darryl ramm’s blog

Yes a little glareshield that keeps the sun from reflecting off the display on my Zaon MRX.

Based on good feedback from fellow pilots I purchased a Zaon MRX PCAS (Portable Collisions Avoidance System) for my glider last year but have not had time to fly with it much yet. It attaches to the top of the instrument panel glareshield on my DG-303 with velcro. The bright LED display on the MRX is readable in daylight but the display surface is shiny and this is some times a problem with sunlight reflections. (more…)

A while ago I cleaned off stuff from our old Dell Windows XP PC and gave it to my ex-wife. She’s complained of all sorts of problems, and no longer has a live-in IT department to fix it for her. I got to look at the PC this weekend, better than listening to the complaints about email not working, applications hanging on start and slow performance. So what did it take to fix it? (more…)