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 31, 2024

Dander

A Question of the Day. Is it ever good to "get one's dander up"? Yes. No. Maybe. Much is uncertain. The phrase sounds, and ...

Monday, January 29, 2024

FIRST Robotics 2024 - Week Three

We are at roughly the mid point of Build Season....and its an odd progress report. Some things were done very quickly and very well. Other...

Friday, January 26, 2024

A Happy Birbay

At some point having birthdays loses its novelty. I barely notice 'em unless they end in a zero. So my recent one was uneventful. The...

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

The Scrap Brotherhood of Cadott Wisconsin

Here's a little story I ran across. As usual I was looking for something else. Cadott is a small town to the east of us. It was one of...

Monday, January 22, 2024

FIRST Robotics 2024 - Week Two in Video

For those of you who prefer video to monologue! In case you were wondering, we do have enough of those big orange game pieces to make it t...

FIRST Robotics 2024 - Week Two Report

Week two started with sub zero weather and a delay in delivery of key components. That's the bad news. On the flip side, we are at a s...

Friday, January 19, 2024

Axman Redux

It's been a long time since I went over to Axman Surplus in St. Paul. I've been trying to reduce the amount of random stuff in my ...

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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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