as before so I don't have a direct comparison, but I was able to take some still shots.

Way to go!

Good job Sylvain, on starting your business.
OREGONGEOGRAPHIC, LLC
Your website will soon be located at http://www.oregongeographic.com/

PLEASE POST on exactly what you company does.

Two Weeks Since Black Thursday

So here we are at another Thursday. Two weeks later, after struggling to bring some kind of comfort to the social upset in the office, after being told that things are back on track...... bang! We are hit again. Another round of position eliminations. The horror of having to see people and families torn apart, co-workers and former co-workers harboring feelings of anger and sadness. I don't believe the company will ever be the same again.
Trust in the company having been lost, and the feelings of instability have returned to the office once again. This time the eliminations seem more erratic and puzzling. Those who are left are wondering, am I next?
It remains hard to stay focused on anything. It appears that the "writing is on the wall." I know that even in my own mind, I'm planning exit strategies.

How to cut your fuel bill in half!

Unhappy with the cost of fuel? If you google for saving money on gas you will get thousands of hits, and you will see some of the craziest ideas. If only people could use some common sense, and not believe everything you read or see on the internet.
I tried to calculate the US consumption of gasoline but was unable to come up with a solid number. Seems that everywhere I looked there were different answers, and they all used different inputs for the calculations. From the EPA web site I worked out 47.6 Billion Gallons/Year (I had to find the number of vehicles from another site and then average the total gallons from cars and trucks on the EPA web site), from http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question417.htm they show 146 Billion Gallons/Year.
If we as a "Nation" (AKA special interests) refuse to build more refineries, or drill for oil on our own land. Even if by some act of congress the US decided to move forward we would have to wait for the infrastructure to be built.

This solutions could happen in a few weeks. It would cut each drivers bill in half and reduce the US usage about 1/3. So what is this magic solution that you don't put in your tank?
CARPOOL!!
Along with reduced fuel costs, you would also benefit from cars extended life, reduce the demand on fuel supplies which would drop the price of fuel, more disposable cash for you to buy crap to support the economy. All it would take from you is flexibility, and this is much cheaper than some mysterious pooky you might put in your gas tank.

Lets not wait for the government to fix this, they have proven their inability to do so, WE THE PEOPLE should stand together in a large selfless act and fix our own country.

Slow Stick with camera

Here is a video I shot last fall with the Slow Stick. The plane was a little too heavy for any kind of smooth flight.

Blade 400 Heli 75-100'

Wow, here is a video of the Blade somewhere between 75 to 100'. The heli was so high that the colors for the landing gear went gray, and it was very hard to see what direction the heli was oriented. At one point it looked upside down. Jordon was out flying also, see if you can spot the Slow Stick airplane in the video.

GameNight

We should set a date before the French guy moves. Maybe it should be along the lines of a BBQ, and lan party. Consider it a going away party.

Give me some dates and times.....

Heli Video @ 45'

This was with the E-Flight Blade 400 Heli, and a Sony Cybershot DSC-P200. It was a little windy but I was able to shoot over the top of the house.I Have not determined how much the Blade 400 can lift, but this camera is quite heavy. I have also tried a very large KODAK camera must have been twice the weight. With the larger camera the heli was a little unstable and started to sway since the center of gravity is so low. The landing gear and camera mount are custom built for this heli, I may post pictures later.

I had the Camera out today in the higher wind, but was a little scared to go as high so the video is not as exciting.

Black Thursday

Slow economy, poor corporate planning, shrinking market, and many other factors have started this blog.

A technology group of 3 doing great things. A manager, and 2 indispensable technology gurus. We loved to spend countless hours on research and hard work in theory, project planning, implementation. Multiple changes to code, servers, and hardware. The blood sweat and tears of each member pored into projects, both complete or close to completion. A group of guys that liked to work hard, creating new ideas, and fixing others. A group that has become socially close and friendships forged.
Part of this was abruptly changed on Thursday June 12, 2008. Calls were made, paperwork filled out, meetings conducted. The end result was 2 positions were eliminated, not because of poor work ethics, negative conduct, or any lacking abilities, simply the company had to cut back. The manager has been left without a group, and the group without jobs.

But rather than dwelling in the past, this BLOG is about our future, our lives, our jobs, our friendship.