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Photos from
Wings Over Pittsburgh 2010
I finally organized photos from this years Wings Over Pittsburgh air
show, which was held September 11 and 12. I didn't forget about
uploading pictures, but I was too busy to do that.
Minimalist's OpenGL programming framework for Windows, Mac OSX, and
I have promoted (sort of) "Mac OSX C++ programming template for
minimalists" to directly under my Programming section. I have
been using this framework for verifying algorithms for my research,
used in my C++ programming course, and it is based on the code I wrote
for YSFLIGHT, so it is well tested. And, it is small. You
don't have to be worried about framework-generated files filling up
your hard drive.
So, if you are planning to teach C++ and OpenGL soon, or if you are
looking for a small and simple framework for your research
programming, it could be useful. I also wrote
function reference.
By the way, it has nothing to do with C++, OpenGL, or YSFLIGHT, but
I'll bowl for the final play-off tournament in
the bowling
league. My individual average of this regular season was
191, and kept the top position. But, let's see if our team can
get to the first place in the final tournament.
Update at 23:08 Result of the bowling play-off games.
Our team lost the first game of the tournament. Everyone in
my team, including myself, bowled below average, and I bowled my
season low of 129 in the second game. Our team moved to the
consolation final for the third place. Our team won the first
game, and lost the second of the consolation final, and in the third
game, I bowled 10 strikes in a row. In fact, everyone was
watching my shots rather than the final game, according to one of my
friends. It was such a nice feeling :-) The 11th shot hit
the pocket square, I thought, but 7 pin didn't give way. I
missed my first perfect game, but I renewed my personal high by more
than 20 pins.
Score of the last game. Click to enlarge.
for Mac Reset Tool Test Version
I had uploaded YSFLIGHT Reset Tool for Mac. In Windows, it could
be done by selecting "YSFLIGHT - Reset Setting" from the start
menu. But, I couldn't figure out the way to do the same in Mac
OS X. So, I made a separate program for resetting the
configuration options of YSFLIGHT. (Test
version of YSFLIGHT for Mac Reset Tool is available from here.)
Fail! Dell Latitude XT Modernization
As you know, I put Amazon Affiliate Banner on this web site. It
works like this. When I buy something interesting, and I write
an article about it, you may also think it is an interesting item.
If you click on the banner and buy the item from Amazon.com, I receive
some percentage of incentive. So, whenever I buy something, (not
necessarily from Amazon, but anyway) and if I find it useful or
interesting, I try to post an article about it. But, the reality
doesn't work that way. This time, I purchased an SSD to extend
the life of my Latitude XT, but I ended up with wasting $500 of my
research fund. (Read more....)
YSFLIGHT Test Version Out for Download
I ended up spending half a day to compile and prepare test version for
Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux, but it is out.
If you are willing to help me testing this untested version, you can
download it from here.
Thank you for your help!
Taking one day off
I've been having fun but super busy this semester. It's going to
be over in two weeks. I should be able to take a good rest in
the Thanksgiving holidays next week, but I also took one day off today
and determined not to work. That's why I'm updating YSFLIGHT.COM.
I need to come up with take-home exam questions by Monday, but I'll do
it in the weekend.
Toward the end of the year, I have a few things I'm planning to do
aside from my work. First thing is, of course, to roll out the
new version of YSFLIGHT. There would be a lot of improvements in
the user interface. I really wanted to add virtual air traffic
controller, but I don't seem to have time for it. In fact, I
also wanted to add Western Pennsylvania map so that I can use it for
my IFR practice. It would be postponed to the future versions.
Nonetheless, I believe the new version includes good enough
improvements. Hopefully, I push the test version out during the
Thanksgiving. (Is it next week? Really? I cannot
believe it! Everything comes so fast on me!)
Another thing is to document my
YS-Class library. I'm learning Doxygen for that purpose.
In the next version of YSFLIGHT, sound-effect module will be a DLL,
and I'll open the source code so that an ambitious user can write an
add-on sound module. In a long run, I'm thinking to allow more
plug-ins to enhance YSFLIGHT functionalities. Since YSFLIGHT is
based on my YS-Class library, I want to better document it before
opening up plug-in interfaces. I have been trying to add plug-in
interface in YSFLIGHT for long time, and I'm making a very slow
progress. It'll eventually come. Sound DLL is the first
I also purchased the following two books. "Learning iPhone
programming" and "Cocoa and Objective-C: Up and Running." both from
O'Reilly. I have iPod Touch now and am interested in writing
programs for it. I loved Palm. But, only one complaint was
I was not able to write my own programs. I could have, but the
programming resource for PalmOS was limited. Now I have my
Macbook Pro, and the latest XCode comes with iPhone SDK + iPhone
Simulator. I can postpone signing up the iPhone developer
program ($99/year) until I am sure my program works at least on the
simulator. I need to visit Japan for my cousin's wedding late
December, so I am planning to read through the books during the trip.
I also try to get better understanding of Objective-C. When I
ported YSFLIGHT to Mac OSX, I had only vague understanding of
Objective-C. This time I try to understand details that I didn't
clearly understand. I still say the biggest weakness of Mac OSX
and iOS is dependency on Objective-C. Objective-C is inferior to
C++. I was able to port YSFLIGHT to Mac OSX only because I
figured a way to minimize Objective-C code and write the rest in C++.
My hope is, by studying Objective-C, I can figure out the way to
further reduce transaction between my Objective-C code and C++ code.
I also thought about buying iPad and getting these books as e-books so
that I don't have to carry two books physically. I have been
skeptical about an e-book. I don't have too much free time to
read many books. The latest book I was reading was "Apache: Inside the Cockpit of the World's Most Deadly Fighting Machine
". The book is
good. I like to read further, but I was stopping simply because
I couldn't afford time. (I'll read some bit tonight maybe.)
So, I was not thinking e-book was for me. But, I realized that
if I put "C Programming Language (2nd Edition)
", "The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition
", "OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, Versions 3.0 and 3.1 (7th Edition)
", and all those
programming textbooks and references, it would be great. I can
pull out those books any time anywhere. I don't need to send a
reminder to my own E-Mail address so that I don't forget to look up
what I was looking for when I am home. The problem of finding
things on the Internet is there is no way I can confirm if it is the
right way to do. For that point, textbooks and reference books
are more reliable.
However, I stopped short of actually buying e-books it because I
noticed all those e-books are DRM contaminated. DRM is such a
horrible idea as everyone knows it. You pay for something but
you will not own it. It sounds ridiculous enough to me.
Let's say I buy 100 e-Books. What's going to happen if someone
by mistake wiped out my account information? I lose all 100
books. If I lost my books because I didn't take backup copies,
that's my fault. I would be responsible for it. But, the
idea that someone else controls my property is unacceptable.
Or, what will happen if I become permanently unconscious due to an
accident or disease or for whatever reason? Nobody will be able
to access my e-books. So, the value of my e-books will be
jeopardized. Is it ok from the economics point of view? Is
it ok to let the property value vaporize into thin air? I think
this can be a potential threat to our economic system. The
current economic disaster started when the real estate suddenly lost
its value. Similarly, sudden disappearance of information
property could be the trigger of the next depression. I don't
want to lose my property because of someone else's fault. Unless
I can buy a DRM-free copy, I don't go for e-books.
One solution could be put heavy-enough responsibility on the company
who manages those access rights. In this world, the value of
information is as heavy as the value of money. Banks are held
responsible for the money trusted on them and are FDIC insured.
Same level of responsibility should be put on those companies who
sells music, movie, and books if they want us to trust those
information-access rights on them, and someone should insure the
access rights.
And, always irony comes in the end. Later I figured O'Reilly
sells DRM-free PDFs of the above books, when it was too late. I
will carry heavy paper copies for this trip :-P But, I praise
O'Reilly for the right decision!
