XIMPLE: Revenge of the IPOD killa

Check out my new creation, it runs all operating system both Windows, Linux, Mac and popular gaming core engine, plus tonnes of multimedia and communication components. I called it: "XIMPLE" - Portable Touch handheld PC with communication devices built in like phone, wifi, 3G, satelite link and broadband TV. Can stuff in Playstation, Wii, Xbox 360, and other homebrew emulator. Simple in design ad does all the job. Details coming soon. Cool eh?

Fruit Basket

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Its been a while i haven't watch "Fruit Basket", i used to watch every night years ago when working late hours on my project with mini windows player anchor below the taskbar, the opening themes and lyric are very touching and meaningful, It just reminds me of my happy past and present time. Really arouse the nostalgic feeling.

The lyric:
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I was so happy, you were laughing
With a smile that melts everything away

Spring is still far away, inside the cold earth,
Waiting for the time to sprout

For instance, even if today is painful
And yesterday's wounds remain
I want to believe that I can free my heart and go on

I cannot be reborn
But I can change as I go on, so
Let's stay together always

Smile only at me and touch me with those fingers
This simple desire is everlasting

I want things to be simple
Let's finally get across this sea of mournful sorrow

For instance, even if today is painful
Someday it will become a warm memory
If you leave everything up to your heart

I understand the meaning our living here
It is to know the joy of having been born
Let's stay together always

For instance, even if today is painful
Someday it will become a warm memory
If you leave everything up to your heart

I understand the meaning our living here
It is to know the joy of having been born
Let's stay together always

Building the Ipod killer

So what's up with me doing stuff very late at night when everyone still sleeping? "I'm building a super prototype handheld device that can kick IPOD, Nokia or what every handheld, pda or what so ever in the market. Still in production so can't say much right now.

Fun video cam on r/c circuit

Got two videos of us playing on r/c track,1 video with onboard video cam on Rudy 1/10 touring carfacing towards 1/18 truggy MB4 chasing around the track and another video taken from R/C tower view of me and Rudy duelling each other around the track. Thanks to Nick for taking the video shots. Nick 1/10 touring was MIA for a while down there so he become the camera man for today. :mrgreen:

Location: Miri r/c track at Gokart


Youtube #1: Onboard video cam
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Shows 3x startup, Chasing me around the track.



Youtube #2: Tower point of view
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The one laughing is Nick. Helping me out taking video of us playing.

Out into barren land

Not much haze but our scenic ride was very barren, dusty and hot, i like to ride on dry land so i don't have to wash my bike much when i get home later. Today the ride was much longer and extremely fast paced,with a group more than 25 people everyone ride at different pace resulting gap and broken to several group...some got lost, some too fast, some too slow and some seem to be wondering into the wild in their own adventure. I huff and puff my way up and down the hill chasing my rival, at night when i sleep i can feel my legs kinda heavy.

ULTIMATE PROJECT CRAWLER COMPLETED!!! SUCCESS!!

After hours of hard work finally the conversion from stock mini monster truck to profesinal grade super crawler have finally reach its goal. Super flex torsion axle, longer stable stance and 100% terrain crawler with high power climbing rate equal to AXIAL AX10 crawling capability. With Tamiya CR01 driveshaft, MAMBA 25 ESC, 2.4Ghz and dual steering front and rear... no terrains or obstacles can stop this might beast. Would like to thanks our Member Crawler community from rctech for supply me crawler parts. This is rock crawler at its best! will post you the video too hehehehehehe...

First i would like to thanks to member of rctech (http://www.rctech.net) "Ecrawler" for reserving me his stock Huanqi mini monster (A-Tech Leo-x) for my conversion work to full pro spec crawler. Took me around 11 hours of work to convert an innocent shorty mini monster to extreme crawler spec.

Construction Material:
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-Huanqi mini monster stock models (1/20 scale - 'aka' A-Tech Leo-x model)
-2.4Ghz Sanwa receiver
-Castle Creation: MAMBA 25 Brushless ESC
-4x steel clip rods + 6x mini radio antenna (For lower axle push rod and mid drive shaft rods)
-4x extended slim push rods for front and rear steering and center axle positioning
-Lipo 2s 800mah 15c batt
-4x Plastic rod wall concrete insert ( for adapter to attached Tamiya CR01 adjustable drive shaft to axle and gear box)
-TAMIYA CR01 adjustable drive shaft


Useless stuff to be thrown off from chassis:
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-Stock Rx and TX
-Stock 50A Brushed ESC
-Nimh 7.2v batt
-4x stock push rod axle
-2x short mid drive shaft

Work hours - 11hrs

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Performance:
What can i say it climbs like a spider!!!...that is when i use brushless 4200KV motor + 8T HPI RS4 micro pinion gear).


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Evening circuit fun drive.

Me, Nick, Mochiko and Rudy on the racing circuit busy driving as usual..all brushless, 2.4ghz, lipo, foam tyres and carry some bad driving attitude..hehehehe. Nice to be here after working hours driving and do technical stuff.

4x new wheel designs for XAVAGE and X3-SIXTY

Being bored on the desktop i'm messing around with Z-modeler see if i could come out another additional idea to design wheelsets for both "XAVAGE" and the good old shorty "X3-SIXTY" models using same design falnge pattern both inverted and vice versa looks. So i made 4x units with different looks. I haven't reach the texture UV Mapping yet but shown here is drafted design for all four unit. I try to maintain the same design taste for the wheel flange just like used on previous 1st batch of X3-Sixty and early version of XAVAGE with "half-wall straight face" design. Buts its harder to create perfection taste on its looks than just imagine about it. I'll see hoe it goes on the next step after UV MAP process.

Volcano erruption!

Ah! this is bad...maybe its good too. After putting the medical ointment it started to spew out the dirty goo out from the wound from the swelling bumps from my leg. It actually burst after my pedal hit the swollen part of my leg when i try to manouver my bike downhill but i slip and hit the pedal instead. Well at least it speed up the process of removing those dirty blood out of the wound.

Rough dry adventure

Its very dry and hazy today but it wouldn't stop us having fun in weekends. We're testing the new trails made by friend for upcoming races just nearby Miri public park. Lots of rough spot, spikey bushes, huge drop of downhills and climbing. I got this bad luck where my pedals hitting my swollen legs until the wound got bulging and errupt some goo, lol. I hope the new trails will be ready for races soon. I haven't been racing for more than a year since i've successfully secure 2nd place on last mountain bike race in Bakam motocross trails..