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FPV with the Hubsan Spyhawk

I recently upgraded from an RC Champ to the Hubsan Spyhawk – a great contender for beginner First Person View (FPV) pilots. The resolution of the inbuilt camera is actually pretty decent considering the price of the plane. Here’s a video shot in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh:

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Pittsburgh from the air

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My first decent flight recording taken from a radio controlled Champ with an 808 #16 keychain camera mounted on the underside.

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Resolving SVN conflicts: LOCAL DELETE, INCOMING DELETE UPON UPDATE

Here’s an excellent post on resolving this type of conflict: http://triopter.com/archive/resolving-local-delete-incoming-delete-upon-update-subversion-tree-conflicts/

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WordPress – Simple coming soon plugin

Disabling the Simple Coming Soon plugin for WordPress Simple coming Soon is a pretty nifty plugin by Mario Kostelac that allows you to display a nicely formatted ‘coming soon page’ with a timed countdown indicating the time remaining for the site to be launched. I found it immensely useful while upgrading my site. The installation […]

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Android SDK: Error in an XML file: aborting build

I just started Android programming using the Android Development Tools (ADT) plugin for the Eclipse IDE, and while experimenting with layout weights, I came across a weird error after running the program. The console dump showed this : Also, I noticed that there was a new XML file called main.out.xml created in the res\layout\ folder. […]

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