Uploaded photos
from Cleveland Air Show 2010
The air show was already a month ago. But, I couldn't take
time to put photos together. I finally did it and uploaded.
By the way, I forgot mention one more excitement from the last
week. I was in an accident while I was riding a bus. It
was not a serious accident at all. Rather it was a stupid
accident. The bus was hit by a truck from the behind when it was
stopping to load some passengers. Nobody was injured. But,
it was during the rush hour. Everyone had to get off, and take
the next bus. The next bus was totally packed due to this
accident. I didn't understand why the truck driver was able to
crash into the bus that was not moving.
After I was trained for my instrument rating, I believe that in
both driving a car and flying an airplane, I need to be able to
appropriately distribute the attention. Focusing on one thing is
bad. For example, talking on a cell phone while driving is
dangerous if the driver concentrates on the phone conversation.
If the driver is able to control how much attention goes to the phone
and how much goes to the outside, there is nothing dangerous.
Hitting a person while talking on the phone and hitting a person while
you are driving in an unfamiliar place and looking at street signs are
from the same reason. If the drivers are trained to manage and
distribute the attention, this type of accidents can substantially be
The following picture is a panel ripped by the collision.
YSFLIGHT for
Windows now uses DirectSound API. Ended up with having more
doubt about the right stuff of a Microsft programmer
Last week was an eventful week for me. First, I made a day
trip to Norfolk VA for a business trip. Norfolk is a military
town. There are navy, air force, army, and marines bases.
The 1st fighter squadron is based at Langley AFB nearby Norfolk.
I've been wanting to go to the Langley air show sometime. But,
it is 7 hours from Pittsburgh by car. It's a bit far. But,
I realized it is 2.5 hour flight in Cessna from Pittsburgh. If I
knew about the business-trip schedule early enough, I would have
reserved an airplane for one day to make this trip. But, this
time I flew as a airline passenger.
On Wednesday, I gave Quiz 2 to my class. This year's students
are doing very well, and they got 89 average last time. I was
aiming to make it 85 average. This time I increased the level a
little bit. The result was 84.75 average. I guess I made
it right this time. I was not too generous in grading, and they
still got 85 average. I was happy with the performance of my
students. It keeps me very busy, but it is so much a fun.
When I came home on Wednesday, I saw a piece of paper in my
apartment saying the owner of the apartment building has changed, and
they no longer collect garbage every floor and I need to walk three
stories down to the dumpster, and they close down the apartment office
so no one will receive my packages any more. I knew about the
rumor of the owner change. But, I never knew the new management
was going to close down the apartment office. Previous property
manager was very kind and maintaining the apartment very well.
She had been in charge for at least eight years since I moved in.
If I knew that they were going to close the apartment office, I wanted
to say good bye and thank you to her. But, I didn't have chance
to do so. The practical problem is I can no longer buy stuff
with online shopping any more. I don't mind buying
not-so-expensive things, but I cannot order like a computer equipments
or camera equipments. For the meanwhile, I ship everything to
CMU. But, if the new management does a bad job, I may have to
move next year.
On Sunday, I received an E-Mail from a YSFLIGHT user reporting a
problem of sound effect. Actually, I have been thinking to get
rid of old Windows multi-media functions and replace them with
DirectSound, but I have been postponing to do so. I decided to
finally do it. And, I was able to do it. But, it gave me
additional doubt about the right stuff of a Microsoft programmer.
You can read more details here.
Foliage-watching flight & Hovering in Cessna
I have uploaded "Foliage-watching flight & Hovering in Cessna" in
CaptainYS's Flight Logbook.
By the way, due to my work load in this semester, there is an
record-long delay for replying E-Mail. I apologize for delays,
and I'll reply you as soon as I have time. Thank you for your
Roughly 1/3 of the fall semester is over.
I'm teaching a programming class this semester. But, I have same
level of research work to do. In fact, I used to have one
high-priority task that I needed to focus on, and I didn't have to
spend too much time for other less priority tasks. However, now
I have two high-priority tasks in addition to teaching. So, I've
been quite busy. There used to be super-busy time in the past,
but such period didn't last more than two months. The difference
of the current busy-ness from the past super-busy time is that now I
am heavily loaded but a little bit short of super-busy. Instead,
this elevated work-load is continuing longer.
Anyways, I am having so much a fun in teaching. I'm really
enjoying it. In fact, I have been wanting to teach a programming
course. It's my another dreams-come-true! So far, my
students are very well keeping up with my pace. I'm happy with
that. Some students are having tough time keeping up with the
pace, which is understandable because many of the Mechanical
Engineering students have absolutely zero experience in programming.
For those students, I am planning to have an optional
boot-camp work-shop session this Friday. In that
session, I'll try to let them work as a "human debugger." I'll
let them follow some sample code line by line and write every change
of the variables. I'll start from a very short example and try
some relatively longer code, too.
Another thing I do in my class is live programming demonstration.
Honestly, I cannot teach what I don't know. All I can do is
transfer my programming skill and experience to my students. I
want to tell them how I think through and how I write my program.
I can present them some typical patterns of doing that, but in a real
programming, for my research and for my work, I have some exceptions
almost all the time. So, I thought it would be nice to show how
I write a relatively long (compared to the assignment problems)
program in front of them. I did the same a few times when I was
teaching as a co-instructor last year, and I believe it was a good
presentation. So, I am increasing this type of live programming
this semester.
Through my learning of the computer programming, there were some
moments that I understood something all of a sudden. The pointer
in the C language was one of them. At one time, suddenly I was
able to connect my knowledge of the assembly language and the pointer
used in the C language. Initially I didn't get the point of the
C++ virtual function, but when I was reading an article in the Dr.
Dobb's Journal, I saw two words "runtime binding" that was the moment
I totally understood what the virtual function was. At the same
time I understood what "hidden-pointer problem" was. That two
words "runtime binding" was all I needed to understand the concept of
the C++ virtual function. It is just a function pointer to a
member function, that's all! That issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal
was particularly useful for me. I believe that issue taught me
how to use C++ template as well. I threw it away already and
cannot remember what exactly that issue was. In each of those
experience, dots in my brain were suddenly connected like a lightning
bolt. I am hoping I can give such an "Aha!" moment to my
students through my teaching.
And, thinking how I can explain concepts of programming so that I
can give them an "Aha!" moment is really a fun. I am really
hoping the Mechanical Engineering department will let me teach this
course for the next year and on.
Hummingbirds gone with the summer (again)
I was able to take some nice pictures of a Hummingbird. I
have uploaded them to the bird photo gallery.
PNG Encoder / Decoder for C++
I received a bug-report from a viewer, and I fixed it. The
problem was that my decoder was not processing single-color
transparency in interlaced 16-bit true color PNGs. I appreciate
the report. Good catch!
Bought iPod Touch.
I've been in a panic mode since the beginning of the fall semester.
Before that, my weekly schedule was simple, and I was able to remember
most of my schedule. But, I was not able to keep track after the
semester started. Occasionally, a student comes to my office,
and I answer questions, and I lost track of time. Once I noticed
it was 3:18pm when I was supposed to be in a meeting from 3pm. I
determined that I needed a PDA. On the same day, I went to
nearby Apple store and purchased the 64GB model of iPod touch. I
wanted 32GB model, but it was out of stock. The shop employee
suggested he could place a back order, but I desperately needed one.
So, I took the 64GB model. The first impression is good as
advertised. I installed free Solitaire. I am able to waste
time anytime anywhere. And, I almost always have access to a
wireless connection, I can now see weather radar while waiting for a
bus. (In fact, I really wanted to do it.)
Some of my friends suggested to get iPhone since my current carrier
is AT&T, but I still don't like the idea to combine PDA and cell
phone. If iPhone is totally SIM free and can work as a
stand-alone PDA when the SIM card is removed, I would take it.
