Archive for January 6, 2010
Installing Eclipse JAVA develo…
Jan 6th
Installing Eclipse JAVA development platform for NXT (Lego) robotics development.
Looking for programming hints …
Jan 6th
Looking for programming hints and resources for the FRC (robotics). I’m helping the team learn how to use a camera this year.
Back to Class
Jan 6th
After a two week break for the holidays, it is back to school for me. This is week 4 (of 5) in PRG/210, Fundamentals of Programming with Algorithms and Logic. Normally we would have team project assignments due in weeks 4 and 5, but because of the break (I assume), the team assignments happened before the break.
This week, my individual assignment is to write algorithms, pseudocode, and check the results for four different problems. The work isn’t very hard for anyone with a programming background. The course only covers basic data structures and programming logic.
The discussion topics this week cover the concepts of modularization, communication between modules, cohesion and coupling.
This is course number 7 of 23 required for my BS IT/SE degree.
Tape Your Batteries
Jan 6th
The batteries just died in our point-n-shoot camera which reminds me of this week’s safety bulletin: tape the ends of your batteries before you transport or recycle them. Many recycle sites require it but the notice might not be obvious.
We were in Boston over Christmas when I heard a yelp from other room. Eva was more than just surprised. The two batteries she pulled from here purse were laying on the table, too hot to handle. I don’t know how close they were to catching fire, but I don’t care to repeat the test.