DEEPBLUE

Everything has stalled except project DEEPBLUE.

Books read:

Tom Sawyer

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe(All of em except Mostly Harmless)

Books reading now:

Leviathan (ponderous title. The book is as weighty as the title)

Introduction to Social Networks

-Cap'n Mook

Managed to block facebook, which is no small task indeed. They keep spamming your email, even though you unchecked all options for them to send you updates. Took me awhile to figure out how to do so, and the rewards are paying off.

ARDUINO has currently stalled due to the lack of time, though I am resolute to continue DEEPBLUE. I guess I have to check out some 'must read' lists. There are simply too many books and so little that can capture the general imagination of the crowd. It takes time to pick the right books out, and sometimes, you might not even do so.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml

A couple of books I have already read, though I might want to try for War and Peace. But for now, Dune has captured my attention. Perhaps an alternating read between fiction and non-fiction might do the mind some good.

-Cap'n Mook

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Pleasure is a state of the body,

happiness is the state of the mind.

Pleasure is being able to do what you want to do,

happiness is being who you are.

Pleasure lasts for the moment,

and happiness, my friend, lasts for a lifetime.

-Cap'n Mook

I have nearly forgotten how beautiful the morning sky is.

-Cap'n Mook

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Rarely does beauty, intelligence and humility come together in a single marvelous package. Ai, it is my fortune to watch, my luck to have been at that place, that time. Indeed, Fate is a wonderful worker and we ask ourselves, what if xx had not happened? Where would I be now? I think that if we look back, we have tread on the narrow crest of safety with destruction on either sides of that precarious path.

It has, and still is an honour to me indeed to have known such a person. Think back dear reader, of that people you would be most grateful to have known, and you'd know what I feel. Of course, there are others, but I will dedicate them another day, another time, another post.

-Cap'n Mook

This is for NWG.

Update

PROGRESS on Project: DEEPBLUE

I've finished The Invisible Kingdom, which documents and gives a brief overview of the microbe universe and taken with a humourous perspective of a microbe. There are a few fascinating topics touched on in there, including bio-films, using viruses to combat cancer(which are essentially cells which have broken loose of the controls and begun reproducing on their own to the detriment of the whole system. And the ultra-cool Sigma Factor. There are also bacterial colonies, how cells attack each other, pass on genes, and evolve. Awesome? You bet. Makes me almost wishful that I had taken Bio. Almost.

PROGRESS on Project: ARDUINO

Brought some breadboards, wires, LEDs, switches. Built my first circuit on switching on and off a LED. Yay. Primitive, but yes. I will advance.

PROGRESS on Project: SYNCBOT

I have switched by to using LabView. It is much easier to program using that. Far far easier. I got my program running under thirty minutes. Plus, it is much more precise. Now on to testing of the accuracy of the NXT system. I suspect my work will take me beyond 12.

I've been thinking. (And away)

Probably there is no one who comes here to read now. Just as well. Hahah. Anyway, I've been away for months, and I've limited myself to fifteen minutes of recording, so bear with me, future self when you read this, if I don't sound too coherent.

BEGUN on Project: SYNCBOT. I can't tell you the details, but its about simultaneous robotic systems working autonomously together. I finally figured out the code to turn the bot on the spot. It is actually OnFwdSync (x,y,-100). I must also remember to use Stop(B,C) after every command. Ok, now its on the developing the mapping pattern, but this I fear will be rather challenging, seeing that I have a test the day after tomorrow and thus have to study and I have to present my preliminary data on the same day. My bot has also run out of power too. Oh dear.

BEGUN on Project: ARDUINO. This is a personal project of mine to learn about microcontroller programming and possibly use it to construct a bot which allows me to add on modules easily. Examples are ultrasonic sensors, lasers... etc. The nice part is that I can build the robot exactly to my specifications and not be structurally limited. There appears to be a nice robotic set online, Blu Robotic Kit that I might want to check out. It looks quite sleek.

BEGUN on Project: DEEPBLUE. This is another personal project which involves reading about various topics that come my way. This is to develop general knowledge and interest in various fields. For this module(1.1) I will be reading up on Evolution.

COMPLETED: Reading of The Importance of Being Earnest