But, I don't want to pay monthly phone bill to access my own
information. I don't like to rely too much on a cell phone
carrier. I want to be independent.
So, my choice had long been Palm. But, since Palm
discontinued the Palm OS PDA, I stopped using it about a year ago.
I was using a paper media for about a year. But, apparently once
my brain got used to PDA, I cannot live without one.
I have also been interested in writing iOS apps. I would try
on the XCode, and if it works, I would sign up for the iPhone
Developer program. (I want to port YSFLIGHT to iOS if possible.
But, currently I don't seem to have time. Maybe I can try making
a YSFLIGHT airplane viewer.)
Since I already have a cell-phone holster on my belt, I will carry
my iPod touch in a pouch hanging on a neck-strap. I don't need
to use iPod Touch while it is in the pouch. I am happy to take
it out when I need it. Rather, I wanted to have a better
protection in the crowded bus. So, I also purchased a digital
camera pouch, Lowepro Sausalito 20, and attached it to a neck strap
that I picked from the air-force booth in Dayton air show. I
also considered some silicon iPod cases with a neck strap, but I think
such a case may be torn apart if it catches on something (like someone
else's backpack). I paid $400 for it. I don't want it to
be broken. I want it to last for at least 5 years. One
concern would be battery life. I charged on Tuesday and got 20%
capacity in four days. Which leads to 90 times charge in a year.
I will charge about 450 times in five years. I hope the battery
capacity will not shrink too much by that.
My ideal device would be something that can conform to a laptop PC
and works as a secondary internal drive, or if I connect it to my
office PC it can be accessed at the native speed, and it works as a
stand-alone PDA when disconnected from the PC. When iPod Touch
supports native USB 3.0 connection, it would become close to my ideal
device. But, since the internal media is a Flash memory, it is
subject to the writing-time limit. I hope someone comes up with
a new Flash memory that can tolerate as many writing as a hard drive.
In fact I expect someone will do soon.
Cloud computing could solve my problem. But, with current
network speed, I don't want to compile my C++ source code on the
cloud. I want to access some type of data at the native
hard-disk speed. And, I am curious who takes responsibility if
my data on the cloud is leaked or lost. Some files cannot be
compensated by money, like if I lose my research code in the middle of
developing a new idea. Internet itself had spread over the world
by postponing a lot of discussions on responsibility issues and
potential risks. Now cloud computing is spreading just like
that. Trusting your information to someone else is nowadays same
as trusting your money to a bank. Money in the bank is insured
by FDIC. Information in the cloud is insured by whom? I
guess cloud computing will spread anyway. And, some of the users
will experience disaster. Then, someone will make better rules
and mechanisms. Then, I may start using cloud computing.
Before unboxing.
I installed a free Solitaire. I like Baker's
game included in Sol Free from Smallware (www.smallware.com)
Lowepro Sausalito 20. It looks perfect for
protecting iPod Touch.
Four new
screenshots from the work-in-progress version of YSFLIGHT
Although I haven't received too many requests regarding GUI of
YSFLIGHT, I am trying to improve the usage. I am trying tabbed
dialog in the work-in-progress version, and it seems to be working all
right. Since new weapon types are added in the next version,
airplane-selection dialog was getting crowded. I think this tab
feature makes the dialog organized.
Photos from
Dayton Air Show 2010
I have uploaded
photos from
this year's Dayton air show.
Added PNG Encoder for C++. You can generate a PNG file
programatically by adding two C++ files and two .h files to your
project. And, as long as you take responsible for the
consequence of using my encoder and decoder, it is absolutely free.
Updated 21:58EDT
I realized that my PNG encoder didn't calculate CRC code if it was
compiled with a 64-bit C++ compiler. The problem has been fixed.
Drawing a String of Characters using
OpenGL (Bitmap version)
Updated. Improved the font. It
should be more readable (less ugly) than the previous version.
Also added 6x10 and 7x10 fonts.
Victory in
Bowling Young Adult League!
It has nothing to do with YSFLIGHT, airplanes,
programming, or bird watching, but our team has won in the play off of
the bowling league organized by the nearby bowling alley. It is
my second time to win the play off, but in the last time, I was not
able to bowl in the actual play-off games since I was out of town.
That time I pre-bowled and left my scores. This was my first
time that I bowled in the actual play-off games and won the trophy.
The rule of the play off was as follows. We bowl up to three
games each in semi-final and final. The team which wins two
games first moves up to the next level.
During the practice and warming up, I felt that the lanes were
better oiled, or wet, than usual. My ball was hitting the head
pin a little thinner than I wanted. I countered the oil by
slowing my shots. In such a wet condition, I can slow the
initial speed of the ball, but still the ball doesn't slow down much
while rolling on the lane due to less friction, so the ball can have
as much kinetic energy as faster shots at the time of impact.
The first game was really a close game. I was the last bowler,
and I needed double strikes to win. I don't get nervous usually.
Nonetheless, getting double strikes is not easy in any situation.
And, I ended up with getting "XX7" (double strikes and then 7 pins.)
Actually, I didn't check the score in detail before throwing these
shots. I knew I needed double strikes, but as soon as I had
double, I thought we easily won the game. But, it turned out we
beat the opponent team just by one pin. In the second game, I
had 202, and my teammates bowled well, but the other team bowled
better, and we lost. If I missed the last double strikes in the
first game, our team would have been out. The third game was not
so a close game. I had 224, and other teammates also bowled
well, and our team has won the game with good margin.
So our team moved up to the final. We had to move from lanes
3-4 to lanes 5-6. (To be fair, the opponent also moved from
lanes 1-2. So both teams didn't know about the lane condition.)
Our opponent was really a formidable team. In fact, they won the
first place in the regular season total. We lost by about 70
pins in the first game. The ace bowler of the opponent team made
248, and I made only 182. With that big loss, we were almost
losing hope. But, the second game, we managed to win. My
score was 185 by the way. The last game was another close game.
Our team had only 40-pin lead after the 9th frame. The opponent
team could have overturned the game if we made mistakes and they
didn't make a mistake. It turned out, our teammates (and myself)
didn't miss the spare in the 10th frame, and we were able to keep our
lead to win the trophy.
When I was younger, I was able to bowl 20 games in a row.
But, 6 games in a high-stress situation was very tiring. I am
spinning the ball a lot harder than I used to. Maybe that's why
my arm feels much more tired than before. Below picture is the
two trophies I have earned so far.
I have uploaded some new screenshots. In the next version, you
will be able to use High-drag bombs, External fuel tanks, and
chaff/flare dispenser pods.
By the way, fall 2010 semester will begin in just about two weeks.
I'm going to teach a programming course, which I am looking forward
to. But, the student who was supposed to be a teaching assistant
cancelled last minute. The reason she wanted to cancel the TA
duty is understandable; she needs to study for her Ph.D qualifying
exam. But I wish she had cancelled it earlier so that we could
find someone else quickly. Now the department is looking for a
replacement TA. But, at this time I cannot have a meeting with a
TA for planning the course. Honestly, it's impossible to teach a
programming course effectively without a TA. Without a TA, what
I can do will be substantially limited. Another thing is the
Mechanical Engineering department outsourced computer cluster
management to the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, and
no one knows who to talk to if I want to have Visual C++ installed on
each computer in the Mechanical Engineering cluster. I'm
expecting a rough start of the semester....
Scenery Editor work in progress
The next version will be available for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux.
I have ported all the current functionalities to the YSFLIGHT GUI
library and was able to compile the program on MacOSX and Linux today.
It still is iffy. I will test and correct issues.
in to Dayton Air Show!
I have visited Dayton air show by renting an airplane with my
instructor and another pilot friend. I have been wanting to fly
in to an air show. My dreams finally came true!
World's only airworthy B-29 "FiFi" will fly again!
