tag:spacerobots.net,2008:mephisto/ Mephisto Drax 2008-10-14T00:23:21Z lodestone tag:spacerobots.net,2008-10-14:27 2008-10-14T00:23:00Z 2008-10-14T00:23:21Z <p><a href="http://io9.com/5062250/recycled-robots-refuse-to-resort-to-type">Awesome typewriter robots:</a></p> <p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2008/10/mayer2.jpg" alt="" /></p> lodestone tag:spacerobots.net,2008-10-07:26 2008-10-07T02:41:00Z 2008-10-07T15:51:52Z <p>Secret robots, out-of-the-garage robots, space robots, and terrestrial robots – who are you supporting this November?</p> <p>In a recent poll of robots in my neighborhood (namely my driveway), there was an overwhelming support for Barack Obama over John McCain. Just look at how the driveway robot is beaming, “Yes we can.” Or is that, “10100011110101001?”</p> <p><img src="http://spacerobots.net/images/sidewalk-robot-20081006-214623.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Support the cause at <a href="http://www.robotsforobama.com">http://robotsforobama.com</a></p> <p><img src="http://www.robotsforobama.com/bender1.jpg" alt="" /></p> lodestone tag:spacerobots.net,2008-08-27:20 2008-08-27T20:09:00Z 2008-08-27T20:20:27Z <p>Partial recording of the August <span class="caps">KCRUG</span> meeting. Be prepared for craptastic audio. Better than nothing?</p> <p>Original 1GB file <a href="http://spacerobots.net/KCRUG-2008-08-27-partial.MOV"><span class="caps">KCRUG</span>-2008-08-27-partial.MOV</a></p> <p>Smaller divx (250MB) <a href="http://spacerobots.net/KCRUG-2008-08-27-partial.avi"><span class="caps">KCRUG</span>-2008-08-27-partial.avi</a></p> <p>Vimeo was down today so I don’t have a slick embedded preview.</p> lodestone tag:spacerobots.net,2008-08-26:18 2008-08-26T14:19:00Z 2008-08-26T14:19:26Z <p>Just got sent this link to <a href="http://railscasts.com/episodes/122-passenger-in-development">the Railscast on passenger</a>.</p> <p>I never thought running script/server on various ports (when needed) was ever a pain but it must have been because it feels nice to point my browser to an url, sans port number.</p> lodestone tag:spacerobots.net,2008-07-11:6 2008-07-11T18:12:00Z 2008-07-15T23:51:06Z <ol> <li>I am from Missouri</li> <li>I like cats</li> <li>I have a first degree black belt in Ed Parker American Kenpo Karate</li> <li>I like Dungeons and Dragons</li> <li>I am “double-jointed” </li> <li>I have used Linux since 1998</li> <li>When I was a kid, I memorized the (approximate) speed of light in miles per second</li> <li>I know <a href="http://thewoodwhisperer.com">The Wood Whisperer</a></li> <li>I used to collect comic books and still retain an unnecessary amount of comic trivia</li> <li>I have bachelor’s degrees in both Art and Computers</li> <li>I know the entire lyrics to “Ice Ice Baby” for some unknown reason</li> <li>I traveled to Prague and Budapest on my college choir tour</li> <li>I was called “Star Wars” for brief time during my college years</li> <li>I played Magic the Gathering aka “The cocaine of card games” from 1993-1996</li> <li>I am really into <a href="http://loribori.smugmug.com">photography</a></li> <li>Rather than Atari, We had an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey%C2%B2">Odyssey 2</a> as a kid</li> <li>I grew up in a log house</li> <li>I have one brother and one sister</li> <li>I attended the 1993 <a href="http://www.moscholars.org/">Missouri Scholars Academy</a> (Boomba…)</li> <li>I studied Japanese language and culture at Scholars Academy</li> <li>I am a Sagittarius</li> <li>I was born in the year of the Dragon</li> <li>I rarely remember my dreams</li> <li>If I do remember my dreams, they are like the movie <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film)">Dark City</a></li> <li>I am not really into sports</li> <li>I went to college on a full scholarship</li> <li>I think penguins can sometimes be scary, especially animated ones</li> <li>My father is a Sheriff</li> <li>I was in a lot of theater productions in high school</li> <li>I have trouble remember exactly what someone said, but I can tell you exactly where everyone was standing.</li> <li>I don’t like talking on the phone</li> <li>My typing was below average until I started using <span class="caps">IRC</span></li> <li>I have never had a cavity</li> <li>I have never been hospitalized</li> <li>I have poor vision and wear contacts</li> <li>I have never officially broken a bone, but there is a childhood story of a possibly chipped elbow</li> <li>My feet control my body temperature more than they should</li> <li>If I could be any animal, I’d be a cat</li> <li>If I could have any superpower, I’d choose shapeshifting</li> <li>I like Star Trek</li> <li>I like Battlestar Gallactica even more than Star Trek</li> <li>I am right-handed</li> <li>I like to cook, but rarely have time</li> <li>I like coconut curry</li> <li>I have no known allergies</li> <li>I <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex">sneeze when exposed to bright light</a></li> <li>Before Rocketmail was consumed by Yahoo, I used goddard@rocketmail.com as a throwaway address</li> <li>I shoot with the <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydslra700/" title="a700">Sony &alpha;700</a></li> <li>I used to shoot with the Sony &alpha;100</li> <li>I have over 40,000 digital photos so far, most should be deleted</li> </ol> lodestone tag:spacerobots.net,2008-07-01:1 2008-07-01T21:40:00Z 2008-07-01T21:40:58Z <p>The title says it all.</p>