slipwind
life sliding through the air
Wireless Bridge
Jul 8th
Well I have finally abolished my outdated wireless using WEP. This piece of paper/torture device has resided in a drawer in my kitchen for over five years. Too many friends have been forced to enter to enter its 40 characters of nonsense to access my network. No more!
Charge Away!
Aug 24th
It’s nearing the end of August. I haven’t yet spent a single moment flying one of my RC planes. I think that is very sad considering how much money I invested in the hobby last summer. It’s okay though, I have finally managed to acquire/build a makeshift power supply for my battery charger! The last time I attempted this I was met with nothing but failure. This time though, success! I still have a number of finishing touches to make before I can call it well and done, but at least it’s working. I’m charging one of my nicer packs right now… Don’t think I’ll go bed quite yet though… I’m not that crazy.
Take back the Beep!
Aug 3rd
I’ve been annoyed for years at the painfully long messages our wonderful cell carriers force us to listen to just to leave a voicemail. I always just assumed that it was a sinister attempt to ensure more seconds were used for our calls, thus making them $$$.
It’s nice to know that I’m not the only one who hated this practice and that there is somebody trying to do something about it!
One cool night at Half Moon
Aug 2nd
Last night was probably was of the neatest experiences I’ve had in a long time.
For many of weekends during the summer I can be found hanging around the Cutshall family at their cabin on Half Moon Lake in Wisconsin. It’s one of my favorite places in the world. They’ve treated me like family there, so it’s one of those spots on earth where you just feel like home.
The past few years Bob and Jeanne have hosted the Heart of the City band at the cabin for an afternoon of hanging out on the lake. Yesterday was that day. Jason and I arrived a little after lunch to a cabin packed with strangers. A lot of people up there is nothing unusual, but I’ve never seen so many people that I just didn’t know. Now me being me I didn’t really talk to many of them, but they all seemed to be just really cool. It sounded like they look forward to that day all year round and it was really cool to watch all of the smiles on everyone’s faces.
That night, after most of the food had been eaten and everyone who wanted to was waterlogged from the lake, we all sat around the campfire. Eventually Dan and his son had started playing their guitars and his wife Sandy her flute. They played some really beautiful acoustic music for about 20 minutes and then started singing some songs that I knew. Now maybe singing worship songs around a campfire is nothing new to a lot of people… but this was a good portion of the Heart of the City band! Needless to say it was just a really cool and really moving hour or so where these gifted musicians played and sang glory to God around a fire under a starry sky in one of the places that is like home to me. It was sweet.
Anyway, just a really really cool night on Half Moon.
I knew it!
Jul 29th
The risk of jamming is lower if all people obey the rules than if they all disobey them, according to the analysis, but jamming risk is lowest when about 40 percent of people drive like jerks.
Rude Drivers Reduce Traffic Jams
I am so glad to say that I have been doing my part for years and have been more than happy to alleviate congestion on our busy roadways.
You’re all welcome!
Regarding Health Care
Jul 24th
Will Rogers famously said, “It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.”[1] So it is with the health care debate in this country. Quite a few “facts” offered to the public as truth are simply wrong and often intentionally misleading. It seems clear that no truly productive solution will emerge when these false facts represent our common starting point. So, this essay takes on the modest task of simply disabusing its readers of some untrue notions about health care.
The quote above is taken from an essay by Clifford Asness (linked above). I don’t really have anything to add to the debate, but I thought this essay pointed out a lot of concerns which I have, and I think people should be thinking about when considering such a massive and important proposal to change the way our health care system works.
The author is a little snarky at times and obviously is coming from a more conservative/libertarian perspective (he throws around the term “socialist” perhaps a bit too much), but overlooking that I think he has a lot of valid points.
If anyone has some opposing responses that might refute some of this please feel free to respond!
Art. Finally. I think.
Jul 12th
I finally purchased a piece of art for my 30th birthday present (which was over a year ago I know). It’s a watercolor from a local artist that I kinda sorta like. I’m not sure spending a lot of money on something I only “kinda sorta” like is a good idea, so we’ll see if I end up keeping it after I’ve had it on my wall for a couple days.
The photo is a little glary I know, but you’ll get the idea anyway. Comments are welcome!
Beer and Bumper Stickers
Jul 12th
Just got back from Ben’s bachelor party at the cabin. I think there ends up being about 16 guys around at various times during the couple days we were there. Played some golf, tooled around on Half Moon, ate some good food, checked out the Balsam Lake night life (Unfortunately the VFW was closed!), and drank lots and lots and lots of beer.
It was a really good time.
Also, Luke had the best bumper stickers I have ever seen!
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