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My bad luck drone that hasn't even flown

My bad luck drone that hasn't even flown

As far as drones go, the Flywoo Explorer is pretty well known, and known as a great drone (even if it had a couple of issues). But I've had the worst luck with mine, and it hasn't even flown yet. For starters, I thought there were

Another day, another broken drone

Another day, another broken drone

Having not flown around trees for a while, and trying out new props (Ethix Peanut Butter & Jelly) means that I'm not so steady on the sticks, gave a little too much throttle and smashed into a branch - something my Marmotte would have survived easily. Still, breaking

A nice surprise

A nice surprise

So I tend to upload models to Thingiverse [https://www.thingiverse.com] that I think would be useful to others. My latest is a set of brackets [https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4800144] to hold a pegboard, so you can use command strips [https://www.bunnings.com.au/command-large-white-adhesive-picture-hanging-strips-4-pack_p3950291]

NGINX config for Single Page Applications

NGINX config for Single Page Applications

Whether you're using create-react-app, Next.js or even something non React based (like Angular), you'll come across the case where you write a Single Page Application (SPA) and need to support linking into a particular page. Default webserver config doesn't really support this very

Rebuilding my photography site

Rebuilding my photography site

So to go along with my 10 year anniversary, I launched the latest version of my website [https://sdphoto.com.au]. To the casual observer, not much has changed. Very similar layout, but underneath, it's totally brand new. So why did I change it then? I used to

10 years of model photography (NSFW)

10 years of model photography (NSFW)

So here it is, 10 years of model photography. What a journey it's been and something I've stuck with for the decade! While I'm on hiatus due to family reasons, I thought I'd post the 15 shoots that have influenced me the

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