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Rocket Build Log

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

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!

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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