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Category: Geeky
May 29, 2014
Throwback Thursday: AER201 Robot
I’ve started seeing some awesome throwback Thursday posts from some Facebook friends, particularly Nicole and Patty. So, I thought I’d join in the party. I found these pictures and video on an old laptop. It was from about 10 years ago when I was still in university. We had a group project to build an autonomous robot. We were barely trained at the time. I liken the project to being thrown in the deep end of a pool and expected walk on water. Our particular robot had to take a bunch of coloured ping ping balls, sort them by colour, then place[…continue reading]
April 26, 2014
Cycling with Darkwing Duck
If you follow me on dailymile, you may have seen that I’ve been cycling up a storm on my stationary bike. In fact, I’ve put over 140km on it since January, and that’s not counting the miles I put on it for the 5-10 minutes I use it to warm-up before my weights. It was getting a little boring, and sometimes there’s nothing to watch on TV. I experimented playing PS3 while cycling, but couldn’t keep up the pace. So, I decided It would be a good idea to have some DVD’s handy. They would be a reliable form of entertainment and/or[…continue reading]
March 26, 2014
Warhammer!
Here’s another definitely non-running post. In a post a long time ago, I mused about a photo showing the proportions of the fictional Adeptus Astartes from the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. In a celebration of passing my PMP, I downloaded a new game for my PS3: Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team. I like that it’s in this universe. The game is a little repetitive, but oh well. It reminded me that I used to be quite interested in the whole Warhammer 40k universe, including painting and playing with the tabletop miniatures. By a long time ago, I mean like 17 years ago![…continue reading]
