Author Archives: M. Eric Carr

Random Thought Of The Day

Posted on 2009-08-05 by M. Eric Carr

I wanna know: Why does Windows’ Task Manager list the size of the “System Idle Process” as nonzero? Also, why is it different, on different computers? My desktop apparently takes 16K of memory to do absolutely nothing, while my laptop … Continue reading →

Posted in Coding, Humor, System Administration | 1 Comment

A step in the right direction

Posted on 2009-07-23 by M. Eric Carr

Well, that would explain it… The reason that the quadruped robot was doing the “funky chicken” instead of walking smoothly was mostly due to a major bug in the gait angle calculations. The angle of the leg is the sum … Continue reading →

Posted in Coding, Digital, PIC Microcontrollers, Robotics, SIGMA Walking Robot | 1 Comment

Walker robot progress

Posted on 2009-07-15 by M. Eric Carr

Well, it moves. The gait algorithm is still handcoded instead of evolved (I’m working on finding a physics sim I can use for that), and is less than efficient — but at least it’s going in the right direction. The … Continue reading →

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The end of an era

Posted on 2009-06-12 by M. Eric Carr

TV in the US goes digital today. As someone who has seen firsthand the magic that the Digital Revolution has brought us, I know that this is a Good Thing(tm). As a card-carrying Paleotechnologist (not to mention child of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital, Nostalgia | 2 Comments