SemiArticulate

New cat enclosure

Lucas — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:43:29 +0000

Sarah acquired a new cat enclosure, and we’ve erected it just outside the kitchen window:

Gliding airspace data

Lucas — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:48:02 +0000

I’ve started a new project to maintain the airspace and turnpoint data for various gliding programs.

The link to the project site is at http://git.ldjcs.com.au/projects/soaring-exchange. It isn’t much at the moment, but I should be able to work on it in the coming months.

Plans for this project:

Maintain the airspace and turnpoint data.
Create a web-based tool for data extraction.

Gliding Status report

Lucas — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:44:07 +0000

I’ve converted into the LS4a! Yay! I even managed a 64 minute flight my fist go. It flies beautifully.

Here is the OLC for the LS4 flight: Online Contest LS4 Flight

Yesterday, I managed to break the new trim spring in the Junior

Totals: 63h58 (29h56 PIC) over 171 (45) flights

Gliding Status Report

Lucas — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:19:40 +0000

It has been an extremely long time since I’ve done one of these reports. Never fear, I am still flying. Due to the posting to Adelaide, it has been more sporadic (mainly to maintain currency).

Now that I’m back in Melbourne, I should be able to do more flying. I did my annual check last week, so I’m good for another year. I’ve also started powered flying lessons (more on that later).

Totals: 62h54 (28h52 PIC) over 170 (44) flights.

HDCP Master Key

Lucas — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:17:56 +0000

Another act of civil disobedience (see this post), and posterity, I’ll post the HDCP (think HDMI cyrpto):

hdcp-master.txt

Don’t ask me how to use it (there are some technical instructions in the file), as I don’t know and have never used it.

Australian National Classification Scheme Review

Lucas — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 02:52:55 +0000

The Classification board is taking comments on the Terms of Reference for the upcoming Classification Review.

You can read about it here: Classification website. You can also submit your comments on line.

My submission:

With regard to the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the review of the classification in Australia, I would like to make the following comments:

The ToR seems to be based on the old-media view of the world – the use of the terms “industry” and “content and distribution industry”. Whilst a review of “industry” is warrented it is apparant from the experience of the internet that an increasing amount of content is user generated (think blogs, youtube etc). Distribution becoming end user to end user, rater than content producer to distributer to end user. The ToR does not take this into account.

The ToR does not not specify a review on whether classification is warrented (or appropriate) at all in the 21st century, or is appropriate for citizen to citizen communtication (think user generated content above).

The ToR does make reference to classification schemes in other juristictions, but does not specify if Australia should regognise classifications from country-of-origin (with the view to reduce classification costs, prevent doubling-up).

regards,
Lucas James

WordPress upgrade

Lucas — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 02:05:26 +0000

Well, I’ve upgraded both apache httpd (to 2.2.17) and wordpress (to 3.0.4). It seems to have gone fine, and pretty urls are now working again.

Upgrades

Lucas — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:50:25 +0000

I’ve just upgraded to WordPress 3.0.2, with a theme update. With a bit of luck I’ll blog a bit more over the coming months.

Huh – Policing

Lucas — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:24:28 +0000

I was driving back to Adelaide, and spotted a sign at the GlenOsmond Rd/PortRush Rd intersection:

Police are targetting criminal activity in the eastern suburbs

What else do the police target in the eastern suburbs? (or anywhere else for that matter).

The Onion cracks me up

Lucas — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:01:44 +0000

I was perusing the onion the other day, and found an article that reminded me of the ACL and Senator Conroy’s committment to ‘evidence based policy’.

Life imitating Art? As usual, the Onion is all TIC!.

** WARNING KEYBOARD ALERT **

Oh, No! It’s Making Well-Reasoned Arguments Backed With Facts! Run!