As my wife will tell you -- yeah, that's a new development since the last major foray into blogging; I'm married now! -- over the last year or so I've developed a bit of a fascination with watches. I own a few, and have gotten back into the habit of wearing one on a regular basis ( Read more... )

2241 hrs, at home.

I'm sitting on the couch, having just finished watching the last of today's LEC matches, when Thunderbird pinged to tell me I got an email from Google.

It turns out that they're shutting down Google+, and as part of that shutdown my account will be deleted in April. They provided instructions on how to back up my data, which is ( Read more... )

1205 hrs, Winnipeg. My apartment

I'm working from home today since it's -34 outside and traffic was apparently at a standstill this morning. Seemed easier (and warmer, and safer) to work from here. Small businesses are great sometimes.

Last week I read an article on Ars Technica about how LJ was once king of blogging, and how with George RR Martin ( Read more... )

Acora Hotel, 0830 ( Read more... )

Acora Hotel, 1400 ( Read more... )

ICRA is officially over and done with. Unfortunately we didn't get first place again. First place went to Team Angry Darwin for their case-based reasoning framework and HRI research. We did walk away with a finalists' certificate and a $500 gift certificate for Robotis, so not all is lost ( Read more... )

90 minutes until the DARwIn-OP Humanoid Application Challenge officially begins ( Read more... )

ICRA conference centre, 1230 ( Read more... )

Acora Hotel, 2100 ( Read more... )

Acora Hotel, 0720 ( Read more... )