I had a dream last week that my father was coming to pick me up because I was moving in with my friend Mary. I had my truck all packed and was ready to go. Of course, my father died in 1989 when he was 50 -- the age I am now. I have wondered, often this year, if I will really live longer than him. My friend Mary died several years ago. In my dream ( Read more... )

I was just outside on a dark and windy night. The Teen was in the bathroom getting ready to shower. I was soooooo tempted to bang on the bathroom window and make zombie noises. It would have been even more effective than I thought since the Teen was in the process of discovering a spider in the bathtub, which he says he is scared of. He can’t ( Read more... )

I am He who died on a cross,
I am the Christian boss,
I died for your sins
So you wouldn't go to Hell's bin,
And you should probably floss.

Especially a certain someone I’ve not seen enough of lately.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/35-things-you-should-never-say-to-a-book-lover/

Tornadic Teen was looking at the life cycles of Pokemon while he was home sick, again, today. He said the life cycle of the Oddish (http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-rs/043.shtml) is rather sad. It follows the life of a human oddball. It starts as someone who is odd, an Oddish. Then it becomes a Gloom (http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-rs/044.shtml), ( Read more... )

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http://vintageengineer.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/machine-learning-class/

Come see my first post. I’ll try not to make it too boring.

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This is more of a revelation than a resolution. Also, it was something I figured out about a month or so ago, but today seemed like a good day to write about it ( Read more... )

Old engineers can learn new tricks.

A while ago I attended an event from Backyard Brains at All Hands Active. Links if interested:

https://backyardbrains.com/
http://www.allhandsactive.com/

Backyard brains introduced a new product, an Aruduino shield which detects EMG signals on muscles.

https://backyardbrains.com/products/emgspikerboxI ( Read more... )