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Category: Toys
Drone Shenanigans!
So, I recently acquired a Parrot Bebop 2 (the FPV variant!) and I finally got to fly it for an extended period.
Let me tell you: this thing is GREAT. It is responsive, fast, has a huge range, and has VR First-Person View.
I can’t record the First-Person View, but here’s the footage from flying around Sabella Park on Saturday.
There’s a bunch of different tests.
I’m really impressed with the auto-track features, the GPS flight features, auto-stabilization, and constant camera view.
The controller has an integrated 2.4Ghz wireless antenna, which makes the max flight distance a little over a mile.
If you ever want to try flying it, let me know!
-Mike
Car Maintenance: Prevention
So a while back I wrote up a bit about a guide I use to check my car once (and now twice) a month. I figured maybe someone else could use it, so I share it here now.
Hard Drives, Size Limits, Boot Records, and Partition Tables
Or, how Mike wasted a Friday evening in vain.
I bought some new drives for home use, because a drive in my LG NAS went bad. Womp womp.
I got home, and popped them in. As expected: they did not work. They only showed 2TB, despite being 3TB drives. This is expected, because my NAS is old and only does partitions and sectors in the older MBR style.
Well, MBR does not have support for drives > 2TB (technically, 2 and change, 2.2TB usually) for some archaic reason.
What followed, was drive reorganization, and more understanding and explanation than I ever thought I would need to know.
On: Right To Repair
Filed under: “Was-There-Ever-A-Doubt” and “Obviously” categories, both Apple and AT&T have come forward to spearhead the fight against the Right To Repair. Anyone who knows anything about Apple is not at all surprised by this completely-unexpected-and-not-totally-what-they-have-always-wanted move. Where I’m from we call this a “Dick Move.”
On: Abject Failure (Continued)
So, now it’s a day later, a day following a tremendously frustrating day. We are doing better today. I have had time to reflect on it all. Time to post learned things and hind-sights.
Another Rant: Too Much To Summarize
A lot of stuff has been on my mind lately, and I’m just gonna rant and ramble a bit more like I did last week. Some of it is tech related. Most is not. Variety is the spice of life.
Rant: On Lazy Services & People
TSo, let me start off by saying: pot, kettle, black. I’m lazy. I’m lazy as hell. I look at a problem and look for the simplest solution to a problem. Work smart, not hard, as they say. That being said, while I’m lazy, I still do a complete, thorough job when I work on a project. Lately, this is something I’ve seen as very lacking in a lot of areas. It’s got me pretty fed up, and I wanted to talk about it a bit because I want to set clear some expectations and realities and how to best deal with them.
Titanfall 2: What Titanfall 1 Should Have Been
I have just finished the Single Player Campaign mode of Titanfall 2. I just have to say: What a fun ride. I’m going to try avoiding comparisons to the original Titanfall, other than to say that the original Titanfall had no real campaign, only a basic training model. Titanfall 2 has a campaign and it’s pretty rock solid, honestly.
Side Projects: CO2 Powered Racers
So a STEM teacher at the Middle School got a CO2 Racecar Kit (something like this). In passing she suggested that I make a race car to race with. Well, challenge: accepted.