Educator. Engineer. Experimenter.
Today we visited the Reptile World Serpentarium in Kissimmee, Florida, which has been in the area since the early 70s. They have a very large collection of poisonous snakes, and are one of the leading suppliers of snake venom to universities, companies, and organizations producing antidotes. They also have a number of turtles, tortoises, rabbits,…
Saw a huge grasshopper while walking my dog today. Must be a grasshopper because it is solitary. Though I saw a few more throughout the week… so maybe it was gregarious?
“The Mayor” is a very beautiful, very large, and very old Southern Live Oak near the Mennello Museum of American Art at Loch Haven Park, home to the Orlando Science Center. Many websites report it at 200 years old, but unless I’m reading the commemorating plaque wrong, it is likely 300-400 years old. I believe…
Just a few outings of us playing Pokemon Go this year. Most of these people are either on the Orlando Raids Pokemon Go Discord, or the Pokemon Go-UCF Discord, or both. Both servers are highly active in the Central Florida area. Here’s a video of people playing around Lake Eola at night when Pokemon…
This is a true story. Yesterday I brought a leftovers lunch in a rectangular glassware container that we have owned/used for years. We’ve never had any problems with it, or any others like it. Up until today I actually preferred this container over plastic containers. That is no longer the case. I heated up my…
Beautiful sunset sky captured with my new Google Pixel 2.
My cubical in the Design Lab at IST at UCF… because, as General Sherman said, PhDs are hell. I decorated it with abandoned materials found in the hall from a previous project with PEO STRI by Dr. Charlie Hughes and his SREAL Lab.
Some pictures of a few Southeastern Lubber Grasshoppers nymphs (more info) spotted at Shady Park. Here’s a closeup on Wikimedia.
Crooked Road, a traditional Irish music band around Orlando plays at the Harp & Celt every other Wednesday and various other events around town. They been playing in the area for over 15 years. Vicki Gish and Scott Vocca will also be re-opening the new Claddagh Cottage on Curry Ford Rd this year. I’ve heard…
Think like an amateur. Do as an expert. – Takeo Kanade I got a chance to see Takeo Kanade talk today at UCF. He was fantastic! Takeo Kanade is one of the highest ranked/cited computer scientists on computer vision and robotics. He teaches at Carnegie Mellon University. He talked about various projects he worked on…