Wow! Cool! I once saw it when I visited Allegheny County
airport for static display, but I didn't see it flying. I hope I
can see it flying in an air show in the near future. It would be
spectacular if this B-29 flies a formation with a B-1, B-2, or B-52 as
a heritage flight.
Flight Logbook
Uploaded "Re-gaining Instrument Currency". By the way, the
picture below is B-17 Flying Fortress that came to Allegheny County
airport for an event.
Uploaded some more screenshots from the next version.
The following link has been added. The information may be
useful if you have problem running YSFLIGHT for Linux.
Autoestopista Informatico - Installing and Running YSFLIGHT on Linux
Head Up Display and Instrument Panel Work In Progress
Head Up Display and Instrument Panel in the next version of
YSFLIGHT will look like these. (Read
Tragic deaths of baby Blue Jays
Sad to say, all three baby Blue Jays died for unknown reason.
The parent birds apparently were thinking their babies were just
sleeping and tapping their back to wake them up. But, none of
them opened eyes and answered to the parents. It was such a sad
ending of the Blue Jay family. I never saw such a case that all
of the baby birds died after surviving first several days. Of
course they are wild birds. Unless they survive harsh
environment, they just die. Nonetheless, the nest was in CMU
campus. Since people walk around, not much predators attack the
nest, and in my impression, almost all baby birds grow up to take off
the nest. I never thought I was going to witness such a tragedy
through my tele-photo lens.
(Read details)
Three Baby Blue Jays growing in front of Mechanical Engineering
Three baby Blue Jays are growing in front of Scaife Hall
(Mechanical Engineering building) of CMU. Hopefully, the baby
birds will leave the nest in 10 days or two weeks. I'm keeping
eye on it.
Ups and
downs of Bowling
I've been bowling in
a local
bowling league for a while. I will not be able to bowl in
the game day this week, and the league allows me to pre-bowl before
the game day. Today I pre-bowled, and renewed my best score.
My high was 252, and now is 267. I had eight strikes in a row in
the second game. I had no doubt I was going to get 600 series
(600+ three-game total score), but I ended up with getting 5 splits in
the third game, and missed it....
Scenery Editor Test Version
I have uploaded a test version of YSFLIGHT Scenery Editor. This
executable should work on Windows 7.
Three waves of
Pittsburgh was struck by three waves of thunderstorm late afternoon
to evening hours. The first storm was the strongest, and in fact
we were under tornado warning. We didn't see an actual tornado
though. The first wave was too early and too bright. I saw
spectacular lightning but was not able to take any good picture of it.
The second and the third waves came later, and the environment was
dark enough to take pictures of lightning.
Below pictures are from the storms today.
Airplane Photo Gallery
Uploaded photos
from Seattle Trip. Only two days after returning from Chino,
we visited Seattle. I was originally planning to visit Japan
especially because it is 50th anniversary of Japanese Air Force's
Aerobatic Team, Blue Impulse. I really wanted to go to one of
air shows in Japan. However, Japanese yen is now too expensive,
and I had to give up Japan trip. Instead, I invited my parents
to the U.S. We met them in Seattle and then traveled to
Pittsburgh together. (Read
Photo Gallery
photos from Chino Air Show.
I visited Chino air show and uploaded photos from there. The air
show was hosted by the Planes
of Fame Air Museum, which has variety of restored historic
airplanes including a Japanese A6M5 Zero fighter. Zero fighters
dominated the sky over the Pacific in the early stage of World War II
and no doubt had significant impact on aviation history. I long
wanted to see it flying. (Click the pictures below to read
(By the way, during the trip, I was for the first time in my life,
I was carried to an ER in an ambulance.)
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YS's Flight Logbook
I'm a Commercial Pilot!
Honestly, I was almost losing hope to get it done this month since I
was going to be very busy for numerous events and trips in the last
half of this month. It was my very last chance in this month to
go for a check ride, and I made it! The weather finally gave a
break just in time. Finally, I am a Commercial Pilot!
YS's Flight Logbook
Alert Stand-by for Commercial Check Ride:
So, I had to cancel my check ride yesterday. The examiner will
call me whenever he finds some time, and I will scramble to the
airport and go for a check ride. (Isn't it called an alert
YS's Flight Logbook
Commercial Check Ride Pre-poned (and most likely
postponed again). Curse Pittsburgh's weather. Turned out,
the examiner needs to visit his family for mother's day, and he cannot
give me a check ride tomorrow. So, the schedule is moved ahead
by one day (,which is today). I am supposed to take off as soon
as the weather recovers. Right now, the sky is not too bad, but
the wind is blowing like a hurricane. The forecast is not
expecting any better condition through the day. I don't think I
can take off in this condition.
Birds around Carnegie Mellon
Uploaded some recent photos. I'm keeping track of multiple nests
of Blue Jays, Robins, and Mourning Doves now.
YS's Flight Logbook
I'm back on track. I flew 3.1 hours of night solo yesterday.
I am now absolutely certain that I satisfy all the flight-experience
requirement to become a commercial pilot.
(Read more)
YS's Flight Logbook
Commercial check ride postponed. As I was double-checking my
logbook, it turned out I am 3 hours short of night solo flying time to
be eligible to go for a commercial-pilot certificate. I'll fly
on Tuesday and Wednesday to fulfill the requirement and will go for
the test again, hopefully in a week.
YS's Flight Logbook
My commercial check ride is set for May 1st. The forecast is
predicting poor weather, but if I cannot fly on that day, I will have
oral exam only and will fly on a different day.
20100331 Ready for Download!
Thank you for your patience. YSFLIGHT 20100331 Official
Version is ready for download. I have receive many bug reports
from users during the testing period. I appreciate your help on
debugging the program from my heart. You can download the latest
version from here.
YS's Flight Logbook
Uploaded "Barely passed the Commercial Stage Check". It was an
exhausting flight....
YS's Flight Logbook
Uploaded "A fox on the runway." (This fox violated the Federal
Aviation Regulation!)
YS's Flight Logbook
Uploaded "Gearing up for the Commercial-Pilot Stage Check."
Birds around Carnegie Mellon
Uploaded "Birds are coming back!"
Vector Award Result
YSFLIGHT was at the 50th place among 100 software nominated for
the final-round voting. Considering the number of
flight-simulator players among all PC game users, I think getting 50th
place among all software programs (not limited to game programs) was a
very good result. Thank you very much for your vote!
Vector Award Final-Round Voting
A few months ago, Vector Inc.
started a popularity contest called "Vector Award" competition, which
decides the most popular software among the ones hosted by its
software library. Vector
is the biggest software-download site of Japan, and I have been using
its hosting service to distribute YSFLIGHT. And, YSFLIGHT is
nominated for the final-round voting. It means that YSFLIGHT is
within top 100th of all the software programs hosted by
Vector. Considering that
the percentage of population of flight-simulator users among all
PC-game users, I think YSFLIGHT is doing very well in the competition.
The final-round voting is open through March 15. Vector is a
Japanese company, and the voting site is written in Japanese.
Unfortunately there is no English version of the voting page.
But, if you can read Japanese, please vote for YSFLIGHT from the
following link. (In fact, it's just one button click though)
I have received numerous E-Mails saying GepolyX stopped
I wrote this program before coming to CMU. If I hadn't come
to CMU, I would have continued the development (but in that case,
YSFLIGHT would have never born). But, since my research topic
here became very different from what I was doing back in Japan, I
discontinued the development of this program. So, I cannot spend
time to add functionalities of improve the usability of this program
at this time. Nonetheless, I appreciate that some users still
use a program that I wrote long time ago. I don't know why this
program stopped functioning now, but it would work again if I compile
the code with the latest version of Visual C++. I compiled the
program with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition. You can download
the executable from here.
Uploaded "YSFLIGHT Status Update".
