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Diving into the Flying

I’m keeping a running list of my flights on my LaTrax Alias quadcopter. This is starting from my first flight ever to about now, at 30 flights in. Each flight lasts about 10-15 minutes. I’m no expert, and I definitely needed a lot of practice.

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Moto 360 Unpacking

This is the unpacking of the Moto360 Android Wear Smartwatch :

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3D-printed QI charging stand

I was getting tired of always fiddling with the positioning of my phone on my wireless QI charger – so I decided to build a charging stand for it. I originally designed it for my Nexus 4, but it suffered a disasterous screen break a week ago. Luckily my replacement Nexus 5 works just fine […]

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Setting up Vim in Rasbian

I’ve gotten used to Vim over time so I’d like to install it on my RPi A+ running Rasbian. So far I’ve set up WiFi and I’m able to SSH to it. Now I can just power it up and leave it somewhere safe while I SSH into from my phone or computer. Vim stands […]

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LaTrax Alias Review

My clumsy foray into the world of R/C flight begins with the LaTrax Alias (#6608) small quad-copter. This is a Ready-To-Fly (RTF) kit which means it’s good to go out of the box once the battery has been charged.

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