Podcasts make me grumpy, and it has nothing to do with their quality or content.? It’s just podcasts in general.? I’ve been pretty stressed lately.? Not entirely sure why, because work is damn fun.? It might just be that there is too much on in my life.

When I have a break, perhaps during a walk or during my commute, I listen (well, listened now) to podcasts.? Problem is, I’d be having a break from work, trying to clear my head, and these podcasts would be filling my head with more information.? More ideas, more news, more concepts, more trivia… STOP.

I’ve gone back to listening to music.? A bit of classical, some dance, perhaps some Damien Rice or John Legend.? And I’m finding I have a clearer head and less stress.? And I have more ideas.? Strange eh?? ? Put in? fewer ideas, but get more out.

Empty your cup grasshopper.

Music to me is meditative.? Podcasts have become (always were?) mind-noise.? Sorry Leo, Kevin, Dan,? and others.

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Luckily nothing too major. Just a pair of smashed blades. The result of a fraction of a second contact with a chair leg while practising hovering indoors. Well, actually just practising spooling up and down inside, but it skittered across the floor and contacted with the chair.

Live and learn. New blades installed, waiting for calm weather outdoors.

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This is brilliant. With my Genesis power bill I got not one, but two brochures telling me about how my power company is focusing on climate change. Two identical brochures printed on high-quality, bleached, heavy stock. I guess they’re not too focused on reducing wastage or energy spent on printing and processing.

Here’s an idea Genesis: how about offering me an online-only bill option so I can stop receiving unnecessary pieces of paper!?

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Look what the tooth fairy delivered today:

I’ve haven’t even written a proper review for the last one yet, but I’ve unfortunately been entirely bitten by the bug. This new helicopter is much more advanced than the Lama, with a belt-driven tail rotor, and full CCPM head control.

Truthfully I’ve battled with the Lama and its co-axial setup. It seems that no matter how hard I try, one motor is slightly more powerful than the other, so it’s always slowly rotating one way or t’other. I put it down to the cheap design, fixed pitch, and cheap electronics. In comparison, the Honeybee King 2 is about as technically complete as you can go in electric helicopters. You can go bigger and more expensive, but as far as the CCPM head and belt-driven tail, these things remain the same right up to the monster 4 stroke nitro helicopters.

Wish me luck. Hopefully the next post won’t be a picture of a helicopter in a thousand pieces.

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