Every once in a while I like to go to Discovery Channel Online and view some of the various shows. This was a neat show about our Earth's tectonic activity, and I thought I would mention it briefly in my blog (if only so I remember the link :).

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Here are a couple of cool movies of a remote-control plane with a camera and VR (virtual reality) headset. The first one has a nice added sound-track. (A co-worker showed one to me, & I found the other on the internet.) Lower & Closer (R-C planes) - Google Video Bromont golf club - Google Video [edit]: I found the following taken from a blog post by the French-Canadian who created the videos. Here's the links he gives to his videos... Canadian autumn ([his] best one) http://www.metacafe.com/watch/30340..._of_r_c_planes/ The best of Pizzaz ([his] second best video) http://www.metacafe.com/watch/34872...eo_from_canada/ A dream come true http://www.metacafe.com/watch/33479...ream_come_true/ Flying few feets above F1 race track for a complete tour http://www.metacafe.com/watch/34085...n trol_planes/ Bassin d'aération (beautiful) http://www.metacafe.com/watch/33762...video_pilotage/ Onboard my aerobatic plane Funtana http://www.metacafe.com/watch/34001...funtana_planes/ Lower & closer http://www.metacafe.com/watch/35408...asystar_planes/ TrackR1 test video to show AeroPix headtracker http://www.metacafe.com/watch/35500...oard_my_planes/ Dream day http://www.metacafe.com/watch/35409...cock pit_view/

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A friend recently introduced me to GameKnot - a place that you can play chess online with others. Among the other interesting features are the Daily Puzzles, which you can also embed in your own site, as I have done on my instructor site. It doesn't insert well into this blog, however, as the script filtering on this rich-text editor strips out the javascript reference that is required to get the game on the site. I was, however, able to get the game on my instructor site at NAIT.

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