Category Archives: hiptop

Notice of Disapproval of Application

Long story. Good news is that my next checkride will basically just consist of a couple takeoffs and landings.

Target, Oakdale, MN

At 4:00 my entire company goes to Target, gets $20 worth of stuff and then leaves.

Printed Google Maps

I’ve been needing to do some tests at work on our Canon imagePROGRAF W8400 and Bill had a fantastic file he built for himself from Google Maps tiles of the greater Twin Cities metropolitan area. I still haven’t figured out all the problems with the RIP software we are using, but the test that did work looks great! It’s over 130mb at 42″x42″, 150dpi.

Evening Before the Checkride

Planning a cross country trip to Aberdeen, SD, a photo of a purple plane and checking the fluids and instruments on the plane I’m flying tomorrow. More photos on Flickr.

Long Weekend

Some people have asked why I haven’t posted much lately. Well, for two examples, I’ve been really busy with work and preparing for my checkride on Monday morning. If all goes well, in the eyes of the FAA I will be a private pilot. That and trying to balance everything else has taken a lot out of me. I took today off to study, clean the house up a bit and to catch up on some bills and paperwork.

Sun Dog

My commute into work eastbound from Minneapolis to the suburbs featuring a very pronounced parhelion.

Alarm System Repair

Learning why I should wire it properly the first time.

My Cameo in An Inconvenient Truth

My friend Sara calls this evening to tell me that I’m in the film An Inconvenient Truth. Why didn’t anyone else tell me? I guess they cut out the shot of me taking a photo with Al Gore.

iPhone

Everything changes in June.

UPDATE June 30, 2007: iPhone First Impressions

Clean Basement

I haven’t spent the time to clean my basement fully since I moved in. Now my weekend project is complete. Nadia enjoyed rolling around on the freshly swept concrete.