I also decided to upgrade YSFLIGHT for Linux and Windows with new
release of YSFLIGHT for Mac OS X. They are now in test phase and
available from YSFLIGHT Test
Are we still in State of Emergency?
I haven't heard that the local government canceled the state of
emergency. But, finally I was able to drive my car. The
road condition was gradually getting better, but to be safe, I didn't
drive for two weeks. I still see snows on the road shoulder and
in some places I feel dangerous to drive. But, finally the
temperature came above freezing since yesterday, and the snow started
melting by itself.
Following photos are from several days ago.
YS's Flight Logbook
Uploaded "Landing Practice at Beaver"
Pittsburgh under State of Emergency
We had record-breaking snow fall from last night to this morning.
According to the local TV news, it was fourth largest snow in history.
Snow started falling in the afternoon yesterday, and by 9pm, the road
was covered by snow.
Plow trucks apparently were too busy dealing with free ways, and
didn't come to in front of my apartment. Some trucks passed, but
they were either out of salt or was not plowing and just drove by.
Since I need to drive down Morrowfield ave. to go anywhere, I
couldn't move my car. In fact, the road in front of the garage
was also covered by roughly 2ft of snow, and I was not able to even
reach Morrowfield ave.
Early afternoon, finally they were able to remove snow from I-376.
Below are the photos I took when I walked from my apartment to Forbes
+ Murray intersection.
Actually, the sky cleared very quickly as soon as the snow stopped.
As of tonight, the road in front of the garage is still covered by
2ft of snow. I cannot get my car out, and even if I could, I
don't want ski down Morrowfield ave. in my car. So, still I
cannot use my car. The bus is not moving, either.
Pittsburgh is totally paralyzed, and the city is under state of
emergency. I hope things gets normal soon.
I was supposed to bowl in a league tonight. I called the bowling
alley to ask if the league is on or cancelled, but no one answered.
The bowling alley is just 5 minutes walk from my apartment. So,
I just walked there anyway, and figured that the road behind the place
was still totally covered by snow, and I couldn't even reach the door.
I presumed the league game was cancelled and came back.
Below photo has nothing to do with this snow storm, but it looked
beautiful. I tried to look up the cloud in my aviation-weather
textbook, but I was not able to identify it. I think this type
of wave-like cloud has something to do with turbulence. In fact
AIRMET-T (turbulence) was in effect when I took this photo. I
flew on this day though. I didn't go up as high as this cloud
anyway. I went up to 6000ft, but the air at 6000ft was stable.
Apparently, the air was turbulent at high altitude and low altitude.
Joystick-reading function and Joystick calibrator
Updated so that it works on Mac OS 10.6.
YSFLIGHT for Mac OS X
I believe now it can read joystick in Mac OS 10.6. Also, I have
added some visual effects.
YS's Flight Logbook
Uploaded "First flight of the year (Finally!)"
YSFLIGHT for Mac OS X
Now the program can detect control-key stroke. You can use
in-flight configuration change with the default key binding.
Close Encounter of the Mac Programming
How to detect Alt-, Command-, Shift-, and Control-key strokes.
Those keys are called modifier keys. Also,
OS X Programming Framework for Minimalists has been updated so that
FsInkey and FsGetKeyState functions can detect modifier keys.
Happy New Year!
I was able to relax during the new year's day weekend. I will
resume normal schedule tomorrow. I suppose no students will be
coming yet though.
I went to an event called Hartwood Celebration of Light last night.
It is an annual event in which we can drive through enormous light
illuminations that are set up throughout a park called Hartwood Acres.
It takes about 40 minutes to drive through. I used
my suction mount and
took a video of the illuminations. Following pictures are the
snap shots from the video.
In fact, I thought it would be nice to see it from the air, and I
tried to fly over Hartwood
Acres once. But, I suppose this event is set up so that it
appears the best from the car. It was even difficult just to
find the location from the air. This time I noticed that many
light bulbs are tied to the tree branches to make a visual effect of
driving through a light tunnel. Such illuminations will not be
visible from the air because high branches will block the light.
This time we were able to enjoy impressive light illuminations from
our vehicle.
Links to the last articles of 2009
Links to the last articles of 2009
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Aeneid: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. XIII (in 51 Volumes) (Paperback)
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Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XIII features one of the greatest works of verse in world history: the Aeneid, by Roman poet VIRGIL (70 B.C.-19 B.C.), which gathered together disconnected legends and mythic characters and molded them into the fabled epic of the founding of Rome by Trojan hero Aeneas. It has long been considered essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the foundations of Western literature.

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* WC's within the space and also provide in the common area
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Symptoms of a Bad IAT Sensorby Jen Davis
A car's intake air temperature sensor (IAT) changes the way it operates based on the temperature of the air in the vehicle's intake. If the IAT sensor is not working properly, it can affect the way its computer makes temperature based adjustments. A malfunctioning IAT sensor can cause several problems with vehicles.
Extended Starting Time
A malfunctioning IAT sensor may cause your vehicle to take longer to start on cold mornings. The faulty IAT sensor tells the car's computer that the air in the intake is a different temperature than it actually is and may cause the vehicle to not deliver the proper fuel mixture to the engine.
Increase Fuel Consumption
The temperature of your vehicle's intake affects the amount of fuel needed to properly operate the car. If the IAT is not working properly, the car's computer may think the car needs a stronger fuel mixture and cause the car to consume more fuel than it normally does.
Check Engine Light
If your IAT sensor is not working properly and your car's computer senses it, it generates an error code that cause your vehicle's check engine light to come on in the dashboard. If your IAT causes your check engine light to come on, you can attach the vehicle to an error code reader and an error code will come up that corresponds to IAT problems.
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Today, Episode 70! GM focuses on AVs and EVs and replace Cruise Auatomation's CEO and co-founder with GM's president; Daimler & Bosch prepare to roll out a fleet of autonomous S Class sedans in San Jose, CA next year; and Volvo & Luminar announce their partnership to the world, along with Luminar's incredible ultra long-range lidar.
GM focuses on AVs, EVs, and replaces Cruise Automation CEO
Sure, on the surface of it, GM is simply following Ford's lead by shutting down five manufacturing plants and laying off some 8% of its global workforce to focus exclusively on crossover form factor vehicles; but really what this is all about is focusing on its autonomous (and electric) vehicle efforts, and hence the replacement of Cruise Automation's CEO and co-founder, Kyle Vogt, by GM's president Dan Ammann.
Daimler & Bosch prepare fleet of S Class autonomous taxis
Rumored for about a year, we now know a thing (or several) about Daimler & Bosch's partnership: they're going to roll out a geo-fenced autonomous ride hailing test fleet in San Jose, CA comprised of none other than the coveted Mercedes-Benz S-Klasse.
Volvo & Luminar announce partnership with longest range lidar in the world?
Volvo showed up to the LA Auto Show without a car. Instead, they revealed to the world their partnership with Luminar (and @LuminarTech on Twitter), a lidar company that may have just unveiled the world's longest range — and highest resolution — lidar.
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I've been on fire before
fire so hot
it burned
the fake
right out
of me
Show me the way to your mercy
Help me speak without choking
For my desire is your desire
and somehow I have fallen away
Let me get back to you
so I can wash in cool waters
and drink of your grace
my heart forever singing
of your wonderful loving embrace
Let me get back to you
I see you in the distance
waiting for me there
A friend in your forever
beside my empty chair
Let me get back to you
I say my words a whisper
Child I have been here waiting
for you to stop enough to see
I never moved a muscle
take your seat and let us be
Let me get back to you
Lost in all your glory
reminded of your love
showered with your sunsets
and your sunrises from above
Peace like a river flows
photo & flowers by Jeanne Marie/Art by MichelleMarie
Peace be still my soul
twist and turn around
Waiting to exhale
Hoping peace finds me soon
I rest my eyes on the living
There's no hope in the dead
Fix my eyes on the life giver
Your blue surprise speaks
Peace to my soul
All is well
photo & flowers by JeanneMarie/Art by MichelleMarie
Last night it was all I could do to walk my dog. Mentally I am so tired and I usually pray and walk. I looked up to see this. I stood in Awe! I rested my tired eyes on this beauty and marveled that even when I don't think I can't take another step, I see something like this and my faith is strengthened. I looked around to see if anyone else was outside witnessing this, but it was just me standing there IN AWE! I love moments like this!
