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July 27, 2008
Hobbies
So, I don't know what's going on with me lately, but I seem to be in a hobby frenzy. I've been listening to classical guitar for a few years now, and last fall I decided I wanted to learn to play guitar. My lovely wife was kind enough to get me an Alvarez acoustic guitar for christmas, which I played around with infrequently until two months ago.
Billy Cain over at Critical Mass has inspired me to practice regularly, which I've bene doing. I feel sorry for my family as I pick my way through "Yankee Doodle Dandy," but at least I can hear some improvement.
I also enjoy RC hobby activities (remember my plane from 2002? I bought a cheap-o monster truck right before Xmas last year, and it conked out pretty quickly, but I really wanted one to tear around in the big back yard and the park...so last week I dropped way too much money at Hobbytown USA and bought a TRAXXAS E-Maxx. It looked like this when I bought it:
The thing is awesome. Fast. 4X4. Just plain mean. I had a problem with one of the battery packs, but the folks at Hobbytown USA replaced it without much trouble (thanks Chuck). So I was jumping off of a big pile of sand today and on my 9th or 10th run...well...I missed the pile and hit a large stone retaining wall. So now I'm a serious hobbiest. I get to fix it.
Yesterday, I spent some time with a local Halloween group at a "make and take" with Chuck, my father in law. We're building talking skeletons, so we spent most of yesterday soldering the circuit boards that will control the audio and servos. Very cool. Both of ours boards tested out okay. Pictures forthcoming.
Posted by SunSword at July 27, 2008 07:16 PM