Category Archives: General

Making the Jump to a Digital SLR Camera

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Dan

For the last year or so I’ve been wanting to get a new digital camera. Up until now our current Canon SD400 has been solely responsible for taking thousands of pictures of the kids, vacations, projects, speakers, computers, R/C cars, … Continue reading →

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Get 70 Million Transistors for $22 Bucks

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Dan

Sometimes a good deal comes along that’s so good you need to jump on it whether you need the item or not. For me today that deal was an AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice core CPU for $21.99 from Newegg … Continue reading →

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Death Cab Plays Mesa Amphitheater in the Heat

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Dan

Ben Gibbard and company performed last night in Mesa and quite literally rocked the stage for almost 2 hours straight. They played a total of 22 songs all of which sounded fast, loud and rockin’. They put their studio versions … Continue reading →

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Our New Custom-Built DIY Entertainment Center

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Dan

Entertainment centers aren’t cheap. And in most cases, they aren’t exactly what you want either. They’re either too big or too small, the wrong color, wrong style, or they just don’t fit your TV exactly right. Oh and did I … Continue reading →

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Brushless KDA Motor – Enjoy in RC Model!

Posted on January 26, 2008 by Dan

I bought a new brushless motor for my FlatOut Extra 300S a couple of weeks ago from www.unitedhobbies.com (aka, Hobby City) and got a chance to install it last night. The motor is the KDA20-28M as manufactured by KDA in … Continue reading →

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Maiden Flight of the Brio 10 in a Word…Awesome.

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Dan

I did the maiden flight of my new E-flite Brio 10 this evening. I wasn’t planning on flying it today, since I just barely finished it this afternoon, but the weather was all too perfect to pass up, the winds … Continue reading →

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