Here are the brains to a new robotics project I’m working on. See all the pretty flashing lights? I programmed it to do that! The firmware is an embedded OS, something called TinyRTOS, and it includes memory and queue management, a lightweight TCP/IP stack and all sorts of other goodies and an API to control all the analog inputs and digital outputs. The firmware is written in C, compiled and transferred to the controller board via USB where it stores itself on EPROM and runs until power is disconnected. You can also control the device via OSC commands using UDP or USB packets. Shit… I’m such a nerd.
Posted on Tuesday 5 December 2006
Since you asked for more, here’s another one… Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews.
Posted on Sunday 12 November 2006
One more in the Gabe & The Guitar series.
Posted on Sunday 5 November 2006
Posted on Thursday 12 October 2006
- In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
- In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.
- In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
- In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
- In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
- In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.
- In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
- In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.
- In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
- In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
Posted on Thursday 31 August 2006
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
- Albert Einstein
Posted on Monday 17 July 2006
I’ve been seeing such breathtaking colors in the sky over the past week. Such a beautiful combination of blues, purples, reds, oranges, pinks and greys. This is why I live where I do… I will not buy a house until I can comfortably afford a place with a comparable energy and view. I love my lagoon and the animals that live there… The family of geese with 7 new babies, our foxes, raccoons, possums and the slew of birds that call this place home, too.
Posted on Sunday 18 June 2006
“Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.”
- Carl Sagan
Posted on Wednesday 7 June 2006
My answer to anyone who wants to put up a personal website, blog, photo page, etc, quickly is Google Pages. It’s google’s elegant solution to easy web publishing. You can upload photos, change the layout, add content, do whatever you want. It’s not the best if you’re going to be blogging A LOT, but it will at least get you started. It’s easier than setting up a server with wordpress and the admin is more user friendly. Check it out… All my friends should have websites! I wish I could help everyone out personally, but if I helped every friend that asked me for a website it would end up consuming so much of my time that I’d never have a life.
