http://www.melwade.com Exploring the world around us... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:22:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These are pretty good and show the charm of President Reagan. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3z3eSVG7A] http://www.melwade.com/archives/123 Lego UAV?  Un-manned Arial Vehicle?  Yes, someone took the Lego Mindstorms NXT system, hocked up some gyros and had it control an RC Airplane.  Sound cool?  Take a look... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eqP2da8nu4] http://www.melwade.com/archives/121 From David Grams A review of the book The Broken Blueprint. This little book review is largely motivated as a response to a request given me some time ago by a thoughtful member of Weimar’s Board…and whom I suppose by now is quite sure that I’ve forgotten all about it! I will confine ... http://www.melwade.com/archives/119 UPDATE:  The Weimar/Amazing Facts merger has taken place.  The document discussed below is a working document and may not have made it into the final agreement in it's entirety. A note from David Grams: Attached is a little paper that was sent to me. It's from the lawyer on Weimar's board who, ... http://www.melwade.com/archives/118 This promotional video from video was taped in 1989 to highlight the college program at Weimar Institute. College student Nathan Krause was the host. Many students and some staff had cameo roles. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNWL-a0s7w0] Thanks to Doug Garcia for the video. http://www.melwade.com/archives/116 Press Release from Weimar Institute January 28, 2008 Weimar Institute of Health & Education Board Votes to Close College After 30 years of training Seventh-day Adventist youth and young adults for lives of consecrated ministry, the Board of Directors of Weimar Institute of Health & Education voted to close the college program as ... http://www.melwade.com/archives/110 Think all that fancy drone talk is just for military nerds? Think again! A laptop, RC plane, and some GPS sensors are all you need to get stared. Paparazzi is a free and open-source hardware and software project intended to create an exceptionally powerful and versatile autopilot system by allowing and ... http://www.melwade.com/archives/92 A guy by the name of Scott Wade (no relation to me) as come up with a way to use a dirty car to create something unique and evidently make some money in the process.  Check out DirtyCarArt.com for some amazing stuff.  Click the picture to your right for a ... http://www.melwade.com/archives/90 The last few days I have been reading the book, "Ruth & Boaz: Strangers in the Land" by Terri Fivash. It's a fascinating historical fiction piece based on the Biblical story of Ruth in the Old Testament. One of the recurring themes of the book is "hesed" (hehs-ehd) ... http://www.melwade.com/archives/88 UPDATED Our family has been having some discussions about where things are as we remember them on the campus in Haiti. We lived in Haiti from 1969 to 1972. Back then, Haiti was a safer place for expatriates. We started getting others in on the discussion and so I ... http://www.melwade.com/archives/51