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  • Missed (Professional) Connections

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    I’m trying to get better at remembering names and faces. For photo shoots, more often than not, we’re given a PDF callsheet with crew contacts for the shoot day. I built this GPT to pull contacts from callsheets so that I can better find the great crewmembers that I’ve had the pleasure of working with…

  • Differences in planning, control, or lack thereof

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    There are two ends of a spectrum for travelers, and it’s this: “I can’t possibly have unknowns in my schedule for traveling. Every day needs to be planned out.” The sense of sureness in these words are a reassurance in itself that everything is and can be set neatly in its place. An itinerary carved…

  • Why not?

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    A good friend of mine had this very American Dream to travel across Vietnam by motorbike. The idea of it seems fun, though I have no other particularly good reason to take part. It’s something to do, I guess. Lately, it seems like my planning takes place in a state of what you might call…

  • Study Guide: FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate

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    The FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification is required to demostrate working knowledge of the rules and regulations governing commercial drone operations in the United States. Here’s my step-by-step guide to get you started: 1 – Requirements 2 – Study Materials 3 – Study Topics 4 – Practice Tests 5 – Actual Test 6 –…

  • Portable Soldering Kit for Drone Field Surgery

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    Bill of Materials Assembly Put it all together. If we go by how things should be, red is positive and black is negative. Things aren’t always how they should be, so best practice is to mess around with a multimeter to confirm. You know I didn’t.

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