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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Friday, January 29, 2016

FIRST Robotics - Progress Report Three

Going from wood to metal. We had our FIRST robot in reasonably complete form by the time of an open house for our hosts Machine Tool Ca...

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Vilification

Sometimes words just won't behave themselves. I think I have something clever figured out about the origins of a particular word or phr...

Monday, January 25, 2016

The Train to Ostia

You can't plan for every eventuality when you travel abroad, but I consider it an enjoyable obligation to prep for as many possibilities...

Friday, January 22, 2016

FIRST Robotics - Progress Report Two.

Evolution of a robot. Two projects growing together. On one side we have the software and electronics groups working on the competition l...

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Tree Shaped Tombstones - Strange Birds

Even on road trips sometimes you have to hurry a bit. On a swing down to Prairie du Chien to look for old brewery caves I found myself in a...

Monday, January 18, 2016

Iowa 2015 - A few Tree Shaped Tombstones

Winter is here in earnest so it is the "off season" for road trips. But looking through my pictures I did come across a couple of...

Friday, January 15, 2016

FIRST Robotics - Progress Report One

The long awaited "Big Reveal" for the 2016 FIRST robotics challenge was last Saturday. Here is the video: Wow. Even by the ...

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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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