Entries by eschipul
just a guy
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Tweet I was talking to a talented artist at the company recently and found myself talking about a few aerial photos I had taken over the weekend using the Quadracopter and the new camera mounting and FPV rigs. It was an obvious question, but it caught me off guard. She asked “How do you know [...]
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Tweet April and Jason. Man are we gonna miss April. But I am eternally grateful for her help establishing our Silicon Valley offices. Now onward and upward! Starbucks SKRATCH SCRATCH 2 The Bay More hi-res CC Attribution photos from Sunnyvale and surrounding areas on our site.
Tweet R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to me R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Take care, TCB ohhhh. Sock it to me… - Aretha Franklin, Respect
Tweet From the site: “There is a Clock ringing deep inside a mountain. It is a huge Clock, hundreds of feet tall, designed to tick for 10,000 years. Every once in a while the bells of this buried Clock play a melody. Each time the chimes ring, it’s a melody the Clock has never played [...]
Tweet [This post was written on December 16 and I never hit publish. I removed some of the mushy stuff. And as I have said many times "bad news fast" so let me say first that I regret the chaos of Katie's last day. I'll make it up to you Katie.] Some people are just [...]
Tweet 5th Ward Jam by Dan Havel and Dean Ruck. Article about it on Chron. It is located at 3705 Lyons Street Houston Texas (and YOU should go see it!). Regardless here is a video from the brave quadracopter “yellow” and a few photos from the not so brave 5D-Mii:
Tweet As I type this on the afternoon of December 10th, you have three more chances to see Freneticore Dance’s production of Tenderina. Tonight the 10th, then next weekend the 16th and 17th. Visit the Frenetic Theater calendar for more. A few shots from Monday’s performance:
Tweet “To understand more clearly what is meant by judgement, imagine a singles match being played by Mr. A and Mr. B, with Mr. C acting as the umpire. Mr. A is serving his second serve to Mr. B on the first point of a tie-breaker. The ball lands wide, and Mr. C calls, “Out. [...]
Tweet Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal. – Robert Heinlein Leadership, I frequently say, is about “making good decisions with limited information.” Not perfect decisions. But good decisions. You don’t have a choice in business: move quickly or die. And unlike CEOs on Wall Street, the small business CEO’s worst [...]
Tweet It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood…. Teletubbies I love you Super Friends Get Smart Crockett’s Theme – Jan Hammer – Miami Vice Miami Vice – In the Air Tonight To Live and Die in LA The Good, The Bad and the Ugly A wartime consigliere
Tweet In Michael’s craft store today and I run across this. I am unsure how to respond. The responses on FB are however amusing. Your thoughts if you were to gift one or the other are welcome. I’m not used to facing this type of decision.
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Tweet “In Iraq, a U.S. military spokesman says every step in the withdrawal is a “deliberate operation in which we collect intelligence, coordinate with the Iraqi Security Forces, clear routes and ensure that every convoy has ground security and air cover.”" - CNN We want our troops home SAFE! And on Thanksgiving I give thanks [...]
Tweet The quad. Rebuilt it tonight. Took a chance that one motor was still working after the last crash. It wasn’t. You can’t test that. They all spin up. You do a slow test launch and you get an immediate flip. Lesson learned – if a motor is damaged or touched, just replace the damn [...]
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Tweet “I know that, all my life, I’ve been going around in a fog. You’re just a bunch of molecules until you know who you are. You spend your time getting to be a big Hollywood actor. But then what? You’ve reached a comfortable plateau, and you want to stay on it; you resist change. [...]
Tweet It ended in a crashed quadracopter. More on that after the jump, but first a photo and a 5 second video from above the burned out woods near Bastrop Texas. This still shot? THIS is why I like aerial photography so much. You just can’t get a photo like this on the ground. You [...]
Tweet I saw the most beautiful moment last weekend at the Ren Fest and I have to share it with you. It involves children and green giants. (stay with me for a moment…) I started going to the Texas Renaissance Festival in either 1987 or 1988 while going to Texas A&M as an undergrad. I [...]
Tweet “I get why people are so angry at seeing Christmas commercials and why petitions are starting left and right and why regular, educated, hard-working Americans are taking to the streets to occupy and lend their voices to the movement. These people are normal. They have kids and dogs and jobs that they’ve held for [...]
Tweet Quadracopter update — not that anyone asked — Prototyping new landing gear with clear legs for LED lights for night flight (red in front, blue in back) and 16 centimeters of clearance for a GoPro mount below the body. 4 centimeters to spare for hard landings and leg flex. Interchangeable with lighter gear for [...]
Tweet “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” – Douglas Adams
Tweet Life – not quite a fight. Not quite a dance. Somewhere in the middle.
Tweet “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and [...]