I saw this video (Made here in Dallas by Element X Creative) and I just have to share. This is far more than a model train video although it seems to start that way. It’s called: Stop. Watch. Love. Enjoy. Oh yeah, pay attention to all the subtle (maybe not so subtle) advertising promotion in the scenery. You need to “watch” this a dozen times!
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Dauntless Project
I think no one has noticed the RoboBoat project has started to move forward again. I have spent a couple of weekends (not every hour) working on the hull. Progress is being made and I am reporting and showing new pictures in the blog. The project is in the “build the boat” stage and will be there for some time. I intend to do a decent construction job to produce a worthy platform upon which...
Continue reading...Shop Clean Up
I took a couple of days and went after cleaning and organizing my workshop with a vengeance. I like to have at hand the tools and material I need for a project. If I don’t take the time and effort to clean up and put things back in their normal storage, I soon can find nothing. I felt I was almost into one of those “everything is lost and nothing can be found” stages. So...
Continue reading...Networked Model Boat
I posted a link my new blog on my RoboBoat project in a comment in another post. That made the link buried fairly deep, sorry. The link is also posted in the right hand column. It’s going to be a “very nerdy techno-speak about networks and micro computers” type blog for awhile. The mission is boat control but I won’t be posting much about the vessel for some time. RoboBoatBlog.net
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