Small, nay tiny world

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So, how’s this for bizarre – Stefan was working over last summer in Las Vegas. Yes, just a few hours away across one measly little border from where I was. He was working at a casino, in fact, although not as a high-rolling blackjack dealer; some kind of secretarial work or somesuch. It was a… Read more

Stupid frequent flyer programs

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Grrr… I’ve just poked at Qantas’ Frequent Flyer program, and it seems I’d earn a good 17,000 points for each return trip to San Francisco I’ve done. That’s enough for a return flight to Sydney, each time. Or a good portion of a return flight to, say, the Whitsundays. ‘course, I’m pretty sure my dad… Read more

Other people’s car troubles

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I helped another person out today with a flat battery. In this case I was able to jump start them without too much difficulty. I must get my own jump leads so Rob can have his back. :) Also, when I closed the driver door earlier, it made a lovely “ping” noise, like a metal… Read more

ENT Presentation Photos

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Ooops, I lied; I’d forgotten Rob took some snaps with his phone before our ENT presentation. They’re shuffling about uncertainly here. The quality’s hampered by the poor lighting, but they’re actually relatively good photos otherwise – especially given they were on a timer, so we had to guess as to the frame.

ADD transceiver working

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So today I finally got the transceiver for our ADD project working. It’s a trivial little thing; it just sends and receives 32 bits of data at a time over a serial connection, using Manchester encoding. It was relatively tricky to do, though; harder than I expected. Transmission’s easy; receiving not so much, as there’s… Read more

Interest in our autonomous UAV

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There’s been a surprising amount of interest from various 3rd parties in the autonomous UAV project Rob & I are undertaking this year. Today we learnt of yet another party that’s paying attention to us. Which is quite scary, really – Rob & I feel a bit that everyone’s taking it a lot more seriously… Read more