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My First Raspberry Pi Project

By chad December 28, 2013Featured, Hobbies, Neat Stuff, Raspberry PiNo Comments

Almost every year, I try to select a fun project to do while off for Christmas. This year the project I selected was based on Raspberry Pi. Specifically I decided to build a device that would, when motion is detected, find the range to the motion using an ultrasonic rangefinder,…

The Early Days of Flight

By chad December 7, 2013Ramblings, Technology, UncategorizedNo Comments

This post started from a comment I made on facebook about the "Volocopter" story on CNN. At the time my comment was "Why does this look like something from the early days of flight?" That it turns out is a very good question and an even better follow-up, "Aren't we in…

The Final Apollo Mission – December 7, 1972

By chad December 7, 2013Ramblings, Technology, UncategorizedNo Comments

On December 7, 1972 (41 years ago today) the final manned mission to the moon blasted off from Kennedy Space Center. Eugene Cernan was the last person to walk on the moon on December 14, 1972 at roughly 05:40 GMT. It is ultimately hard to believe that its been 41…

Tullahoma, TN Halloween Pirate Ship Decoration

By chad November 3, 2013Photography, UncategorizedNo Comments

Took this picture of an awesome Halloween decoration in Tullahoma, TN this week... Complete with Kraken.

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by…

By chad October 21, 2013Neat Stuff, Photography, UncategorizedNo Comments

This weekend, I had a chance to tour the The Columbus Foundation's replicas of the Niña and Pinta on one of its last days in port in Chattanooga, TN. I took several photos, but I made a wallpaper quality version of one. This is the rigging and top sail of…