This is the best phone ever, and I want one. The Apple iPhone.

I've had a Sandel SN3308 EHSI and a Garmin GNS530 panel mount moving-map GPS in my plane for over 5 years. They've never quite worked right, thanks to the botched installation by Eagle's Nest Aviation in Ukiah, CA. The most recent problem: the Sandel/Garmin wouldn't stay in GPS mode; they would automatically switch back to VLOC.
I spent over $3000 having a different outfit rewire the panel, and it finally seemed to all be done right. However, there was one small, show-stopping issue: if you selected the GPS from the SN3308 (or from the GNS530), after two seconds it would go back to VLOC. It didn't matter if it was tuned to an ILS or not (if it were tuned to an ILS, you wouldn't get it out of VLOC mode at all, presuming the GNS530 was configured to auto-switch to the VLOC if an ILS is tuned in).
After getting Sandel on the phone, we went through some configuration checks. Turned out the GNS530 wasn't properly configured. I wish I could remember specifically what it was, but it's several pages into the configuration (which you get to by holding down the Enter key while powering up).
There's an LOC / GS / ARINC page. On it is a setting that can be something like ARINC 429, or several other things. It should be ARINC 429 Graphics w/Int (or something like that).
If I get a chance to look at the plane again, I'll get more details and update this post.

(Originally published: 2006-05-30 19:57:02; I update this periodically, and I’ve decided to repost it as current each time.)
This is a nearly-complete list of the shows I watch. Some of these are very good, others I’m tring out to see if they’ll last. A couple aren’t yet on here, because I’m freakin’ tired of making this list (Standoff and Smith).
It's incredibly difficult to find out when the new season of a show starts. I don't know why the official sites don't have it in big letters at the top of the main page. After far too much Googling, I found a list that has some info. I've copied the relevant entries here (who the fuck cares about all those shitty reality shows?):
The highlighted shows below I consider to be outstanding.

4400, The, Season 3 ("one hour special presentation")	2006 06 03 2100
Dead Zone, The, Season 5	2006 06 18 2200
Stargate: Atlantis, Season 3	2006 07 14 2100
Stargate: SG-1, Season 10	2006 07 14 2000
Eureka, Season 1	2006 07 18 2100
Prison Break, Season 2	2006 08 21 2000
Bones, Season 2	2006 08 30 2000
Family Guy, Season 5	2006 09 10 2100
House, Season 3	2006 09 12 2100
Heroes, Season 1	2006 09 21 2200
Grey’s Anatomy, Season 3	2006 09 21 2100
Six Degrees, Season 1	2006 09 21 2200
Ghost Whisperer, The, Season 2	2006 09 22 2000
Numb3rs, Season 3	2006 09 22 2200
Veronica Mars, Season 3	2006 10 03 2100
South Park, Season 10	2006 10 04 2200
BattleStar Galactica, Season 3	2006 10 06 2100
Lost, Season 3	2006 10 11 2100 (projected)
O.C., The (only 'cause my friend is in it), Season 3	2006 11 02 2100 (projected)
24, Season 6 ("one hour special presentation")	2007 01
Psych, Season 2 (1.5?)	2007 01
Kyle XY, Season 2	2007

I just watched the pilot of “Heroes.” I’d venture to say it’s one of the best new shows to come along in a long while. I’d put it somewhere behind “Battlestar Galactica” and “Eureka.” It’s very well written and acted, elegantly designed, beautifully shot, and it sucks you in within the first ten minutes. It has a lot of elements of “Six Degrees” (another show I’m keeping my eye on), which I’m finding very appealing.
I believe it normally airs on NBC Mondays, at 9 pm. They are repeating the pilot tomorrow (Tuesday 9/25/2006) at 8 pm (7 central). Watch it, decide for yourselves.

I went caving with some friends over the labor day weekend. It was surprisingly more fun than I had expected. We wore helmets and headlamps, and knee pads, for protection. In some places you had to inch your way forward on your stomach. Sweaty work, but the caves were a cool 55 - 60 degrees F.

I highly recommend the trip. We stayed at the Indian camp ground in the Lava Beds National Monument. It's a long drive, but well worth it. On the way back, stop by the Sundial Bridge.