Thomas Wilson

1 week ago | kitplanes.com | Thomas Wilson

Lately my personal windsock has been swinging around the compass, so this month I’ll touch on a few of the latest doings. The largest of which seems to be my hangar mate taking on a Murphy Moose build. Hangar SpaceOur hangar, already a warren of biplane struts and wires with cars stuffed in between (talismans from my former life), has taken on something of a submarine claustrophobia as the Moose-making ramps up. That’s OK, we’re all about squeezing the most out of our rented shelter.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Thomas Wilson

By Tom Wilson(Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury plans to ban Cambodian financial firm Huione Group from the U.S. financial system, deeming it of "primary money laundering concern" over its alleged role in laundering illicit funds from cyber heists and online scams.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Thomas Wilson

Up to this point we’ve learned three ways to control the motion of the Tumbllr. Program the motion (forward, back, left, right) by specifying the speed and the time for each motion command. This is the technique used in the lessons provided by Elegoo. Program the motion by specifying the distance (forward, back) or angle (left, right) of each motion step and then creating a defined path of travel. This is the method used in the advanced control lessons of this course.

4 weeks ago | wixx.com | Thomas Wilson

By Elizabeth Howcroft and Tom Wilson(Reuters) – DWF Labs, an Abu Dhabi-based crypto investor and trading firm, said on Wednesday it had bought $25 million worth of digital tokens issued by the World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture controlled by the family of U.S. President Donald Trump. DWF Labs’ purchase makes it one of the largest known holders of the World Liberty token, which is also known as $WLFI.

1 month ago | kitplanes.com | Thomas Wilson

Unlikely as it seems, I may be one of those giving procrastination a bad name. Certainly it’s one of my core competencies; ask anyone at the magazine involved in the production of this column. In moments of introspection this can lead to guilt, and guilt leads to defeat, and when working on airplanes—especially building a kit airplane—score enough defeats and the plane never flies. Or the airplane might fly but short of what it could be.