Friday, October 23, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
STS-128
So my dad got tickets from his congressman to view the launch of Shuttle Discovery at the Banana Creek viewing location (3.3 miles from the launch pad).
The launch was originally scheduled for Tuesday at 1:36am, but was scrubbed at T -9 minutes due to weather. Finally on Friday night at 11:59:37pm Discovery lit up the sky.
I've experienced night launches before, but being that close is amazing! Blinding light and a massive wall of sound... you should try to make one of the remaining 7 shuttle launches in the next year... you won't be disappointed.
I've uploaded some pictures to Picasa.
The launch was originally scheduled for Tuesday at 1:36am, but was scrubbed at T -9 minutes due to weather. Finally on Friday night at 11:59:37pm Discovery lit up the sky.
I've experienced night launches before, but being that close is amazing! Blinding light and a massive wall of sound... you should try to make one of the remaining 7 shuttle launches in the next year... you won't be disappointed.
I've uploaded some pictures to Picasa.
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| Shuttle Discovery Launch of STS-128 |
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Bluetooth in Stereo
I have always wanted a stereo bluetooth headset for listening to music with my iPhone.
Until recently, Apple didn't think highly enough of bluetooth to enable such things... but now with iPhone OS 3.0 I am able to use it.
So I got the Motorola S9 headset off Amazon recently. Nothing super nice, but something I could use at work and while riding my bike.
So far so good. The battery life is alright, and I haven't experienced many problems, other than the music cutting out every so often when the battery is low.
But I noticed something interesting the other day... The stated range for Bluetooth is 30 ft. I wouldn't trust this headset with in a non-line of sight scenario for more than 10 ft, but I was surprise recently. Really surprised. I've been working in an anechoic chamber for a few weeks now. An anechoic chamber is a metal room with RF absorber all over the inside to dampen RF signals for controled measurements and tests. I had left my phone on the desk in the control room when I walked into the chamber the other day... all the way into the chamber. The other side in fact. I wasn't line of sight with the phone anymore. With the chamber door open, I was able to walk way furhter than I thought I should. So maybe this headset's range isn't so bad after all.
Of course, it did stop working when I shut the chamber door:)
Until recently, Apple didn't think highly enough of bluetooth to enable such things... but now with iPhone OS 3.0 I am able to use it.
So I got the Motorola S9 headset off Amazon recently. Nothing super nice, but something I could use at work and while riding my bike.
So far so good. The battery life is alright, and I haven't experienced many problems, other than the music cutting out every so often when the battery is low.
But I noticed something interesting the other day... The stated range for Bluetooth is 30 ft. I wouldn't trust this headset with in a non-line of sight scenario for more than 10 ft, but I was surprise recently. Really surprised. I've been working in an anechoic chamber for a few weeks now. An anechoic chamber is a metal room with RF absorber all over the inside to dampen RF signals for controled measurements and tests. I had left my phone on the desk in the control room when I walked into the chamber the other day... all the way into the chamber. The other side in fact. I wasn't line of sight with the phone anymore. With the chamber door open, I was able to walk way furhter than I thought I should. So maybe this headset's range isn't so bad after all.
Of course, it did stop working when I shut the chamber door:)
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