obscurereality

For the first time in almost a year, B166ER is moving. This is just a servo test, but it’s coming along. The Arduino IDE has moved up a few versions since the last time it moved, and I’ve found I need to rewrite the code. A bit of a pain sice I’m not so hot with programming.

I shot this video with my iPhone (2G), so it’s not awesome.

There’s a lot of work to be done, but I suspect it will be navigating on it’s own again in the next week or two.
I hope to have him solo svoiding obstacles again without tether by the end of the weekend.

Yup,  still working on it. I’m using a project box for a head enclosure. Once I get a drill in hand, the Ping will go inside of it. I also plan on putting the PIR sensor in there too.  I think this gives it a little more personality. I’m also planning on putting most of the electronics below deck (Including the 4x AA pack I bought for it today to replace the AAA’s he’s using now).

The Missile launcher I hacked a long time ago for Arduino control. Never got around to making it so, even though the code is done and the H Bridges are built. I’d really like to get some motion tracking going on here. I suspect with all my new ideas, I’ll need to upgrade the drive servos to handle the load.

I came across this awesome Arduino based robot built by Gareth for the LMR DAGU Contest Robot on letsmakerobots.
This is one of the coolest Arduino bots I’ve seen.

Click on Mr. Flex’s photo below to see more information, and a lot of videos showing off how awesome it is.

I logged into LiveJournal for the first time in months a moment ago, and noticed this post, which never made it here.
Trent will be here this weekend, and this birthday present we got him will no doubt generate a blog post or two.

That being said, this sort of leads up to it.

My Aunt’s friend had given Trent this LEGO RCX brick. No software included, but Trent figured out what it was programmed to do, and built to accommodate the current program. I’ll eventually get around to either ‘finding the software’, or flashing the brick with an open source firmware so we can make use of this.

So, about a year later, and a clue of things to come from this summer.  I’m very excited!

Capsuleer is an awesome iPhone/iPodTouch app for us EVE pilots out there. It’s come a long way since it’s release, and as far as keeping track of your EVE characters on your phone there is no other. Best of all, it’s Free.

Built on a completely reworked application engine that delivers faster performance, enhanced graphics, extended functionality, and so much more!

• Pilot Details now include Clone grade tracking, Attributes & Implants, Pilot background, and Skill queues!
• A full skills library is now in place, showing you primary and secondary attributes, rank multiplier, pre-requisites and training times for each skill level!
• Get immersed in the universe of New Eden with Capsuleer’s new Headlines section, featuring the most popular CCP blogs as well as the EVE Blog Pack!
• Want to know how many pilots are online or what the current server status is for Tranquility or Singularity? Capsuleer does that too!

Capsuleer is moving forward with bold steps.

I would like to see some Market/Wallet detail features, other than that, it’s a solid app.

Here are a few Screen Shots:

There are more screens and a lot more information at the Capsuleer website.

Before the move I had a total of 3 seedlings. One met it’s demise via cat, but the other two were doing quite well. I took extra care to get them to Philadelphia. The plan was to have them ride in the cab of the moving truck with us, which worked out alright for all of 10 minutes. The box fell, and the pot broke. Dirt everywhere.
I was pretty discouraged at that point, but Christina convinced me the one would be just fine. and it is!

I’ve just let it grow, but apparently I’m supposed to cut the roots off, so they will regrow in horizontal fashion, rather than downward. I’m very nervous about this… I’ll seek advice from some bonsai folk.

I have some Jack Pine seeds germinating too. I hope those go as well as this one. Maybe when I’m old, they’ll all still be around. Only time will tell I suppose.

Still alive. Trying to juggle everything into a tight schedule…
Needless to say, I haven’t found much time for blogging.

Heading to Michigan today for a quick visit, and I’ll have my son on the 28th. I can’t wait.

This past Easter Sunday was the latest Zombie Crawl in Philly. What a blast…
Not much to say about this really, the photos speak for the event completely. Although, watching the people that had no idea what was going on was extremely amusing.

Larger photos and what not from the event here