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Tag: Random
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]
February 18, 2014
Pokémon Picture!
So, this is completely unrelated to running… completely. But I have marked it in the non-running category and tagged it as Geeking Out, Non-Running, and Random. As I’ve mentioned once or twice, I’m a big fan of the main Pokémon game series. Someone on my tumblr feed reblogged that he was raising money for a friend by doing Pokémon trainer commissions. I thought it was a sign and commissioned Sir Digby Chicken-Ceasar to draw “me” with my favourite Pokémon. And here’s the result: My Pokémon character’s avatar is in the centre. Here’s are pictures of what my character looks[…continue reading]
September 17, 2013
Unusual Dream…
So, I had a really strange dream on the weekend. I thought that my lovely readers would get a kick out of it. I was dreaming that I was running a race. That kind of dream is not unusual, well, not unusual for me anyways! And I knew it was a race because I was a water/aid station. I was expecting the usual cups of Gatorade and water. But instead they were serving Chicago-style deep dish pizza slices! And in my dream, they were delicious!! I had authentic Chicago-style deep dish pizza when I was in Chicago last year for[…continue reading]
