Ramblings

After a couple of hours of fiddling with HTML in Notepad, I’m proud to present the new and improved project page for the 3rd Party RobotC Driver project.  I’ll add more to it as time goes by.  For your tree killing pleasure, I’ve also added a PDF version of the documentation so you can print it out more easily. You ...

This made me laugh out loud for real.  I think I’ve played about 10 times now and I am still not sick of it.  The Swedish one is the best.

My first article on NXTasy.org has been published: [LINK]!  I’m going to be writing a series of articles for NXTasy.org about control systems and PID-control in particular.  Be sure to check back regularly for updates. In other news: a new release of my drivers is imminent.  It will include a driver for the HT Compass, a new additional function in ...

This is a transcript of a conversation between my geeky wife and I.  Yeah, we use MSN to chat with each other when we’re in different rooms of the apartment.  Saves us having to shout at each other. BreighI wish there was such thing as a wireless HD Xander Soldaatthey do exist BreighImagine like 1TB of wireless HD spaceorgasm Xander ...

While not exactly robot related, I thought this was pretty noteworthy.  92% is really not bad at all!

Great systems administrators do not show up at work in the mornings, have some coffee and a biscuit, and then decide to install a server operating system because they have got a few hours before lunch.  Great system administrators work with a plan. That’s right folks!  Great system administrators plan their coffee and biscuits ahead of time and we all ...

The Lego online webshop might not be the cheapest way to get your complete sets but they do carry the full range of HiTechnic NXT sensors, many of which are not sold in Europe through toy stores or other online retailers.  I ordered my HiTechnic IR Link Sensor on Saturday evening and received it just this morning.  That might seem ...

About a week ago I ordered some product samples from Maxim.  I am not talking about the men’s magazine but the IC manufacturer.  Well, they got here yesterday so that’s pretty damned quick if you ask me.  I was keen to get some hard to obtain ICs for my robot projects.  I ordered 3 MAX127 12 bit 4 Channel ADCs, ...

I’m trying to sort out this blog and how it looks, so appearances may change over the next few days as I modify, tweak and rip bits out, only to replace them or re-add them 5 minutes later. Stay tuned.

It seems it’s been years since I last blogged anything.  I used to run a blog at mightor.blogspot.com but I guess I ran out of ideas to post about.  This blog’s title is a good summation of what I think about when I am at work or doing something I’m not really enjoying. I’ve been building robots for a little ...