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Merry Christmas, everyone!

Merry Christmas Eve!

Another site to not blog...

I have started up another blog: http://chuckwallacrawler.blogspot.com/.  This one is dedicated to my R/C crawlers.  After my little adventure on Wednesday, I want to try to get out more.  I will still post all my other stuff to this one.

SCX10: The First Video

Here is my first video upload:

This is the first run of my SCX10 Trail Honcho.  And also my first completed video project.  All was done on my iPhone.  I know there are some amateur video mistakes.  Doing the video editing on an iPhone is not the best.  But I was able to get 'er done.  The apps used in the project are all iPhone apps:

1. Default iPhone camera for video and photo capture.
2. iMovie for the actual video editing, added sound effects, and intro background music.
3. PhotoStudio to "touch up" the title photos.
4. Strip Design for the remaining photos and special effect.

Even though there are many limitations using the apps listed, I did have fun and would do more all iPhone videos.  I have some other video apps that I want to try out.

If you do wish to try this out yourself, I recommend planning ahead if possible, keeping the project simple, and doing some testing to get to know the available capabilities of the apps you do use.  Just remember that you are editing on an iPhone.

Have fun and enjoy!

New to my R/C garage

I have some new additions to my R/C garage.

First up was actually acquired last year.  This is my Traxxas T-Maxx 2.5 Nitro Monster Truck.

     I love the smell of nitro in the morning!

Unfortunately, I have only run this during the engine break-in process.  I'm not sure if I'll get to run it any time soon as I need some fuel and a free Saturday.  Play time during the day, and cleanup in the evening.

Next up is the Tamiya DB-01 Durga, an electric 4wd off road buggy.  This was a late birthday gift from me.  The kit took me about 1 month to assemble and paint.  Even though it took some time, I did enjoy putting it together.  It runs good and is not too fast (at least with the running gear I use).

The latest addition is the Axial SCX10 Trail Honcho kit, an electric 4wd scale rock crawler.  Another fun time assembling.  I also included some new running gear and some external details.  It also has working lights.  I didn't think I would get into a scale crawler, but after getting this I have some plans.  Not evil take-over-the-world plans, but plans for this being a hobby/project truck.

One of those plans is shooting a run-time video and trying my hand at some video editing.  Be on the look out for an upcoming video project, where I use only my iPhone.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Well, it's about time...

Apparently I am not a very active blogger.  It's been several holidays and other days of significance already, so...

1. Happy Birthday to my wife (yes I did tell her this on her birthday)
2. Happy Memorial Day
3. Happy Independence Day
4. Happy Birthday to me!
5. Happy Labor Day
6. Happy Columbus Day
7. Happy Anniversary to us
8. Happy Halloween
9. Happy Veterans Day (and thank you for all your service)
10. Happy Thanksgiving

If you celebrate any other holiday, then happy ______ day.

I also went to a family reunion earlier this summer up in Utah, and got a little toasted.  But I'm feeling much better, now.  It was fun.  Got sun.  Played physical Frisbee.  Ate food.  Spent time with wife and in-laws.

For our anniversary, we went to The Melting Pot.  A very good restaurant, especially if you like fondu.  We spent a couple of hours there enjoying our time.  We will definitely go back again.

On the computer front, desktop #2 is acting up.  It's been having problems starting up.  Most likely the video card needs to be updated.  This is on the list of sometime-in-the-future upgrades.  Once it is up and running, it does what I need.  PC #1 with Windows 7 is still running strong.  I haven't done a BSOD on it yet, but give me time.

I'm still fighting crime in Paragon City.  Apparently that place is just endless with crime.  A superhero's work is never done.

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!