The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning
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Who’d’a thunk it?
Before washing the bedroom windows, I moved the garden tool rack and a bunch of clutter away… only to find a remarkable amount of litter below the plastic base:
One of those lumps consisted of tightly packed fluff, much like the mouse nest inside the barbie a few years ago, so this was surely a winter home.
But it seems at least one mouse didn’t make it through the winter:
Given its dessicated nature, I think the poor critter probably expired during the depths of the winter freeze.
This seems innocent enough:
Of course, that laptop:
I mentioned to my doctor that, if I were of malign intent, I would now have complete control of every PC on their network. That didn’t make much of an impression, as the same thing happened on my next visit.
Of course, moving to electronic records makes a lot of sense, but if you think they’ll be any more secure than any other online personal information, you’re wrong.
This looked like a wad of chewing gum stuck on the grocery store wall where I leaned my bike:
But it’s actually a moth with subtle decorations:
The poor thing would be much less conspicuous snuggled into a tree, but I suppose it’s doing the best it can with what’s available.
A quick riffle through the RTP Moth Book didn’t reveal any likely candidates, but there are a gazillion little brown moths in there, so I probably missed it.
Found this deep inside a college fieldhouse not too long ago:
Given the slight emphasis drawn into North, the author may be poking fun at the Track & Field team, but …
Turns out that there’s no difference between the Mac and PC versions of the Logitech Dual Action Gamepad:
I picked up a Mac version cheap from the usual eBay seller and discovered that LinuxCNC / HAL was perfectly happy. That wasn’t too surprising; they have the same model and part numbers. Most likely, the only difference was the CD and maybe the Quick Start Guide that I didn’t get in the opened retail box…
So now I have either a hot backup for the Joggy Thing or one for a different box.
Most likely, it was cheap because nobody wants a blue-and-black peripheral next to their shiny white Mac…
This is probably a browser compatibility issue:
Let’s refresh the page to see if a better combination comes up:
I took that to mean I’m not sufficiently human to post a comment…
I’ll be volunteering at the TCHFFRC this weekend, so if you happen to be near Hartford CT, drop in to see some high-pressure robot debugging.
You’ll find me behind the Robot Inspection Table, making sure everybody’s building robots that meet the same specifications. That’s a step up from a few years ago, when I got to dress the Granny Doll used in the RoboWaiter Contest…
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 