Archive for the 'Misc' Category

The Power of the Blogger

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

After starting blogging I’m continually amazed at the emails and comments I get back. I’ve been frequently blogging about different software applications I use. Nearly 50% of the time I blog about a particular software application I get a note from the author or publisher.
Frequently these notes are thanks for blogging about them. A couple [...]

Tim Flight Guest Blogger on UAV Blog

Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

While ProBlogger Darren Rowse is on vacation for a month I will be a guest blogger on one of his blogs. It will be an honor to blog for him while he is away.
I will be blogging about UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) on his UAV Blog. So if you find UAVs interesting, take a [...]

Sydney Bristow Uses a Mac

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

I always knew there was some reason I liked Sydney Bristow… she uses a Mac! Yup, as evidenced here from season one episode 14 “The Coup”. The image below is the first such proof. In the screenshot below Syd is hacking into a casino surveillance system to change a photo in their facial recognition [...]

The 70/20/10 Rule ?

Friday, May 27th, 2005

Okay, so I’m familiar with the 80/20 rule but I’ve now been introduced to the 70/20/10 rule. Apparently in the inner walls of Google the philosophy goes something like this:

70% of your efforts should go to your core product/service
20% to closely related side projects
10% to oddball projects

I’ve taken that and adapted it to my [...]

Alias Season 4 Finale Interrupts Regular Programming

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

The season finale for Alias was on last night… so our regularly scheduled programming will be a little delayed this morning as I continue to wait for my heart rate to drop to normal levels… stay tuned. [ S04E22 Alias 422 ]
Tim Flight
Alias Fan

Computer Flight Simulators

Saturday, November 20th, 2004

AOPA has an interesting article (Membership Required) about real pilots using computer based flight simulators to keep sharp and even assist flight training.
I had logged about 150 hours of flight simulator time in X-Plane before taking my first “real” flight lesson. Much like the article said, I did have occasional challenges during my flight training [...]

Blog://Started

Tuesday, November 16th, 2004

After reading a recent blog from Rich Brooks regarding the value of blogs for web developers I decided to finally start one of my own. You found it, Welcome!
I do plan on making the long trek down to Portland tomorrow for Rich’s presentation on email marketing. I have some passionate views about email marketing [...]