Test blog posting from within TextMate.
At the Max Plank Institute for Biological Cybernetics (that name is WIN alone!) they’ve created a Giant robot arm used as F1 simulator !! It looks most fun, but don’t hold your breath waiting for one of these to show up at an arcade anytime soon (or for that matter, to arrive in homes — this ain’t your usual PS3!). There’s a very cool video on the site showing what it can do. Like the OP, I noticed a lag in the movement of the arm compared to the actions of the operator. This surely will get better with time, though. But just imagine!! Hanging up there in space supported by a giant robot arm running a driving simulation. That has all sorts of win written all over it.
Tags: robots
For the past several days, I have been writing a web app in PHP that will do meeting reservations at a trade show. This has been most inspiring and difficult work. It turned out to be a lot harder than I originally thought. But it is nearly complete in the core functionality.
I used an existing room reservation system that I have modified heavily to meet the functionality requirements of the system. The original system was based on a calendar model, while the new system is based on defining specific days and slots when meetings can be held. The original work had a lot of bells and whistles which I got rid of, and turned the whole thing on it’s head.
It has been good to be working again, even though I’ve put in long, long hours on this project. Now that it is ready for Alpha testing, I can relax a bit.
Tags: development, php, work
This is some pretty zany furniture. I immediately thought of Dr. Seuss here.
See more at artful home.
via theCHIVE: girl quits job on dry erase board exposes farmville boss called her hopa.
Young office assistant Jenny (may be not her real name) quit her job recently by emailing a set of photos to everyone in the office. She gets back at her sexist boss in the process very handily.
UPDATE: Looks like it’s a hoax.
Completed upgrade to WP 3.0.1.
I have no idea if people are reading this. I never get any feedback. Is it because it’s too hard to comment here (on the blog site)? (Note, if you’re reading this in LJ and comment there, I have no way to tell.)
waiting for god to show up:
via YouTube – Room Covered In Melted Cheese.
This is just the most fantastical thing I’ve ever seen!!
Tags: cheese
A beautifully expressed sentiment about being an Atheist and still one with the universe and awestruck by and appreciative of its wonder.
via YouTube – My Spirituality as an Atheist.
Tags: Atheism, Spirituality
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I am Tamara Temple, a 50-ish woman of geeky quality. This is my personal blog, where I post things that interest me, mostly found around the ‘net.
