Archive for September 25th, 2006

Arduino Microcontroller Board

Monday, September 25th, 2006

How good of a microcontroller board can you get for $32 in quantity one?

A pretty nifty one.

My robotics project has stalled, but this controller might actually help energize it.

Two of My Pet Peeves

Monday, September 25th, 2006
  1. Blogs that don’t allow comments.
  2. Blogs which remove comments (real comments, not spam or abuse).

I’m periodically deleting blogs in category 1 from my blogroll. Sadly, I’m discovering more and more in category 2.

Big Bugs!

Monday, September 25th, 2006

Wow!  That Ant is Huge!Ants herding a caterpillar. VideoSift

I for one welcome our new insect overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality,
I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

Addendum: the video is very cool in using foreshortening and very large depth of field. Thanks to Brandon for pointing me at it.

[tags]Ants,Video,Science[/tags]