Twenty Years Later

Just a little reminder to listen to the engineer's gut instinct, before taking your cues from the press.

Animated Gifs

Somebody on the PLCS.net Forum showed me this gif.
I found another version here.

Heavy Duty Wrist Watch

How 'bout a Cabestan

BubbleWrap

Stress relief

Help us Out!

I checked the site statistics for this blog, and I was amazed! Out of the last 100 visitors, we've got a good percentage of international visits.



So you're all reading. That's great! But, we really want some more contributors. If you're interested in posting here, send me an email by visiting my profile on the side bar. I'll help you to get set up for posting on this blog!

Mother Was Right, it Will Freeze That Way

From my personal blog:

Now that you've all seen my profile photo in full size, I think I ought to tell you what it is.

That photo was taken at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. There's an exhibit called Toymaker 3000. It's a geek playground! The majority of the exhibit is an automated assembly line with plexiglass enclosures, so that you can see what everything is made of. Of course, I took pictures of the ControlLogix processors that run the whole thing.

As you walk around the outside of the main exhibit, there are a number of robot cells that do all kinds of things: build a model, draw a picture, and dance. The robot in my photo uses a webcam to take your picture, and then it will do a dance for you. I chose the photo because there just isn't any more flattering photo of me anywhere.