Lego Mindstorms UAV
May 29, 2008 | Category: Technology | Leave a Comment
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…
Leave a Comment | PermalinkDid the Blueprint Break?
May 2, 2008 | Category: General, Weimar | Leave a Comment
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 my response primarily to the first two sections of the book; a review that can provide a template for those who seek to evaluate the remainder of the volume and other similarly constructed books.
So now, what do you say? Let’s plunge into the publication! The Broken Blueprint, by Vance Ferrell, is a small, attractive paperback of more than 400 pages that is packed with fascinating historical vignettes, insights calculated to arrest the interest of any serious student of Adventist educational history.
Let’s open up by examining a word from the title—Blueprint. A dictionary definition of “blueprint” suggests that it’s a “detailed plan”; and so our author lauds the concept of a divinely inspired and detailed plan for Adventist education.
Tags: David Grams, Weimar
Weimar/Amazing Facts Merger
March 9, 2008 | Category: General, Weimar | Leave a Comment
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, I believe, is also president of something with OCI.
Like the Psalmist I would be exercising myself in matters too high for me to make a comment—till Ilearn more.
I’ll just leave this with all of you and watch for your incisive comments.
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Weimar College Promotional Video
February 10, 2008 | Category: General, Weimar | Leave a Comment
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.
Thanks to Doug Garcia for the video.
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Weimar College Closing
February 6, 2008 | Category: General, Weimar | Leave a Comment
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 of June 20, 2008. Taking fiscal responsibility, the difficult decision came after seeking various financial and ministries solutions for several years.
“We are not abandoning our goals for the educational aspect of our program. We are going to keep that an essential part of our mission. We have to get down to bedrock and develop a solid financial foundation. We must rebuild from the ground up,” says Bob Hancock, acting Chief Operating Officer and Board Chairman.
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Build Your Own Drone
December 27, 2007 | Category: General, Technology | Leave a Comment
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.
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Paparazzi is a free and open-source hardware and software project intended to create an exceptionally powerful and versatile autopilot system by allowing and encouraging input from the community. The project includes not only the airborne hardware and software, from voltage regulators and GPS receivers to Kalman filtering code, but also a powerful and ever-expanding array of ground hardware and software including modems, antennas, and a highly evolved user-friendly ground control software interface.
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 preview.
Tags: cars
Ruth, Boaz and Christmas
December 24, 2007 | Category: Books, General | Leave a Comment
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) which means “voluntary kindness on the life-saving level done by the sole person able to do it.” Obviously this is a parallel to the grace God has shown us by coming to earth and dying for us. Definitely a Christmas theme.
But more than that, but book got me thinking about how much I show hesed to those around me. OK, maybe it’s not live-saving, but you never know. Do I stop often to do favors for people for no reason at all? Is hesed a way of life for me? I hope so.
An engaging and thought provoking story.
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Where things are in Haiti
December 23, 2007 | Category: Google Earth POI | 1 Comment
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 started this post so that we wouldn’t have to e-mail around the graphic files.
So let’s get started… Read more
1 Comment | PermalinkThe Citadelle - Eighth Wonder of the World
December 23, 2007 | Category: Google Earth POI | Leave a Comment
From the best I can determine from foggy memory and sketchy data available on the Interent, this is where the Citadelle is located in Haiti.
UPDATE: Google Earth now has new, very clear satellite imagery as well as great pictures attached via Panaramio.com and linked information from Wikipedia.
UPDATE: Don’t have Google Earth? Here’s a link to the view in Google Maps - but you miss the 3D and links to addtional pictures and information.
From www.pilotguides.com
An imposing fortress, the Citadelle in Haiti’s Parc National Historique La Citadelle sits 3500 ft on top of a mountain, overlooking the city of Cap-Haitien. Seeped in scandal and superstition, a quick look at the Citadelle’s stats highlight just some of the unusual facts of this ‘eighth wonder of the world’. Read more
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