Nothing goes together like nostalgia, powerful drugs, and Pac-Man!

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Photo portrait of one of the few things in my home that's not in need of cleaning. Yet.

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Hey, fuck you, OK? I could lose this weight; ain't nothin' you could ever do to get yourself a brain. How do I know you got no brain? Well... you did just click on a video whose title held out the promise of laughing at fat people, didn't you? Well then, I rest my case. You skinny, little moron.

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It's a tough gig working for the Water Department, and it's also a tough gig working in Power. Dan Harmon and Ryan Ridley show you why.

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If you have a picture of an unmasked warrior, you can control them, so George Warrior sets out to find the man who has a picture of him and regain control of his own actions.

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Beth Orton Central Reservation promotional video. Visit our forum at http://www.bethorton.org.uk and http://forum.bethorton.org.uk

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Based on a true story of destruction in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Digital dissonance occurs as an ostensibly human motorist attempts to elicit from an ANI (Artificial Non-Intelligence) a level of service and integrated connectivity of which it (the ANI) is not yet capable.

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An attempt by me to misuse a local municipal resource.

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I have this strange obsession with capturing footage of my various radio-controlled aircraft in flight. Here is yet another video showing off the technically interesting Air Hogs Twin Thunder.



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I recently captured this footage of the RC Sky Hornet, which is made by Silverlit and sold by Toys R Us under their discount house brand, "Fast Lane."

For about forty bucks, you get a heli that's essentially a giant PicooZ/Air Hogs Havoc Heli. Because it's heavier and more powerful than the Havoc Heli, and is piloted via radio transmitter, as opposed to the Havoc Heli's infra-red control, the Sky Hornet can be flown outdoors.

Naturally, you'll want to avoid doing so on a windy day. Indoors flight, meanwhile, is something that should only be attempted in a very large room or garage, as the Sky Hornet darts about at such a frenzied pace that all but the most experienced pilots will quickly run out of room and find themselves crashing into walls and other obstacles.

Having owned and flown a Micro Mosquito, a couple of Havoc Helis, a Transformers Blackout, a Blade CX2, and a Lama V4, I'm not exactly a complete beginner. The Sky Hornet, however, was challenging for me to fly indoors, and I crashed numerous times while learning its subtleties.

So the bad news is that getting to know this heli means crashing often. Quite often, if my experience is any indicator. The good news, however, is that the Sky Hornet is remarkably durable, thanks to its foam construction. During my first day's worth of flying, I subjected this thing to more impacts than I care to mention, many of the kind that would have shattered the plastic fuselage, --or torn the blades right off-- an E-Flite Blade CX2.

The Sky Hornet, however, like many inexpensive, ready-to-fly RC aircraft, weighs so little, and is made of such durable-yet-deformable materials, that it practically laughs at crash landings and begs for more. There is no way this thing should still be flying after the sheer number and severity of air disasters in which I've involved it, yet my Sky Hornet's only suffered minor cosmetic damage, and hasn't required repairs of any kind.

As of this writing, Toys R Us is selling Sky Hornets for about forty bucks. If you know where to shop, you can find several two-channel helicopters in that price range, most of which will be easier to fly and probably more rewarding than the Sky Hornet. If, however, you've already got all the other entry-level helis and you've been itching for something new and challenging, you might just find yourself having all kinds of silly fun as you attempt to master the Havoc Heli's rambunctious big brother.




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More footage of the Air Hogs Twin Thunder, along with info on how to modify the control transmitter for enhanced functionality.

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