Detritus of Empire

Wandering unsupervised in various real and imaginary places. Detritus reflects my interests in robotics, travel, history and the odder aspects of the world around me.

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Barking at The Hobyahs

Hank the Dog has many good qualities. In particular he takes his duties as Watch Dog very seriously. Too seriously I've often thought,...

Monday, January 26, 2026

FIRST Robotics 2026 - Week Two Report

Bit of an odd week. The last half of it had bitterly cold temps. The sort of numbers that don't really matter if you quote them in F o...

Friday, January 23, 2026

Family Portraits from the early 1960's

At least I sure hope these are from when I was in roughly first grade! There are faint captions on some of these. This is My Family. Now, I...

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Yeah, I Have a Question about This

Exactly what sort of vandalism involves lipstick? Well, I noticed this at the middle school so darn near anything is possible. A much bela...

Monday, January 19, 2026

FIRST Robotics 2026 - Week One Report

Pictures and video from our first week of build season: Old robots being taken apart. We need those parts, and new builders learn. If you ...

Friday, January 16, 2026

Cardboard Technology

Just for fun, at the joint teams kickoff of the FIRST season, we threw together a mock up of of the playing field made out of cardboard, caf...

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

How Smart was my Father?

Dad grew up on a farm . One that still was doing things the way they'd been done, well, forever. There were still a few horses. The l...

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About Me

Tacitus: Having over the many years of my medical career seen too many hard working folks post pone retirement and tip over shortly after their farewell party I have adopted a Carpe Diem policy. Retire at 60. And don't let 'em throw you a party. Its working so far.

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