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This feels a little weird! Playing with the overclocking and it really makes a difference! The settings below look stable but make the proc very hot (over 85 degrees c.) From /boot/config.txt: Overclock settings - disabled until heat sink is added. 170327 SeanK #arm_freq=1350 #core_freq=500 #over_voltage=4 #disable_splash=1 ##force_turbo=1 #boot_delay=1 #sdram_freq=500 Also created a script to put the governor in ondemand mode and put it in the init.d directory: root@webpi:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# cat /etc/init.d/sk-perf-set-cpu-governor.sh #!/bin/sh # # 20170327, Sean Kennedy # # From /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors: # conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance governor="ondemand" echo $governor > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor root@webpi:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq# Also got ganglia to report on CPU Frequency and Temp using this init script…. ...

This is Greg picking up a friend at the airport last weekend. He looks like Jamie Hyneman from the mythbusters. The person laughing in the background is the cop Greg got to shoot the video.

This is from a person I met onsite last week! It looks VERY GOOD.

Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work This has been around for a while but it’s fun. There’s language so make sure you blast this at work. Happy Friday.

If you ever get a chance to kick back at a java joint with John Common take it.

This is a great project for just about anyone who ever went to class with a TI calculator. With a few lines of code on the calculator and a 2.5mm male to male plug you can create time lapse photos. Turn a TI Graphing Calculator into an Intervalometer and Create Time Lapse Videos - More DIY How To Projects

This video was taken by Mr. Brown while we were at the Cherry Creek RC airfield (http://www.denverrceagles.org/) last week. If you watch the video you’ll see the starboard aileron at full deflection. The guy who flew the plane had a hard landing earlier that day and didn’t forgot to do another pre-flight control check before this flight. I do a lot of pre-flights now mainly because I’ve crashed my share of planes making stupid mistakes. My first famous blunder with a RC plane was from a elevator that was responding backwards, so when I pulled up, the plane actually wanted to go down. Simple fix - you click on a reverse switch on the transmitter and you’re good to go. Since I didn’t care to do a pre-flight check, I only realized the issue after I managed to get the plane in the air. When I realized what I did I figured, up is down and down is up… Got it. Seconds later, the plane started to climb, and I instinctualy went down on the controls. Well, down was up… so the plane continued to climb and basically looped - right after take off. Now it was pointed right at us! Death from above I thought; Clear the deck!!! I managed to miss everyone involved, and the plane crashed. From that point on I vowed to always make sure I check the plane before flight to help insure the control surfaces are working like they should.

Here’s my new A-10 warthog just completed and the F4-U Corsair I’m building. The A-10 is my first ducted fan plane so I’m excited to see how it does. I expect to “mod” it for Colorado’s altitude. I got the A-10 kit from NitroPlanes and while the parts are a bit cheezy, the foam construction is very good. I’m also very excited about my F4-U Corsair. Debi got this plane for me years ago, and I’ve been frustrated about not getting it built - I plan to have it flying by next month! It calls for a .40 size engine so of coarse I’m installing a .60 MDS or a .70 Supertigre so it should scoot around just fine. More to come.