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Technic Lego 8052 – Container Truck

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Well for Christmas this year my parents wanted to get me the Technic Lego 8052 – Container Truck. Unfortunately the shops had sold out in the UK, so they gave me the money and told me to buy it here, in Germany.

Lego 8052 Container Truck

Lego 8052 Container Truck

Lego 8053 Container Truck Box

Lego 8053 Container Truck Box

Amazon shouldnt take long to deliver it.

Helmet Cam Arrived

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Well my vholdr helmet cam arrived today (on my birthday too).

It was relatively cheap too only €363. The weak dollar really made a difference though.

Camera cost $349.99 (€221.34)
Shipping cost $77.95 (€49.30)
Import charges €91.64

I have just taken the first video and it looks great for such a little camera.

It seems to have a very wide angle lens which should be great, but it does seem to wash out colors.  This is probably because they configured the codec to drop colour so it can keep the frame rate high.

Now I just need to buy a nice helmet.

See first helmet cam post

Helmet Cam

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Well I suppose I could get more than a Rubiks Cube for my birthday.

I have been looking at getting a helmet cam for when I go snowboarding in Hintertux.

The good complete systems are quite expensive, around 800 Euros for a good one, then I need a helmet too, they cost around 40 Euros.

The Elmo SUV

ELMO SUV-Cam

Elmo SUV @ Vegaoptics

The VIO POV 1

VIO POV1

VIO POV 1 @ Vegaoptics

I now wish I had bought a better camcorder when I did last year, then I could just get the helmet cam and connect it in, but my DCR-HC37 doesnt have audio or video input.

I think I’ll have to make do with my current camcorder this year, its not even 1 year old yet, at least I’ll have my Rubiks cube.

Rubiks Cube

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Well my birthday is coming up soon and the only thing I want is a Rubiks Cube 4×4.

Rubiks Cube 4×4 Image

I have many 3×3 cubes which I can solve (quite) fast, and I have taught many people over the years.

I actually have to admit that I never really figured out how to solve them myself, my Grandad actually showed me many many years ago.

It looks like there are a lot of online stores in Germany which sell them http://www.google.de/products?q=Rubik+Cube&btnG=Produkt-Suche