Musings

Author: cckid

  • Checkride writeup, part 1

    Checkride writeup, part 1

    I fully intended to write a complete writeup of my private pilot checkride but as you’ll see below, you’ll have to wait for part 2! Saturday, November 12th, was the day.  It was supposed to be my long anticipated, private pilot license earning, checkride passing, fist pumping, woohoo day.  And it started out like that!  […]

  • The best private pilot training videos on YouTube

    I’ve been working on my private pilot license lately and have spent a lot of time hitting the books and other sources as much as possible in order to ace the private pilot checkride. In addition to the ASA Private Pilot book (which is pure gold, a must have, invaluable, awesome, great, thumbs up, indispensable, […]

  • Random thoughts – Election 2016

    Random thoughts – Election 2016

    As I sit here quite stunned at last night’s election results, I’m looking to the future to see if metrics can be used to measure the efficacy of one political party versus another.  Older and wiser people have told me that you vote Democrat when you’re young and have a heart and then vote Republican […]

  • Fix Google Plus Auto Backup to [Solved]!

    If you have an Android device and have been frustrated by the inconsistent functionality of Google’s Auto Backup of your photos and videos, you are not alone! Most of the time, the status on the device will read “Backup up…49 left” and be stuck there forever, unless you cheated and disabled backing up over WiFi. […]

  • How to choose a Strong Password

    Chances are, your passwords are not very good.  Chances are even greater that you use one password over and over again, with minor variations.  Did you know that a good hacker could probably figure out your password in just a matter of minutes and then gain access to: your bank account, your credit card, your […]