The robot club got profiled in a spot on NBC news! It's a video clip with sound.

Channel 10 Piece on WWHS Robotics

Andrew, the first kid they interview, was really the student who kept the whole thing rolling. He was there at every single meeting, always stayed late, and did the original design for the robotic arm.

Remind me again why I'm stuck working at a desk inside a building when it's going to be in the 60s and beautiful this week ( Read more... )

I haven't had a real vacation in about 4 years, and I feel great. Fuck working, I'm quitting my job and spending the next 18 months traveling to random cities and drinking. Except none of those cities will be on the West Coast, because the crunchy hippies out here lack the natural fear of large motor vehicles that is essential for any orderly ( Read more... )

So this week of all weeks I get stuck with jury duty. Normally I'm willing, although not eager, to do my civic duty. But there's just too much going on this week. So I show up yesterday, and we sit around from 8 until 2:30. Just when I'm thinking I'm clear they call up a panel, and just my luck I end up stuck on the jury. I explain to the ( Read more... )

Finally. Even though it's gonig to be in the 40s the rest of the week so none of it will stick.

The robotics club I work with made the lead of the South Jersey section in last Saturday's Courier. The article is online hereThanks to DKNJ for snagging me a paper copy ( Read more... )

My computer's fixed and I've got a design review tomorrow morning, so this is going to be shorter than expected ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to update for a couple weeks, but I've been too busy.

Robot Club: we took the Woodrow Wilson High robotic club to their first-ever competition this past Sunday. It was a FIRST Vex competition, and was actually kinda similar to the game chunt proposed when I was asking for robot ideas a couple months ago. There were 38 teams at ( Read more... )

Saturday night is Pacquiao-Morales III, and also the peak of the Leonid meteor shower. So what you should do is come to the Manse to watch the fight, then we'll all drive to the Pine Barrens afterward to see meteors if it's clear. And if it's not clear, we'll sit around and drink like usual.

NBA Standings (look quick, before they change)