Author Archives: M. Eric Carr

Techie Litmus Test

Posted on 2009-04-20 by M. Eric Carr

The audience is now divided into two groups: the techno-Muggles are staring at the comic, wondering WTF it’s supposed to mean. The rest of us are laughing hysterically, perhaps literally ROFL*, at the thought of counting sheep using signed integers. … Continue reading →

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Coolest. App. EVER.

Posted on 2009-03-31 by M. Eric Carr

I’ve just discovered Crayon Physics. Remember playing with crayons as a kid and imagining your drawings coming to life? Well, imagine no longer. This is an excellent example of why computers are so cool. I’ve known about this for maybe … Continue reading →

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In Soviet Russia…

Posted on 2009-03-24 by M. Eric Carr

…memes perpetuate you! OK — how I wound up having the “first” comment on the first video on YouTube, I’ll probably never know. Especially since I know for a fact that I wasn’t the first to comment (click the button … Continue reading →

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Stupid Robot Tricks

Posted on 2009-02-11 by M. Eric Carr

New video — getting two robots to “share” access to an object. (Robot B waits for the signal from Robot A before starting, then Robot A waits its turn for the cycle to start over.) Since the robots aren’t bolted … Continue reading →

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