I attended the Cowra round of the Millennium Cup on the weekend, and didn’t do too badly in the end. The conditions were interesting – weak lift, lots of broad sink including various spots around the field with guaranteed sink, and a fairly defined shear layer with winds aloft. The first day of the event saw me crack 2000 points from 8 flights with one drop. The leader of the day was around 2400 points. The second day was much more successful, and I finished in second place after some good flights. Overall, I came about 8th for the weekend.
However, the highlight for me was maidening my new Pulsar 3200 electric glider. I had my reservations about it whilst building it, but flying it was great! It was a bit squirrely going vertical under power, but going up at 45 degrees or so, it tracked straight, and was easy to fly. Power off, and it’d float around the sky, thermal quite nicely (though it needs to fly at speed to avoid tip-stalling), and rolled quite axially.
Unfortunately, I ignored a warning sign, and watched as it shredded itself in a tree.
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October 1st, 2008 | Tags: 2M, Cowra, Millennium Cup, Pulsar 3200 | Category: Gliding | Comments Off
Well, the formal ice hockey Winter League is finished for this year. I had fun, learnt a few things, scored some quality coaching, and worked on gaining a new respect for the game I’ve grown to love over the few years I’ve been playing.
We didn’t do too well as a team this year, with two ties the only highlight to the year. However, we’ve bonded together closely as a team, and I hope that next year we’ll be stronger for it. Highlights for the year have to be the rather close games against Penrith Phantoms. One game they only scored three points, instead of their usual expected 11+ (and in the end they were panicked, and scratching for answers to why they did so badly!). Another highlight was tieing with Canterbury, who were a powerhouse team last year.
I think the biggest issue for our team this year has been our scoring – we’ve generally been unable to convert the opportunities into points, even against weak goalies. Ya can’t win a game if you don’t put the biscuit into the net!
So, what’s the plan for the off-season? D-league training, Wurz Cup, and working on my defensive skating (ala skating backwards and transitioning). My new skates (Bauer Supreme 70′s) are working for me, and I feel _really_ confident in them when trusting the edges to bite into the ice.
September 15th, 2008 | Tags: Ice Hockey | Category: Ice Hockey | Comments (2)
I’ve moved to the “dark” side, and bought an iMac!
Why?
Because it’s different, beautiful, fast (I’ve bought a nice 3GHz one…), and I’m not interested in slow PC’s any more.
Oh, and to get away from Windows! Because I hate Windows.
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September 4th, 2008 | Tags: apple, mac | Category: General News | Leave a comment
The Jerilderie 2008 LSF Tournament was held back in June, and I went down there with an expectation of flying well, and with a new glider to boot. I also went down to Jerilderie with some trepidation, given the disaster that occurred last year with my near-new Icon TD.
I drove down to Jerilderie from Sydney during the night over some seven hours. The trip was uneventful and relaxing, and I had some fun overtaking a train of some fourteen trucks at one point on the freeway. I knew the fun would start when I turned off the main road west of Wagga onto the Wagga/Jerilderie road. It was dark, the roads were straight, I was tired, and knew the drive was almost over. Five minutes down the road, a fox jumped out of the gloom into my high beams and nearly scared me to death!
Welcome to the back-country roads, Becsta!
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August 11th, 2008 | Tags: Jerilderie, LSF | Category: Gliding Events | Leave a comment
For the past few days, I’ve been giving BF:BC a rest (I’m near the end on hard difficulty, and having some frustratingly dizzy moments with it…), and playing the XBox360 Lego Indiana Jones Trilogy.
I’m currently stuck on the bridge in the Temple of Doom where Indy and the gang are confronted by the band of Thuggies and the Thuggie Boss. In the movie, this is the scene where Indy nearly has his heart ripped out by the Priest, and has the bridge cut away from under him. I spent an hour fighting off bands of thuggies, completely unable to reduce the number of hearts from the Boss.
So, I’ve resorted to “cheating”, using the Internet to learn how to get through this level. It’s a shame I’ve had to resort to that…
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August 11th, 2008 | Category: Rant | Leave a comment
I’m sitting at home watching the tv, wondering whether the iPod app works, and this post is the proof :)
It’s a pretty easy app to use for simple posts, but looks a touch too impractical for more complex articles. That said, it adds another fun way to add content to the site!
So if you have a WordPress blog and an iPhone/Touch – try the WordPress App out. It’s free from the iTunes AppStore.
August 5th, 2008 | Tags: ipod | Category: General News | Comments Off
I hate Microsoft with a passion, yet I bought an XBox360 in late 2006, because I found that the gaming experience was quite enjoyable. In the end, it’s been an experience that’s cost me dearly – I’d bought three copies of Call of Duty 4 for various reasons, broke four or so controllers, spent _way_ too much time addicted to the games, made friends, lost friends, and really needed a break.
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August 5th, 2008 | Category: Rant | Leave a comment
