Power – never what it seems

by | Nov 6, 2007 | Slot Racing

The scalextric cars it turns out are the issue, specifically, when the cars corner, it's not bad track…power is perfect across the track.  It's the wire braid that is losing contact on the corners.  If you go fast, it maintains enough contact...

Quality Update

by | Oct 20, 2007 | Latest

It's not just my imagination….The Canadian National Quality Instiitue just released the results of a report they conducted over the past 5 years.  Product recalls doubled last year (2006) over the previous year. The 10 product categories included...

Quality…What happened

by | Oct 8, 2007 | Latest

It never ceases to amaze me how poor quality has gotten in the past few years.  It's the Walmart mentality I call it.  We want cheaper, faster and more…but at what cost.  Everything has become disposable.  Quality is lacking in just about...

To Do List

by | Sep 28, 2007 | Latest

A list of things I still want to do…multiple galleries via com_gallery2 component (or new cart based gallery)sidebar functionalityadd to gallery functionalityupload new photos migrate old personal photo gallery to new personal hobby gallerysingle column...

Genealogy

by | Sep 28, 2007 | Genealogy

My own and my wife’s genealogy.  To sum it up, I wished I listened to some of my grandparents 25 years ago when they wanted to tell me something. Unfortunately, they’ve all passed on now but I’ve uncovered a fair bit of my history. I’ve created...

Books

by | Sep 19, 2007 | Birding

Some of the books I have include:TitleAuthorISBNCommentsDorling Kindersley Handbooks: Birds of CanadaFred J. Alsop III1-55363-011-4My newest and soon to be favorite combined with the Sibley Guide.  Highly recommend this.National Audubon Society: The Sibley Guide...

Background

by | Sep 19, 2007 | Fly Fishing

This site is a transfer from my old site…with little time of late to participate being a small children family et al.  In the meantime, check out the folowing links.My old club link at www.hafft.ca where I'm the past newsletter...

Crewing

by | Sep 19, 2007 | Sailing

 Plans were to buy a boat in 2005 but with the family expansions, that's been deferred to a undetermined date   In the meantime, if you want a sailing crew, I'm willing to help.  I'm accessible to Hamilton, Burlington or Oakville...