Ok, I’m having quite a bit of fun with robots…
I’m not going to go into exactly what is happening, but I will say that in one video, I am driving the robot, and in the next one I’m not.
Enjoy.
FIRST – Meeting Cool People
A few days ago a few representatives from our robotics club went to meet the Governor of Georgia to attend a bill signing. Pictures can be seen here. Here I am standing second from the right.
Although today, we just found another fun FIRST fact – you meet cool people without even knowing it. When we were in the process of leaving we found a what seemed to be broken USB thumb drive. Dad took it home hoping to find some information on it that lead us to the owner. It in fact did. Guess who the thumb drive belonged to? John T. Applewhite – the co-inventor of the Super Soaker. Sweet. Yes, we’re giving it back. 
Posted in Robotics.
The business world…
As I make my way through the the youth-adult world border (hey – I’m turning 18 in about, I forget, three days) and this question came to me. Well, not exactly in a straight process, but it went like this: lack of money, job, how to get job – question creation. What is this question? Where is it better to build a “contact” database of sorts as a person goes from being a youth to the business world? Is it better to know a few hundred people you’ve met online and know only a few closely? Or is it better to know a handful of people in the “real world” and could rely on them to save your life (or something grave like that)?
See, the logic behind that question is, which is better to have? Yeah, they both have pros and cons, and both may land you with a job, but which is better? I guess that could be a matter of personal opinion. Though, thinking like a business person who has a great concern for the future, which do you think would be better?
What is your opinion?
Posted in Life.
Latin Class Cena “Dinner”
A few days ago, my Latin IV class had a cena (aka “dinner” for those non-Latin folk). We had to make a dish, wear togas, and perform a talent. I made Sweet Cheesecake, which was composed of egg, flour, ricotta cheese, and bay leaves. Simple, and easy to make (exactly why I picked it). It didn’t taste very good, but it didn’t taste bad – it was just plain. Anywho, for my talent I chose being a paparazzo, or as the people in robotics like to refer to me as paparazzi. It was simple and I got a lot of pictures from the class. So, to show everyone I did one of those YouTube photo slideshows (which I thought were always strange).
Not exactly sure why the video is all blurry, but I’m hoping to figure out why it is like that.
Posted in Misc.