Educator. Engineer. Experimenter.
Tonight we dined at the historic Half-Way House Restaurant, located in North Chesterfield, VA, halfway between Richmond and Petersburg. Though easily overlooked today, it was once a mainstay for anyone traveling south of Richmond by carriage, and was an official change and rest stop for Petersburg Coach. The restaurant was built in 1760 on a…
Built a new mid-range PC for ~$600 for my dad for his birthday. He mostly uses it for video streaming, the Internet, and office work, so… no separate video card 🙂 I could have saved money on a few things, but wanted high quality parts. The case for instance was pricey, but he wanted something…
If you use Google Scholar to provide your references, double check them to make sure they are correct. It can be tempting to copy/paste the citations directly in a crunch. But nothing is more embarrasing/insulting/damaging than misrepresenting an author and their work. At the time of writing this post, here is what the citation information…
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…
UPDATE: Maya moved across the street! I’ve been meaning to post something for years about my favorite used book store here in Central Florida (perhaps in the world!!), Yvette Comeau’s Maya Books and Music. First let me just say that I love used book stores. I can browse for hours. If someone comes along for…
Not Neko Case (no disrespect). Nicky Case, and the quality of their work, passion, and humanity. But let’s just say if the world was ending and we could only choose 100 living people to represent Earthlings, I’m pretty sure I’d like Nicky to be on that list (after me, because I don’t want to die)….
I just finished reading a very old, apparently well-known cult classic known as Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott (1884). My friend gave it to me as a going away gift (they were going away, and looking for a good home for it). After reading it (and enjoying it), I did the usual Googling around to…
Today we supported science with a protest march around Lake Eola in downtown Orlando, FL. Speeches were made, chants were sung, music was played, and signed messages were flaunted – all in support of science and progress. It was refreshing to see so many supporters of human achievement. Here is my sign. Here are some…
Tonight I attended a live recording of NPR’s Science Friday at the Bob Carr Theater here in Orlando, hosted by WMFE-FM 90.7. It was very cool to see Ira Flatow in person reading lines for the show, cracking jokes, and interviewing guests. The show featured robots, prosthetics, live music, and space exercise. And to top…
A team of 3 students in our Simulation & Visualization degree here at Full Sail University created a Mech Warrior / MadCat simulation using: Unity3D, VR w/ Oculus Rift, Moog 6DOF motion base, custom CNC routed console, Arduino, LEDs, digital scent technology, etc. I got to check it out the other day during a live demo…