G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 There's an awful lot of hate going on for our Multi-Rotor projects. And some people seem to enjoy escalating to personal attacks, which is not acceptable. There are members of the KH community who are continually asserting that we only cover MRs... so I'm just going to leave this here for reference... List of Topics covered on "Know How" since January 2015 Skype Translator Gyrostabilization of satellites Mods to the Syma X5c TWiT Editing Workstations Working with Gallium Fixing High-Density WiFi Tapping your home network PCIe SSDs Smelting Aluminum Cans Hydrophobic metals 3D Printing at CES 2015 Power over Ethernet 24 Hours of Racing Lyteshot Premise Wiring RasPi 2.0 Thermoplastics The Leo Chopper Artec 3D scanning Solar Powered Hawaii Fixing a DJI Phantom Thermoplastic costume Self Driving Cars at CES2015 Motorcycle protection PWM Steampunk Clock 1/3 Carrying your Quad Managed vs. Unmanaged Switches Nissan's new Supercar Alien-X Parts List Steampunk Clock 2/3 Wireless Bridges Arduino Fridge Hydrophobic paint Win8: Reversed Mouse + Screen Brightness Steampunk Clock 3/3 Balancing Props Car Hacking VLANs Alien-X: Integration Building Servers Liquid Cooling EM Shields NAT on NAT Motor Upgrades Alien-X: Testing Homebuilt Smartwatch MP3 Artifacting RF Towers RasPi OSMC Alien-X: Let's Fly eBooks NAT (again) Making Snow daVinci Jr.: Setup Fixing a Gameboy Screen Thrust Testing Electric Superbike 3D Printing: First Print 3DR Solo at NAB Free Image Manipulation Programs White Blood Cells AR Mini Gameboy Backlight Advanced Thrust Tester LEDs Troubleshooting Broken Patches Shapeways Synthetic Diesel Cat5 wiring Choosing Hard Drives Cellular Ethernet Camera Basics (ISO, Aperture, Shutter) KH250: Parts List Intro to FPV KH Project Previews SSD Media Player Choosing a Soldering Iron IP Camera Network segmentation DMX Lighting Maker Faire: NVdrones Out of Band Managment File Server File System Ping Documentation 1 Sheeld OptoESCs Quad Balance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Phillip Adcock Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Yes you cover more than quad copters but so much of the show has become about it I don't watch it like I use to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ KH is your show. You just go ahead and cover whatever damn subject you feel like. That's the way of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 But that's the point, we don't actually cover MRs that much. It's a small percentage of the total material.? It's one thing to say "I don't watch when you cover quadcopters". I have to accept that. That's part of me listening to the audience. It's another thing entirely to say, "you don't listen to us and you only cover quadcopters". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brian Culver Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I like all your work keep it up. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dan Vigliotti Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Sadly, all of us that enjoy your show and all its content are the silent majority. Know there are more of us than there are of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Corr Dad Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Keep on keeping on boys. It speaks volumes that you care enough to even address this. See how many other shows listen to all sides of their audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_610GARAGE Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 To be fair to the quad naysayers, when you have consistent topic that has been going on for months, it will seem like a lot. It could be %10 quads, and people will say that all Know How is is quads. I'm not saying to change anything, I'm just saying that I can understand their point of view. However, to the anti quad people I would like to say this. Electro mechanical system, closed loop algorithms, soldering, embedded microcontrollers, embedded programing, battery chemistry, sensors, electric motor mechanics (for lack of a better term). All of these things are in quadcopters, but they are also in everything from robots to cars to home automation. You may not like mutli-rotor projects, but you should like those topics, and multi-rotor projects are an excellent way to teach such topics. My personal opinion is that Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Bryan Burnett are doing an excellent job at keeping the show balanced and interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ maybe it's just the intro and/or show notes that give some people the false impression? I can only speak for myself, but I just haven't been bitten by the drone bug. So if the KH episode looks like it's going to be drone heavy--I'll just tend towards some other episode/podcast. But there's a few things on this list that I wanna check out! So I'ma gonna go hunt down the episodes they're in...but I can only assume they're episodes which seem drone-heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nick david (nickathome) Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Quad copters are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Gregory Johnson Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I'm not into quad copters, but Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Bryan Burnett make them interesting enough that I really enjoy seeing them being enthusiastic about them. I'm actually looking forward to seeing what they do when they attach some advanced projects to one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Timothy Hamlett Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ? and everyone else, First off, I'd like to sincerely apologize if I offended or seemed to personally attack anyone. That was not my intention, not will it ever be. Secondly, I REALLY DO love this show, and the entire network. I've been a Know-It-All since Episode 1, and my knowledge has truly been enhanced by both the show and this community (all the way from VLANs to RasPi to traffic "monitoring"). I really don't mind Multi-Rotor, in fact I'm looking forward to buying my own when my tight budget permits. I also