After the last crash of an electric plane, I’ve reconsidered my flying requirements.  I though hard about what I enjoy, and kept coming back to gliding.  I learnt to fly RC on the slope, and I enjoyed the heck out [...]

I haven’t had many good results while flying lately.  The Helios is a total loss after only about 10-15 flights.  Seemed like a radio hit, but after asking around I found no one else on the frequency, and put [...]

Inspired by some before-and-after declutter photos (and Gretchen), I decided to have a go at the shared study.  It was a daunting task: Basically months of clutter, bills, projects, toys, whatever.  I chucked a sackfull of crap out, and sorted [...]

I’m taking a nice long 3 week summer break from tomorrow.  Fingers crossed for good weather, good food and good UMTS coverage. Nah seriously I’m planning to go off the grid as much as possible.  We’ll see how that works out.

I got my man on again this weekend, and not just because I am sporting a glorious handlebar moustache courtesy of Movember. Successful results: The wobbly mixer tap is not wobbly anymore, now that the big brass retention washer has been modified [...]

I broke my plane.  I done broke it good’n'proper.  Photographic evidence follows. How did it happen?  Well think of it like this: when you toss a long object in the air, like a bat, or a hammer, or a juggling [...]

I’ve been searching for a higher capacity media player for a while now.? My budget is constrained by mortgage? and family, so I haven’t gone down the new iPod route, and have been living with my 2GB iriver Clix [...]

That’s it.  I give up.  I try to blog, honestly I do.  But when someone like Stephen Fry comes along with a 10,000 word opening post about one’s own all-consuming passion, it all gets a bit much.  How am I [...]

The Parkzone F27 Stryker is a fairly tame flying wing shaped parkflyer in its standard form, but who ever sticks with standard? Besides, buying a RTF plane is silly when I have half the gear (servos, receiver and motor) sitting [...]