Category Archives: Hobbies

A few weeks ago, I bought an Air Hogs Havoc Heli, which while fun, is really just a toy. You actually don’t have much control as far as going forward and backward with the Havoc Heli. I did a little research, … Continue reading →

Mother Jones has an interesting article about hypermilers, who are people who come up with all sorts of interesting and sometimes dangerous ways to maximize their gas mileage by drafting, coasting, timing lights, etc. Still, 59 miles/gallon is pretty impressive … Continue reading →

Someone has compiled a nice PDF document showing photos and short explanations for nearly all the the known surviving Panther family tanks that are in various museums and collections around the world. Here is a link with a list of … Continue reading →

Over the last year, I have gotten back into a childhood hobby of mine, which was building plastic scale 1/35th scale models of tanks. Back when I was in junior high school, I built quite few Tamiya 1/35th scale kits, … Continue reading →

A post on the Microsoft Robotics Studio blog announced that the RTM version of the Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.0 has been released. It is free for non-commercial use. Maybe now I can start building a Cylon robot with my Lego … Continue reading →

Tamiya has a Boxing Fighter Battleset that is very reminiscent of the old Rockem-Sockem Robots game that I used to love as a kid.     This kit allows you to control your robots via wired remote controls.

I completed a pretty decent example of a German Panzer III Ausf. L this weekend. It represents a vehicle from the 18th Panzer Division in Russia in late 1942. The 18th Panzer Division was basically destroyed during the Battle of Kursk in 1943. … Continue reading →

Microsoft has yet another CTP available here. This version adds security support. Microsoft’s Tandy Trower says that they are getting pretty close to releasing version 1.0

The latest CTP of the Microsoft Robotics Studio has been released. Tandy Trower has more details about the enhancements here. I have a Lego NXT (which I have had not had much time to play with yet), and an iRobot … Continue reading →