enjoyed the discussions about flight dynamics, electronic motors, etc. I learn more about flight from Know How than I learned from college-level Physics. I had just noticed that a lot of content (not a whole lot, but enough to be noticeable) in this community had steered away towards quads, people's experiences with quads, quad builds, and quad videos. I'm not saying " all you ever talk about is quads ", (in fact 10% sounds like a good figure - roughly 4 to 5 mins per week). Keep up the good work, and sorry again if I caused any trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nick Whitworth Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Love the show. Don't ever change. I came to this show for the quadcopters, but I've stayed for everything else. If one segment per week is too much for some people, what can you do? For a while there it looked like it was turning into "Know How to NAT a NAT" despite Padre's insistence that you shouldn't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Larry Carbaugh Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I love watching it all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Edward miskowiec Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I love all the awesome topics the show covers and can't wait for the next one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Reed Hanson Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Love streaming the show on roku, and twit shows in general. Keep up the great show Robert. Can you look into mechanical keyboards, upper and lower tiers, and the tech that goes into them? Which ones should we spend our monies on and which ones to avoid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eddie Hughes Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I have to admit, at first I wasn't into the show but then you started covering Multirotors and I started watching, which lead me to learning how to solder...that snowballed to 3D printing. I'm not a fan of the raspberry pies but only because I haven't found a use for them yet. I'm a professional wedding photographer and love that you are now covering dslr's! Point being, if I can find a use for the topics you cover I am hooked, even if it means watching portions of the show that does not catch my interest...eventually you end up creating a project that utilizes the things I'm not interested in and that's when I go back to previous shows to learn the basics of projects that did not catch my interests the first time around. I love learning new things and really enjoy experimenting with the basics we learn from the show. Eventually, everything comes full circle. Great job transitioning and keeping everyone's attention! Love the show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Chris Bickhaus Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 As people said above, it is your show. I also understand that it behooves you to keep up the quad episodes while it is still a hot topic (you can always do networking episodes or raspberry pi episodes after the quad interest fizzles. That said, I'm sure you have noticed that when you do cover networking topics, it creates good discussion on this group, thus indicating an interest. Also, Brian Burnett has been talking about raspberry pi projects for awhile now. Did I miss them, our are they still in the works? It is also disingenuous to keep listing all the topics above as proof that you do not only cover quads. Here's why: the majority of the topics you list are news topics, or other topics that are given short shrift. Make a list of non-quad topics consisting of only in-depth how-to projects (like the arduino clock which was awesome), and it will be much shorter. Again I understand that this is your show, and im not asking you to change it just for me. I would ask that you stop trying to deny the fact that this show has largely, but not solely, become "know how to quad plus hear about some other interesting bits." Own it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Larry Carbaugh Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I am new to quads and I am so happy to find this channel, but really enjoy the other things. Only problem is my wife does not like me finding other ways to spend money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eddie Foy Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I'd like to see some more (or a second) long running project(s). Did the Syma. Built the 250. Built the 450, the octo in the wings. Did we get the second installment on VLANs? The one on implementing them? The first was really just what they are.. Don't think we got the follow up to the Gallium segment. (I don't think news blips should be listed as KH topics. not like we are going to make synth diesel at home) No hate, just observations. (I'm just greedy, I want a full separate show on quads, PLUS a standard KH :) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Gibbon Mountain Chronic Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Love the show as it is padre. Good to know that you care to respond to these critics, just don't let them get under your skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Phorest Sherwood Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Thanks Padre! I happen to love the MR portion of the shows, but I understand others frustration. I have learned a great deal from all of the segments, and always patiently wait for the stuff I prefer. Basically, I trust you to keep adding good content. Go by the show viewership, that is the only unbiased measure of your audience's participation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Philip Florio Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 KH rocks, I have a DJI, don't plan on building one but the segments are interesting and more so give me knowledge just like other segments, thanks Padre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Gerald McEvoy Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Love the show. But there is one thing, needs more dragons. Great show keep it up. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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