I share a closeness with my day's youngest brother my Uncle Gunnard. He has overcome much as we all have in this journey we call life. He encouraged me 2 years ago to find out who "Micki" is because I have lived in the shadows of Alex's illness and lived vicariously through her. I love my Uncle for many reasons but his kind and gentle spirit move me always to love me more! He sent me this photo from the tulip festival in Wisconsin. So lovely!


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This evening, Chelsea take on Huddersfield Town in their penultimate Premier League fixture of the 2017 / 2018 season.
The fixture's outcome is important for both sides.
Chelsea need the three points on offer to keep alive, until the final day of the season, their hopes of a top-four place thereby providing entrance to the Champions League next season.
Huddersfield, however, need the points for a very different reason. The Terriers are in danger of being relegated, after just one season in the top flight.
With Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion already relegated, Huddersfield face a difficult conclusion to their season with games against Chelsea (a) and Arsenal (h). The Yorkshire side are, understandably, the pundit's favourites to be relegated.
Tonight, we could see Antonio Conte shuffle his starting eleven as he contemplates the prospect of playing a second tough Premier League fixture in just four days.
Later, in our regular Team-News feature, we'll reveal exactly who the boss has selected.
Meanwhile, we're pleased to bring you our regular Match Day Moments feature whereby we invite you to leave an opinion, in our comments facility, on a variety of subjects including, but not limited to,
1 – The build-up to the last game of the season to be played at Stamford Bridge.
2 – The starting eleven selected by Antonio Conte.
3 – The action as it takes place at Stamford Bridge.
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Letti goes to KTM for SuperEnduro
It is great to hear the news that perennial fan favorite "Letti" will land a factory ride with KTM for the upcoming extreme enduro season.
From Enduro-ABC.com
Less than a month and a half before the opening round of the Maxxis FIM SuperEnduro World Championship, KTM Factory, via its competition manager Alex DORINGER, announces the riders that will compose its team. And the least we can say is that it will be heavy!
Without any surprise, we find the two safe values and the favorites: Taddy BLAZUSIAK (PL) and Jonny WALKER (GB). BLAZUSIAK, actually in the US to defend his Endurocross crown, has already 4 titles in a row and doesn't seem satisfied. On his side, WALKER had a first experience in the EWC and above all a brilliant victory in the Red Bull Sea to Sky that should strengthen his confidence.
Besides those two stars of the SuperEnduro, KTM has also announced the participation of 4 times Enduro World Champion and 2009 SuperEnduro World Champion, Ivan CERVANTES (E), who will arrive over-motivated and with the intention to upset the current hierarchy, like David KNIGHT (GB – Sherco) did last year… Moreover, the showmanship of the popular Catalan should amaze the tens of thousands of spectators expected.
Former Husqvarna rider, Andreas LETTENBICHLER (D – Photo) will be the fourth rider of the orange army. This 39 years old German is a well-known Enduro Extreme rider with, in his career highlights, a win in the 2009 Red Bull Romaniacs and many podiums including those acquired on the Erzberg and the Romaniacs this year.
Therefore, it would be minimalist to say that KTM puts the odds on his side to remain the boss in SuperEnduro. With WALKER and BLAZUSIAK, the Austrian firm had already an impressive and respected team. But with the addition of "Torito" Ivan CERVANTES and Andreas LETTENBICHLER, KTM is in another dimension and uses all means to monopolize the podium of the Maxxis FIM SuperEnduro World Championship which begins in November, 17th in the Echo Arena in Liverpool!
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12 things we learned burning S.C. homes
Scientific testing on how fire burns in contemporary structures will give fire chiefs the tools to incorporate safer and more effective firefighting tactics
Editor's Note
I'm very pleased to announce Chief John Buckman III has joined our team as Fire Chief and FireRescue1's Leadership Advisor. Chief Buckman brings 40 years of fire service experience to Fire Chief, ranging from serving as fire chief of a small volunteer fire department to his term as president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. He's someone who understands the macro and micro issues facing fire chiefs, and we're excited to bring you his insights.
Chief Buckman attended last month's fire-behavior research burns in South Carolina. See what happened and how that data may change our firefighting tactics.
I hope you are not just hearing about fire dynamics and the research that has been going on probably for the past five years. This research is demonstrating that there is a different way to attack today's structural fires.
The latest live-burn experiments were held recently, and I was there.
If we have learned most of what we know about fire behavior from our experience, was it the right experience? In many cases we did not learn much from our past experiences because we continue to repeat similar mistakes time after time.
That's why this research is so important to the fire service.
There are two major research and testing organizations involved in the fire-dynamics research: the Firefighter Safety Research Institute and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Spartanburg, S.C. hosted a research project in May. NIST, FSRI, United States Fire Administration, International Society of Fire Service Instructors, South Carolina State Fire Marshal and the South Carolina Fire Academy along with over 600 firefighters from 32 states and the province of British Columbia, Canada.
Burning Spartanburg
ISFSI funded the project with a fire prevention and safety grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The funding provides for eight live fire burns with NIST gathering data. The research will test firefighting tactics based on existing research and science and develop a training program that will focus on firefighter safety in residential fires.
NIST and staff members of the South Carolina State Fire Academy spent two weeks before the burns preparing the structures. In some cases they installed drywall and furniture to make research burn more realistic by replicating what is found in the real world. This realism helps to validate the data.
The plan in Spartanburg was to burn six single-family, wood-frame dwellings over six days. The burn plan was to test:
- Residential sprinkler response.
- Vehicle fire in the garage to determine if a closed door would reduce extension into the living portion of the home.
- Fire in the living room.
- Fire on the second floor to determine if fire control could be achieved from the exterior application of water initially and then progressing to the interior to complete suppression.
- Basement fire tactics and the potential spread.
The overall goals of the research is to determine:
- Fire growth factors.
- Water application and the effect on the temperature on the interior of the structure when varying amounts of water are applied.
- Strategically ventilating and isolating fires to reduce the potential for or at least delay flashover.
- Transitional fire attack tactical operations.
- Flow-path control.
- Exterior attack.
Scientific process
Research is a complicated undertaking. The amount of time, effort and financial investment is huge. In order for a valid outcome, it must be based upon sound scientific principles and practices.
Yet the science is not exact and in many cases, because of the variables in fire growth, a black-and-white answer cannot be given.
The research data must be studied by firefighters, officers and chiefs to make informed decisions on how to extinguish fire with the least risk to the public and firefighters.
These diverse groups have conducted many research projects over many years on a variety of topics, not just in fire-based research. Their research is based upon science and not the emotional response that many of our firefighters have to a fire.
New data
The science is based upon real world experiments along with laboratory experiments. The books written by the fire service for the firefighter have helped firefighters make tremendous progress in understanding the dynamics of fire behavior.
But, by the time you read a textbook, the information is at the minimum three years old. The science of fire behavior has changed significantly in the last 20 years.
This includes changes in construction techniques and change in the flammability of the contents in a structure. But the information provided to a firefighter hasn't kept pace.
The fire triangle and the fire tetrahedron are still taught as the basis of fire behavior and fire growth.
Here's what the research is showing us.
- Firefighters will always have to go interior to extinguish the fire.
- It may be appropriate to apply water from the exterior and then proceed to the interior.
- The interior will be cooler.
