Travis Metcalf’s Blog

For the past few months I have been researching, building, getting a little frustrated with, tweaking and making adjustments on my 1/8th scale, off-road, nitro-powered buggy. It is a Team Associated RC8 and I am really enjoying it.

When I purchased the car it was with the intent to race it at the local tracks around Atlanta, GA. Once I had the car built and ready to race, I started looking for places to race it. Finding local tracks proved to be difficult in this modern era where nothing is more than a google search away.

In an effort to help me meet like-minded hobbyists and keep track of when and where events in the Atlanta area are taking place, I created a Meetup.com Group. I can’t promise that the group will be around forever  (especially since there’s a monthly fee), but it will be around as long as it is serving its purpose.

I encourage anyone in the Atlanta area interested in Radio Control Car racing to join the group and participate in the discussions.

After using windows machines for about ten years, I am learning to use the mac operating system (MAC OS X) again.

The first computer I ever bought was a Apple Performa 6200 which I used in college. Once I started working for an Internet Service Provider (thegrid.net) I switched to using windows machines.

Long story short, I’m having to figure out how to use the new MacBook Pro I purchased recently. I find this process rather frustrating as I’m the type of geek that likes to trick-out my computer with all the latest tips and tricks I can find.
If you’ve any OS X reference recommendations (preferably of the online variety) to help me get up-to-speed quickly let me know.

In the meantime, I’ll try and enjoy the new toy instead of letting it frustrate me.

I can’t wait for this game to be released…

Forza 2 is being released on Feb. 1, 2007.