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    Tuesday, October 04th, 2011
[1] LOGIN           - 'ssh YOUR_VPS_SERVER' (your regular username/
[2] CREATE DISKS    - 'x'  (please wait...)
[3] INSTALLATION    - 'r'  (follow on-screen instructions)
[4] PRODUCTION MODE - 'z' 
[5] BOOT PLAN9      - 'r'  (enter for "root is from...", use
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    Friday, February 25th, 2011
Yesterday, I got a digital camera for the project.  This is actuall
project - to get my own photos from space (well, 35km is not space 
altitude of 100km is generally used to define the boundary of Earth
so its only a third of the distance - still 3x higher than from a c
camera should one get that can withstand the harsh conditions of te
Celsius and an unknown amount of shock, and maybe crash landing bac
the least expensive one - and preferably secondhand, at least for y
guarantee that you are going to get it back, and if so, in a workin
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    Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Doing HAB means that you have to get a few electronic components - 
electronics shop.  So here is list of things I got until now:
1. GSM and GPS module + antennas (first thing I bought - to play wi
2. Radiometrix UHF radio transmitter
3. Wide band radio receiver
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    Wednesday, February 23th, 2011
So, here is the basic layout of my tracking system: (The top sectio
payload, and bottom is on the ground with me :)
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    Tuesday, February 22th, 2011
I'm starting a new personal project in High Altitute Ballooning and
case anyone has some experience/interest to share in this fasinatin
small helium-filled weather balloon carrying a small payload of a f
of a camera, a few sensors and tracking electronics to successfully
balloon will ascent at a rate of 3-5 m/s untill it reaches its burs
29-34 km, when the payload will fall back to earth.  A parachute is
to provide a fairly save descent rate of 5-8 m/s for the payload. T
kilometers away from the launch point (depending on the wind at var
it, hopefully contains some interesting data and video/photos from 
the distance to space.
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    Thursday, February 17th, 2011
Today I tried out the gopherspace on SDF.  It works a lot like ftp 
can use this space to keep a blog (called a phlog or glog) or just 
information you want.  Well, I'm trying this glog out right now by 
create a normal textfile and name it whatever you want.  Then you j
in your gopher directory and update another file, called gophermap.
configuration/layout on how your gopher page will look.  You can re
file in the tutorials section on the sdf.org website.
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    Thursday, February 17th, 2011
Well, here is a list of a few things I am interested in:
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