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Arrived in Germany!
Acora Hotel, Karlsruhe, 1600 hrs ( Read more... ) -
It's Over!
FIRA 2012 officially ended yesterday. Our team finished with a respectable 5th place in the marathon, 4th place in the weight-lifting, 4th place in the marathon, and 2nd place in the united soccer (football) competition. Not bad considering that only three of us did any work on these robots ( Read more... ) -
A Busy Couple of Days
Common Room, Suite 4, Richmond Terrace, Student Residence at University of Bristol, 2325hrs ( Read more... ) -
First post from England
1215, Bristol ( Read more... ) -
Delicious Butter Tarts
For my own benefit, I'm transcribing the recipe for the butter tarts Diana and I have made a couple of times. They're pretty fantastic.
The filling was taken from here and the crust is a pie crust recipe from a newspaper.
Crust
Makes 2 9" pie crusts or ~24 4" tart shells- 3 cups all-purpose flower
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 cups shortening
- 1 egg
- 5 ( Read more... )
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Humanoid Ice Hockey Playing Robot
So last week the Autonomous Agents Lab created the world's first ice hockey playing robot. And by "Autonomous Agents Lab created" I mean "Jacky came up with the idea and I did all the work." :p I have no objections to doing this sort of work though. I had a lot of fun, and we've still got a long way to go before we can truly say the robot ( Read more... ) -
One of these men looks the part...
Maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment, but some strange piece of me is enjoying the Republican nomination campaign. It's like watching a train wreck; I just can't stop watching it. It's fascinating how such a large, vocal group of people can jump behind a revolving door of candidates who, from afar, seem increasingly like useless, bigoted bible ( Read more... ) -
Back Home Again
I made it all the way back home! And the plane didn't crash! Yay ( Read more... ) -
First leg of the return trip done
1335, Tokyo/Narita Airport ( Read more... ) -
Last night in Taiwan
Today was my last day in Taiwan. Again, it was pretty busy ( Read more... )