The True Flag by Stephen Kinzer
This is an excellent history of the origins of American imperialism. I was a little misled about the cover and was expecting a big showdown or maybe even a little… Read more »
Author Archives: Johnathan Vail
ArduPilot Hello World printf and the Console Port in the Pixhawk
Trying to document this before I forget and also collect my notes to update the ardupilot wiki As a noob in any new programming endeavor I always good to have… Read more »
James Fenimore Cooper
On the list to research and read. Referred from Lance Schachterle from WPI. https://www.wpi.edu/people/faculty/les
There’s Gold in them thar Hills
This is mostly a placeholder for some links about panning for gold in NH. Also some cool old maps and I learned about the MrSID image format. Old maps:… Read more »
Club Dumas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Club_Dumas I enjoyed the book especially for the Dumas connections and rare book world. The plot is interesting and moves along well although I didn’t enjoy the denouement. “Too much… Read more »
Piglet is a Termite
In the dream last night I had the thought that Piglet is a termite. I mean they both have a segmented thorax? Dunno where that came from or even the… Read more »
Diversity for Fat Shark Attitude V2 FPV Goggles
I fly micros mostly and also a 180 quad with a 25mW “legal” raceband transmitter and was looking to get better video. All the cool kids use diversity on their… Read more »
The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr
by R Kent Newmeyer Bottom Line I think this book is written for lawyers. I was hoping for a lot more history and context of for Burr and there was… Read more »
Retro Transmitter Retrofit Part 2: Done (with issues)
Click here for Part 1 The transmitter is complete and working! Feels good and getting used to flying with it. No issues with using it all yet. Just a few… Read more »
Nashua Canal Street
Before railroads there were canals. There are still a few remnants from this map today. By Margaritas you can see the beginning of the canal that went around the… Read more »