I've been working for quite some time now at Honda. I'm not in any way related to the new HondaJet project, but it's still pretty neat to watch Honda venture into this area. You can watch the HondaJet making it's first flight earlier this month. If it's like what happened in the automotive industry, maybe a company like Honda can force the prices of these aircraft down while improving on quality.


Honda's piston engine in development

What I'm mostly interested in is Honda's development of a piston engine for small aircraft. Right now, even brand new aircraft rely on engines that are heavily steeped in 1950's era technology, simply because it is too expensive for manufacturers to obtain FAA certification, so they continue to sell engines that are just plain old. Reliable, but old. For example, having fuel injection in your piston engine is very rare! To make matters worse, the cost of a small engine that you'd typically find in a Cessna is around $20,000! Again, I'm really hoping that Honda can bring market pressures to bear on engine manufacturers so that consumers can be the real winners.

Finals are over. Thank God. 4 exams in 4 days while working full-time is a good way to earn yourself an ulcer.

While surfing today, I found that the Anaheim Angels have placed some of their local television commercials on their website. They're very creative. If you've got some time (and you like baseball in general) take a look (Free Real Player required). My favorite is "Batting Cage."

I haven’t blogged much recently, due to being sick and upcoming final exams. However, much has been happening, and I’m trying to get back in the saddle.

I have to say that I really enjoyed the reality series Average Joe. The final two men that were selected was the classic pretty boy versus the nerd. The nerd, if you can call him that, is a self-made millionaire that balances his family and friends with work and is as genuine as a human can be. He seems to have his life so well-balanced that he’s actually inspiring to me to work harder on those areas.


Beauty and the Beast.

The pretty boy is pretty. He’s 27 years old, lives with his parents and is a student. Should be an easy choice, no?

Who did the pretty girl choose? Well, since this isn’t fiction, of course she chose the pretty boy. I’m actually glad she did this. It really does show just how superficial our society is. And with style, Adam gracefully accepted defeat and let the shallow woman down easy when he had his last chance to try and strike back.

Kudos to the nerds out there, and for all the pretty boys, open a book once in awhile or challenge yourself. Develop a personality. Oh, that’s right, this is reality, you can get by with just being pretty.