Author: kimball
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Tiger Moth Maiden Flight
The weather finally cooperated today, and I was able to get out and maiden my new Tiger Moth. While I’ve still got a lot to learn about flying with 4 channels instead of the 3 I was used to on my cub, this plane flies great! httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJb6jfpECk8
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GWS Tiger Moth 400 With Brushless Power
Well, Christmas has come and gone, and I scored a bunch of stuff to feed my RC Planes habit: Keychain FOB Form Factor Camera – Perfect for shooting aerial footage A Bunch of servos Brushless Motor and Speed Control (GH2212-13 Motor) Little Flashlights For Night Flight El Cheap-O 6 Channel Radio System So, now I…
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How To Make iPhone Vibrate For A Long Time?
I recently began developing a new iPhone application for work that will be used to treat various acupuncture points using sound, vibration and pressure. Sound and pressure are no-brainers, as sound is easily used via the exposed libraries in the iPhone SDK, but vibration is turning out to not be so easy. Apple has only…
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Incredicode Releases Game To Exercise, Not Atrophy Your Brain
For Immediate Release Contact: Kimball Larsen, President, Incredicode, Inc. Email: inpictures@incredicode.com December 10, 2009 Boise, ID, USA: Incredicode, Inc. officially announces the availability of version 1.0 of inPictures for iPhone and iPod Touch users. In stark contrast to many of the current gaming titles in the App Store, inPictures focuses on exercising your brain instead of simply…
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inPictures 1.0 Now Available on iTunes!
In my spare time (er – really late at night) I’ve been writing iPhone apps for fun and possibly for profit. My latest one is a game that centers around visualization and imagination. It’s called inPictures, and is available on iTunes now via this link: Or, you can learn more about the game and see…
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A Little Holiday Music
Last year I worked up an arrangment of “What Child Is This” on the piano, and I thought that with Christmas approaching, I maybe oughta record it and share it with the world. This was recorded in my living room with my mostly out of tune baby grand and a voice mic I swiped from…
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libstdc++.so.5, How We Miss Thee
I have a bit of old code that I wrote in RealBasic a few years back which performs a very critical function for our business at work. This particular chunk of code has been running without incident for several years on an Ubuntu server at work with no problems. Yesterday I made the huge mistake…
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My 2009 Christmas List
Looks like it must be that time of year again – time for me to dream big, set my sights way above reality, and make a Christmas List. Santa, I’ve been very good this year and deserve all the really expensive stuff on this list: Aerial Video Cameras Keychain FOB Form Factor Camera – my…
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Matchbox Car Wooden Garage
This past weekend my son and I built a little garage for him to use to store all his matchbox cars. I built the entire thing out of scrap lumber laying around in my shop. I did take the time to sketch out some plans, which are posted below these pictures of the construction process…