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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Monday, February 28, 2022

Digging an Underground Speakeasy. Eccentrics with Power Tools.

My friend Gabe is at least 25% less conventional than I am, and if you know me beyond the casual internet level you know that's saying s...

Friday, February 25, 2022

The Times (well, not the New York Times, but still) They are a' changin'

Morning walk photo 2/25/2022. I should mention that my fairly average town in a fairly average state is an eight hour drive from the Canadi...

Cheers! Christmas in February

To stay in shape for England and to burn off nervous energy, I go for a brisk walk every morning. This being winter sometimes it is very br...

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

The Flying Saucer - Il Disco Volante

I am a fan of Bad Movies. But only of a certain type. I have little tolerance for hackneyed plot lines, cardboard characters and so forth....

Monday, February 21, 2022

Robotics. Almost There.

Lots happens on Saturdays. Most of it was good stuff. The robot can pick up balls. The elevator works. It launches them better than expe...

Friday, February 18, 2022

Endurance - 2

February 18th, 2022. There is a wicked north wind blowing. It is going to get way below zero tonight. On Monday six inches of wet, heavy ...

FIRST Robotics - Home Stretch

Monday On Saturday we discovered that the center of gravity of the robot was too far back. This gave us a disastrous 9 degree forward tilt....

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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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