Making Stuff – My first play with GarageBand
GarageBand is something I have had access to for years but have not give it a test run. As part of my new year quest to be more creative i thought I would have a little play about with it and see what sticks.
Anyone that hasn’t used it before; its a music production application for Mac that comes as part of your standard install. A version of it is also available for iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod…
I’m sure I’m no different to any self-respecting geek; you see a link to a new gadget and you can’t help but click on it to find out about the shinny new thing. Equally I’m sure that most of the time you finish reading with a” Meh”. The IRIS+ from 3D Robotics however made me stand back and say WOW!
This thing is seriously cool. It a personal drone that will do more than just fly around with the added camera to record amazing Ariel images. If has “Follow me” allowing you to run or race about while the drone follows you centring the images directly on you. It can do 3D image scanning, autonomous flight by giving it a set mission. You just draw a line of a map to tell it where to go. If will even return home when the battery is running low or it goes out of range of you controller.
A must buy for anybody that has the cash to spare and is looking for an amazing drone that you don’t need to spend months learning to fly so you won’t crash into a tree the first time you try to fly it.
Checkout the promotional video to really see what it can do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yOCTgVqmeQ
@SMLP
I’m sure I’m no different to any self-respecting geek; you see a link to a new gadget and you can’t help but click on it to find out about the shinny new thing. Equally I’m sure that most of the time you finish reading with a” Meh”. The IRIS+ from 3D Robotics however made me stand back and say WOW!
Auto Mission Planning
This thing is seriously cool. It a personal drone that will do more than…
It’s the same every year, everyone is setting themselves up for a new start as the clock turns midnight and I join the band waggon of setting myself up to fail.
Push ups, sit-ups, running, quit smoking or just be a better person. Most people start off with great intentions and some actually achieve their new year goals but the majority however fail.
The good thing about failing on your New Years resolutions is it is almost always a very quiet and none eventful failure. No explosions and nobody dies. The only person that even knows that you have failed in your quest is you.
I would like to think that my creative side is the thing that drives me choice of what my New Years resolution should be. My previous years failed attempts were, Flickr 365, Beverage 365 (because everyone has a drink a day), Blog post per day and 100 push-ups (I had an app).
Everyone of my attempts started well then fizzled out as expected. Early last year however just after my New Years resolution has failed. I decided to stop smoking cigarettes and switch to Vaping; more importantly I bloody did it. Then in September me and my family got the option to uproot and move 200 miles away from my home town for the last 35 years leaving everything that was normal behind us…. And I bloody did it.
This year I’m not setting a New Years resolution; but I will be more creative. I’m not going to sign up for some gym membership; but I will be healthier. No explosions. Nobody will die. Not a better person.
Happy New Year
@SMLP
WE SHOULD . . . . All get laid in 2015 ! -smlp
Wrecking ball
Gwilym hanging in the tree house
But windy today (at Penshaw Monument – National Trust)
Going to miss this place. (at Grey’s Monument)
“In the world it’s sparkily diamonds and lots of toys everyone in the world” #Amazing