- Fire growth should have slowed allowing for quicker knockdown of remaining fire.
- Use of the thermal imaging camera as a tool by the incident commander can assist in determining the correct strategy and the proper placement of water.
- Controlling the front door and the subsequent air provided to the fire can make a significant difference in the survivability of any occupants.
- This tactic also impacts the firefighters ability to gain entry into the structure to extinguish the fire.
- Applying water through windows does not spread the fire.
- If a firefighter has a charged hose line and is passing a window with fire blowing out or visible on the interior with the window already gone and there are no firefighters on the interior, put water on the fire.
- Put water on the fire fast.
- Delaying the application of water can allow fire growth to continue and makes the suppression operations more difficult to gain interior access.
- The front door is not always the right place to deploy an attack line.
The challenge for our firefighters is to really study the new tactical options and not be so proud and bound by the "way we have always done it."
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I am looking for the front hitch assembly that allows the use of front mounted implements on the ride a matic. I believe the part number is 22743. If ou have one for sale please let me know!
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I Am Looking For A Front Hitch Assembly For My Ride A Matic
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No help on the hitch but nice trains. My boys and I have a 4x8 setup in the pole barn. Nothing special, but they love it.


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Connell Family
Christmas / New Year 2009
Charles: In the spring, I captained the high school's robotics team for their second year. The team won first place at a regional championship and competed in the world championships in Atlanta. At the same time, I developed an iPhone game called Castle Defense, now available on the iTunes store. Over the summer, I worked at the MITRE Corporation, a defense systems company. I am now attending Northeastern University, majoring in computer science.
These pictures show me: in NYC with my favorite comedians, Jake and Amir; with the robotics team just after winning the Manchester NH finals; and unwrapping a red stapler on my birthday. (Click on any picture for a larger image.)
Janet and Chuck: It has been a busy, rewarding year. After the Atlanta robotics event, we drove east to Hilton Head Island, which we had never seen. Since it was off-season, we got a great deal on a condo at Harbour Town and pretended to be rich for a few days. We proudly attended two graduations: Charles from high school, and Katie from middle school. Chuck then learned about Lyme disease and was amazed to find that very small ticks can make you feel very sick. (He is fine now.) We vacationed in Ogunquit ME and camped in New Hampshire, as we have for many years. In September, we were excited to take Charles to Northeastern to start his first year of college. He likes the school, enjoys living in the city, and we enjoy seeing him sometimes since he is nearby.
These pictures show us: with extended family at Easter; and with our new high-school graduate.
Elizabeth: I am in second grade this year. My favorite books are about fairies. I like dance class and playing Club Penguin on the computer. On bus rides to school I talk to my friends about Pokemon and my brother lets me play with some of his old cards. These pictures show me: getting ready for a dance recital; climbing at a school playground; and with my "drip castle of drip" on the Ogunquit ME beach.
Katie: The highlight of my year was in the spring, when I went on the 8th grade class trip to Washington DC. Then in June I graduated from middle school. Over the summer I went to a dance camp in Vermont for a week. I started high school at Bedford High in the fall and am enjoying it, even though there is a lot more work. These pictures show me: after middle school graduation; playing with my brother and sister on the beach; and lost in a bamboo forest on Cape Cod(!).
Happy New Year everyone.
We hope your coming year is joyous and peaceful.
(From Chuck... I usually joke around quite a bit on these holiday pages, but must inject a somber note this year also. I lost a good friend, Peter Bunzick, to cancer in August. I knew Peter for 50 years as we met when we were about seven years old. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife and two children, who are close in age to Charles and Katie, and with his mother and brother, whom I know well.)
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Craig yr Haul is a wonderful coastal cottage that faces south with spectacular views towards the expanse of Whitesands Beach below. Comfortably furnished with retained features, slate floors and a boating and seaside theme throughout, the light fitted kitchen/diner is well-equipped for preparing family meals, while the lounge with its wood burning stove has French doors to really maximise the views. The romantic double bedroom upstairs opens to a wonderful balcony, the view is simply stunning over the coast and out to sea. There is a further paved terrace, enclosed sunken lawn and children are welcome to play in the fields; or above the cottage is a raised gravel patio and picnic bench looking straight out to sea where you can dine alfresco, this has to have the best sea view of all. I can think of no better location for a family holiday at any time of year, the views are spectacular.
Whitesands Beach popular with surfing enthusiasts and the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path is only a short walk away. Enjoy a round of golf on the course with one of the most stunning backdrops, a boat trip from Whitesands or the nearby St Justinians around Ramsey Island is a must of any holiday. The tiny city of St Davids with its Bishops Palace and Cathedral, as well as excellent facilities is only a short drive away.
Neighbouring Foxhole, book the 2 together for family and friends to get together. The only question is will one week be enough?
Next to 21011 Foxhole Cottage
Ground Floor: Sitting room, kitchen/dining room, double room/whb, 2 single rooms/whbs, twin room/whb, bathroom/overhead shower/whb/wc, shower room/wc.
First Floor: Double room/whb/balcony.
Parking: Ample.
Facilities: Electric cooker, microwave, dishwasher, fridge/freezer, washing machine, tumble dryer, TV, DVD player, WiFi, towels for hire @ £5 per person, per week, picnic table, garden furniture, barbecue, lockable bike shed.
Pets: No
Pet Notes: No.
Heating: Log burner, night storage, convectors.
Fuel Charges: Electricity £20 per week, free July & August. Oil central heating @ £40 per week if requested in advance.
This Access Statement has been prepared by the owner for your information; it is the most recent version that we have received. This statement has been prepared as objectively as possible, however with such a wide remit oversights may be made.
Please ensure all crucial requirements for a safe and enjoyable holiday are present so if you have any queries whatsoever, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01437 767600.
Approached on B4583 road; turn up concrete and gravel lane; slight gradient; up to 3 car spaces directly outside property; car park consists of gravelled surface, flat. All entrance doors on ground level; one has single step. Guests collect key from location advised by Coastal Cottages and won't necessarily be met by owner. No guaranteed assistance with unpacking of luggage therefore. Garden consists of paved patio immediately outside of house; plus lawned area to the side of the house, with slight incline. Ground floor facilities include: one double, two singles, one twin, bathroom with wc and shower room with wc; plus kitchen/diner. Sitting room is three steps below ground level; tv/video operated with remote control. No public transport; seasonal beach open in nearby car park.
4th time here in 2 years - idyllic spot overlooking our favourite beach, wish we'd come years ago. Weather was very wild at times but it doesn't matter when you can relax in such a lovely house. We will be back in 2020.
Fantastic weather for another visit to Craig yr Haul - 3 generations enjoyed football on the beach, body boarding, walks, and a brilliant RHIB boat trip around Ramsey Island. Lovely walks with plenty of seals. Great to be back now the children can take themselves to the beach! Thanks for having us.
Thank you for a lovely stay. Location is wonderful and cottage is very cosy. Variable weather but did manage a couple of body boarding sessions but full wet suits are a must! Highly recommend The Meadows Cafe in St Davids and The Sloop at Porthgain. Also recommend Yoga classes at the St Davids wellbeing centre. Thank you .
Another wonderful holiday in this welcoming house. We love the beautiful beach and the dramatic coast, plus all the unspoiled natural world. Something new this year for families is the escape room at Tretio, much enjoyed by our 12-15 year olds. Many thanks.
This is our 61st anniversary of coming to St Davids and another enjoyable stay in Craig yr Haul. Not always great weather, but some how that doesn't matter here! We still had our walk on that incomparable beach each day and our young family love this place just as much as we do! We'll be back.
We had a wonderful stay. The weather was fabulous and the company even better! What a glorious location with stunning scenery. We are looking to returning for the Easter break in 2020! Thank you so much.
A wonderful restoring week in this charming cottage – perfect for our family gathering and walking the coastal paths. We will meet here again!
