Here, for the first time, pictures of an actual Soul!: more »

Yeah, I haven't been posting nearly as much recently. Mainly because there isn't a lot that's post-worthy. The car thing, that was post-worthy, and it got posted. Hobby stuff, well... The Omega's @ Chad's being worked on. I was having issues finding… more »

For our past 3 or 4 car loans -- and this dates back to around 1999 -- we've rolled forward a not small amount of negative equity. It was fairly small at first, but gradually got pretty big, and needed to be taken care of. We'd decided it was time to… more »

So I started on the assembly of the Omega. I started with the soldering tasks, as there are quite a few. I didn't have much time so I figured I'd take care of the included battery pack, plus the ESC/BEC first. Armed with a new soldering iron tip, and… more »

Got a HUGE box in today from Northeast Sailplane Products. My Omega 2.5 has arrived. Here's some photos from the unboxing: Fuselage. Gel-coated fiberglass. The assembled V-tail. SUPER light! The wing panels. Again, amazingly… more »

Now to explain the pictures. ;) The first one is a prototype of sorts of a rocket launch pad constructed of PVC. It's about 16 3" lengths of PVC that I cut, joined by various T-connectors, 90° elbows, and 4-way connectors. The black object in th… more »

For now, just 2 pictures. I shall leave you all wondering what they mean. more »

Yeah, I haven't been writing as much lately. Mainly, because I figure the people reading this blog don't want to read a bunch of "yeah, we rode another 10 miles today and it was awesome!" type of posts. :D Well, we have been riding a lot. We've even… more »

That's how many miles we got in on our bikes over the long weekend. ~20 miles on Friday, then 10 each on Saturday and Sunday! That may not seem like any big deal to anyone that's been biking for a long time, but for us, it's amazing. And the thing is,… more »