Category Archives: Projects

Fun with Real Time Data

By Nathan | August 7, 2010

I’ve been working on bits and pieces of a project to be able to record and view data in near real time for the last few months. It’s one of those things where each layer has its own set of challenges and is written in its own language. But I finally put all the pieces [...]

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Successful Launch!

By Nathan | July 3, 2010

In my last post I talked about building a rocket. This past weekend I actually flew it! I went out to the middle of nowhere in Eastern Oregon for Oregon Rocketry’s “Summer Skies” launch. My plan was to launch with an H motor and then a J to get my level 1 and level 2 [...]

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Rocket Build Log

By Nathan | May 21, 2010

Until the weather turned ugly I was planning on flying a rocket big enough to get level 1 and level 2 TRA certification this weekend. While it looks like I will have to hold off until next month, I can at least share a short build log. The rocket is a kit from Giant-leap rocketry. [...]

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Open Source Bridge

By Nathan | May 15, 2010

This year I’m lucky enough to be speaking at Open Source Bridge. OSBridge started in 2009 when the popular OSCON conference was held in San Jose instead of Portland. A bunch of local programmer types wanted something local to fill the gap left by OSCON. So, thus, OSBridge was formed. It’s run entirely by volunteers, [...]

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New Bike!

By Nathan | July 19, 2009

I’ve been thinking about getting a new bike for a while. But, being the frugal and practical person that I am (read: cheap) I couldn’t really justify buying a brand new fancy bike when my trusty old trek works just fine. Recently one evening my rear brake cable broke and I thought to myself “I [...]

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