This is our second visit. Had a great time. We did our son's 2nd birthday part BBQ here. The weather was great. We will be back again.
We brought our 15-year-old son and five of his friends with us this year. Entertaining six teenage boys for a week is a challenge, but not here! Within walking distance of the sea, they had the freedom to come and go as they pleased, and apart from one visit to the Blue Lagoon, they had everything they needed right on their doorstep. Thank you for making our lives easy!
Another very happy three-generation holiday here. This is a very welcoming house in a superb location. We've made the most of the wonderful beach, and many coast path walks from the door. We all love this place!
I loved this cottage. The waves were huge. We did lots of walks and had lots of fun. We played many games of hide-and-seek. This was our second visit to Craig yr Haul, and if possible, it was even more lovely than last year! Couldn't fault our stay. Lovely weather, lovely beaches, all round lovely stay!
Have been coming to this area for the past 50 years and this was by far the best location. Lovely comfortable cottage with spectacular views. By the way, kitchen scissors would be useful.
Stunning views from a beautiful cottage. We've had a lovely time returning to a place that is dear to our hearts.
We have lost track of how many years we have been coming to Whitesands Bay but for nearly 20 years we have never tired of the three houses here! Thanks for keeping them a lovely place to come.. I Think we had the best weather in the British Isles this week and enjoyed seal watching, sea swimming, rock pooling as well as lots of digging on the beach. We are still yet to find any treasure - Maybe next year. Thanks again
Year 8 of our Summer Stays here. Fantastic weather until Tuesday night before the rain came but it doesn't matter when you are in a wet suit and in the sea. Best surf later in the week see it all again next year.
Thank you for an extremely happy week of beach, coast path and indoor games - ages 8 -7. Lots of seals & Porpoises on a round Ramsey Trip. Excellent exhibition on evolution at the Tourist Centre! The kitchen is very smart. Favourite week of the year!
Our 18th year of coming to Whitesands! Always a wonderful break whatever the weather. The house is always improving each year, many thanks for the continued investment and contribution to our enjoyment. Looking forward to our next visit.
After many years of camping in the area we have thoroughly enjoyed the luxury of this cottage. It has been a brilliant week - lucky with the weather too - & lots of walks & photography! Definitely be back, we loved the cottage and its view and facilities. The Balcony is ace!
A great time was had by all at Craig Yr Haul. The children loved going to the beach especially here at Whitesands in the afternoon when the ride went out. Also enjoyed going to Broad Haven & Little Haven. Solva is a must when staying here, crabing in the morning is great for the kids, and walking through the harbour in the afternoon when the ride is out is amazing. Mackerel fishing is a great way to spend the afternoon off St Davids, lovely eating, fresh fish in the evening that we had caught. The Blue Lagoon at Bluestone (Haverfordwest) is great on a wet day the kids enjoyed this a lot. Hope to come back someday to explore more of this amazing coastline.
Our first stay in Craig Yr Haul after two visits to Ty Gwyn, Just as enjoyable thank you, helped by lovely weather. We weren't able to have our usual Sloop Meal at Porthan because it was too busy, but the Thursday night Quiz at the farmers arms St David's was a good substitute. also the takeaway menu from the beach café here was very good we hope to be back.
We have had a fantastic week here and the weather has been wall to wall sunshine all week hope to come next year. We thoroughly recommend the Sloop inn in Port gain for dinner we ate outside several times this week and the boys were kept very happy playing football on the football patch next to the patio, where we could keep an eye on the them from our table. White sands to St Justine's along the Coastal path a nice and easy walk 0.3miles went to St David's airfield for our 3 year old to practise his cycling - perfect for beginner's St David's Deli inside St David's food and wine make great take away sandwhiches.
Lovely to be back to St David's and White sands,a wonderful week of sunshine and only one wet day. The house is very equipped, the only thing I missed was a clock hoping to return again.
The weather was very kind to us with just one day of cloud cover. We went on a puffin trip around Skomer from Martins Haven and bought fresh crab from Solva. A relaxed and enjoyable few days and the good news is that we will be back again if John can arrange the same weather, lovely House!!beautiful views.
A glorious week, all sunny days with flat calm seas and mild breezes, wonderful. the house suited us well and we spent lovely days on the beach in the rock pools, and building sand castles. ice cream from the car park shop on whitesands, much appreciated. St David's lovely as well, Sloop inn continues to be a delight and riding at Nolton a lovely event, try coasteering from St David's a great day out.
have had a great week, despite mixed weather. Thanks!
Thanks again for another great week-fantastic weather at the end of the week, which made for a perfect few days.
Great to be back. Much appreciated improvement in decor. We've been blessed by the weather, and have had idyllic bucket-and-spade-and-fishing-nets-time, and swimming.Thank you.
A great week of family fun. the house is ideally located for days on the beach, trips to St Davids, and picturesque walks. Thank you for a lovely house and lovely holiday.
We have had such a super week in this lovely house. Super views, swimming and coast walking. Thank you so much.
It was good to be back for another year in this nice house with good views! awesome coastal walks, surfing, body boarding, swimming, lazy days on the beach, endless games of cards, beach cricket.. Hope to back soon!
Sixth year staying here at whitesands. I have never surfed a six foot wave in a kayak when there is no wind, and lots of sea! The kids loved it! and wife doesn't want to go home. We will be back again (and again). roll on summer 2013! furthest we went was St Davids- why would you want to go elsewhere? Walked on the beach when not surfing, and the tide was out. it was an adventure!
Thank you for a lovely stay. Cottage very homely and warm. fantastic views of the beach and surrounding countryside; lovely walks; Quiet... Don't want to go home!
We have had a wonderful week,with ony one day of rain. This is a lovely cottage in a splendid place for all ages.
Cracking week! unique environment, wonderful beaches and cliff walks. Easy to occupy five grandchildren!
Thanks for a superb cottage, very warm, spacious and well equipped. Hope to visit again.
Craig-yr-Haul was, as usual, comfortable, convenient and well equipped.
Yet again, another week that has passed all too quickly.
We had a wonderful time here. Weather has been lovely and we had a whale of a time on the beach. We will be back - it's been brilliant.
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Psoriasis is the result of a specific overactive immune response. This means that the immune system, whose job it is to protect you from threats such as bacteria, mistakenly attacks healthy tissue, in this case the skin. This causes the process of creating new skin to speed up and dead skin cells to build up on the skin's surface. It is not known what causes this immune response, but the environment can often trigger flares. Psoriasis does run in families, so there is likely a genetic component to the disease, but this it is not fully understood. In this section, we look at the science behind the condition.
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As self-proclaimed "hopeless architectural romantics," the owners undertook a thorough 2 ½ year renovation of this historic shingle-style cottage in the heart of East Hampton's estate neighborhood minutes to the ocean.
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With 10 foot ceilings and polished cement floors, the fully finished lower level was designed with casual enjoyment—billiards, movies—in mind. In addition there is a full bedroom suite and a laundry center.
The center staircase with original leaded-glass windows leads to four bedroom suites on the second floor and an additional 3 bedrooms on the third floor.
The sun-filled master suite features a fireplace.
The Carrera-marble master bath includes a soaking tub with Lefroy Brooks fittings, an oversized shower and a breezy private sunporch overlooking the grounds.
The house has a total of eight bedrooms.
There is a cozy second floor study/TV room with fireplace.
The fully finished third floor has three bedrooms with original wainscoting.
The house is on 1.1 gated acres with magnificent old trees. The 45 foot pool is heated and surrounded by open lawn. There is also a trellis-shaded terrace/poolhouse and detached garage.
Hampton Village and the ocean are mere minutes away—but that assumes one would want to leave this stylish oasis in the first place.
Offered at: $12,500,000
Location: 62 Dunemere Lane, East Hampton, NY 11937


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