cjthomas
Dec 31, 2017 20:23
- Got the revised data logger hardware design done, and ordered parts. The boards came in before the holidays, but the components were delayed due to problems with the purchase order. That's been sorted out, and I'll put the new boards together this coming week
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cjthomas
Dec 18, 2017 00:10
- Eventually backburnered the drawings, and switched to the revised data logger task (which I'm not burned out on). This is sub-optimal, but I wasn't getting much done on the drawings by the end of things, so it's still a net positive. Drawings will resume later this week (the data logger design is already submitted for fabrication).
- Finally got the
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cjthomas
Dec 03, 2017 20:39
- Had serious deadline slide on the enclosure drawings. Partly this was due to them being more complex than expected, partly this was due to other tasks competing for time, and partly this was due to burnout. I'm mid-way through the second of four drawings.
- Continued gaming with the D&D 5e group in my building at the university. This is still fun,
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cjthomas
Nov 18, 2017 23:44
- Attended the conference without incident. This was more productive than I'd expected: I now have a much better idea of the spectrum of vendor offerings available than I'd gotten via the internet. While this doesn't change the design of the first-generation Big System, it does strongly influence near-term and longer-term upgrade paths.
- Also
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cjthomas
Nov 05, 2017 19:09
- Finished the hat for the co-worker who was graduating, just under the wire. It was well-received. There are two more co-worker hats in the queue (one with details specified, and one that I'm waiting on pictures for).
- Divided my time this week between planning tasks and making slides for a presentation Prof. W. is giving at the end of the month.
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cjthomas
Oct 30, 2017 04:38
- Got the hardware validation done. The only item giving me trouble is the Big System's tape drive, and the trouble is fairly minor (its sustained data transfer rate is two thirds what it should be, which is still enough for our purposes).
- Made incremental progress on the Big Project's software. I'm at the point where I'm going to have to start one
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cjthomas
Oct 21, 2017 19:30
- Finished detailed "concept drawings" for the revised enclosure. These show how everything is put together and are to scale, but lack annotated dimensions and don't show the placement of every last screw hole (which will be needed for the final drawings
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cjthomas
Oct 09, 2017 20:30
- Got further handshaking regarding the widget-cabling that was in principle going to be finalized a month ago. It looks like we've finally arrived at a design that satisfies our requirements and that the vendor can make. Realistically, this means we might get hardware delivered by the end of this month or early next month
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cjthomas
Oct 02, 2017 20:35
- Made progress on the piece of the Big Project code that I've been working on. There's still a fair ways to go with it, and many more pieces after it, but development is more or less on schedule still.
- Got most of the remaining hardware pieces (I'm still waiting on "cage nuts" with a different threading), and assembled all but one of the computing
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cjthomas
Sep 23, 2017 11:29
- Spent the week of Sept 4th sick. It was just a cold, and it cleared up faster than it could have, but it still took me out for that time and burned half of my remaining vacation/illness days.
- Did, however, spend more time working through Minecraft Regrowth. Several (automated) quarries later, I now have the materials I need to complete the
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