“Whatever man builds, all of man’s industrial efforts, all his computations and calculations, all the nights spent working over draughts and blueprints, invariably culminate in the production of a thing whose sole and guiding principle is the ultimate principle of … Continue reading
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Father’s Day 2011 was marked by nearly unflyable weather, with low 2200-foot ceilings and unstable air. I had never taken my Dad flying before so wanted to treat him with a flight to Independence, Oregon, (7S5) for breakfast at the … Continue reading
These formulas are essential knowledge for the CFA Level 2 exam and any candidate needs to memorize them. Unfortunately, the way they are presented in the text makes them very difficult to memorize. The key to remembering them is to … Continue reading
Roughly once per decade for the last twenty years, the extended family of Chris and Edna Meierotto have collected their favorite recipes into a family cookbook. We just issued the third edition, and appropriate for the first one collated in … Continue reading
With the nice recent weather we have had in Oregon, I invited a friend who had never been in a small plane before to take a ride. Our plan was to depart from Pearson Field (VUO), then fly up the … Continue reading
Meghan and I were planning to head down to Albany for lunch today. Albany is a decent place to fly for lunch because they have a Chinese restaurant, Lum Yuen, adjacent to the airfield, and a taxiway over a little … Continue reading
The skies were clear blue, and the wind was strong but blowing right down the runway. When you live in Portland, a cloudless day in November is something to take advantage of. So Amanda took her maiden voyage in N4542L. … Continue reading
I spent a couple hours today fighting with Linux update clients for OpenDNS and DNS-o-matic (dnsomatic.com). I tried three update clients: inadyn, ddclient, and finally update-dnsomatic. I couldn’t figure out why I kept getting authentication errors like “401 Unauthorized” and … Continue reading
I couldn’t find a concise explanation anywhere on how the AT&T data pricing plans for iPad work when you run out of data. Two phone calls to AT&T have cleared it up for me. So here goes: You sign up … Continue reading