Chuck Lin
Life in a fish bowl

Learn to fly

posted by Chuckin Flying,Renaissance manNo Comments

One thing that I’ve wanted to do was to fly a simulator. I don’t have any desire to fly an actual plane, but just to learn how it works.

I purchased Microsoft Flight Simulator X and a Saitek Yolk System.

Here are some annoying things

1) Not enough USB ports on my computer. I’ve resorted to a tiny keyboard/touch pad combo. The game tutorial talks about using the keyboard numberpad which I dont have. Luckily the saitek yolk has at least some of the controls ( view left, right, back ) on the stick.

2) No manual or any reference for the saitek yolk’s buttons. This sucks. I need to discover what each of the buttons do.

3) Graphics suck. Boy its bad. holy crap its bad. $30 spent and I want to go buy X-Plane.

 


What am I missing?

posted by Chuckin Renaissance manNo Comments

Here are some thoughts and I’ll use this to track my progress.

 

  • Plants. I was at the Royal Botanical Gardens in London recently and found myself unable to identify any plants.
  • Music. I must get to a point in my piano playing so that I can play a song.
  • Learn another language.
  • Dance. I suck at this. Its embarrassing.
  • Sew. I’m discovering that learning to use a sewing machine can make life easier.

Aleah Chapin

posted by Chuckin 100 people,Dear DiaryNo Comments

Last week I saw the work of a young artist. She will be famous. Mark my words.

Check out Aleah Chapin’s work

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http://www.aleahchapin.com/