Oct 31, 2014

Espruino

Looks like it's good I didn't get the customized license plate for Arduino. Espruino allows you to write in JavaScript, which I prefer much to C string and char * messiness. It's available for $39.99 from seeedstudio.

There is an interesting graphical editor which reminds me of the Lego mindstorms rcx programming interface.

The isolator

Just recently I had looked up the isolator, I think this was because of something I saw in a course on coursera, then tonight on Elementary, Jonny Lee Miller had one on.

Oct 26, 2014

Bill

Three stories with Bill Murray

How a painting saved Bill Murray's Life

Isao Hashimoto

History of earth-based nuclear explosions, 1944-1998 by Isao Hashimoto

Analysis of the heat generated by these compared to the current heat reaching oceans, waste heat from machines here

Oct 21, 2014

Joel Hodgson

Saw a link to MST3k oral history on Joel's site. Also he said he's available from Heroes for Hire. This site has most of the great old and new Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rodgers, Caprica, Firefly, and Dollhouse.

Oct 18, 2014

Spooky Arduino 8x8 LED shields (Skulleyes)

As a halloween sketch idea, I'm making some eyes for a skeleton head I picked up at Michael's
The adafruit library and instructions were top notch and running as soon as I connected the wired. I wasn't sure if I could run two eyes in parallel but it was pretty easy. Perhaps by using different analog outputs I could have the eyes work independently.

Followup: I uploaded the combined MP3 player and eye animation code on GitHub: Skulleyes.

Updated video using Leonardo and older version of Skulleyes/Skulleyes.ino.

Followup: Die roller / skull eyes combination: SkullDieRoller

Eclipse Phase: Ideas

Eclipse Phase

Eclipse phase t-shirt

Oct 14, 2014

Comics code

In my coursera course at Comics, the professor brought up the regulations in the 1950s, which included: Standards of the Comics Code Authority. Interestingly the trend seems to have been away these standards since then, without a real defining body specifying the standards. Especially part B: "Scenes dealing with, or instruments associated with walking dead, torture vampires and vampirism, ghouls, cannibalism, and werewolfism are prohibited."

Oct 13, 2014

Rodgers and McCarthy

I think Rodgers must have children now, since it looked like Mike McCarthy seemed to be saying, "You lucky father," after Sunday night's game.

Oct 11, 2014

Richard Kiel

Richard Kiel, who passed away in September this year, was an interesting actor who I remember first and foremost from Moonraker.

Oct 5, 2014

Primer

Interesting compilation of events in the film, Primer