So, the day turned rainy and there is a somewhat rigorous moratorium here on desktop computing.  I decided that didn't include supervised robotics.  Full details, more pics and movie mayhem after the break.

The wee Lad and Lass contributed time, hands, materials and ideas.  I "happened to have on hand …

Think The Producers' "Springtime...  in Germany" when reading the title, it might make slightly more sense...

A friend of mine was recently posed a challenge by hir instructor in an introductory Java class.  The challenge was (sic.) "I was recently writing a program to generate usernames from the first seven …

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I wanted to use Drupal to post pictures, much as LiveJournal can.  However, I already have...  an image gallery.  And, while it is a good and wondrous thing to have the gallery integrated with Drupal, what I really wanted was to be able to nicely choose images mid-post, without having …

The Little Traverse Wheelway is a bike path that circumscribes Little Traverse Bay.  I've personally seen about 12 miles of it from a bike, and its pretty spectacular.  Most of the wheelway is specially set aside and paved for bikes.  Some of it is sidewalk, and a few segments are …

Not quite the land of the midnight sun here. :)

Spent the evening assembling the sets for the musical Jennifer is in, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.  The pinnacle was, of course, the three story house (7 foot ceilings) installed on the stage.  After a number of people put the first story together, three of …

They wanted their pics taken.  Wee lad on Tuesday and lass today.

The USCGC Mackinaw pulled into the bay this afternoon, shortly after lunchtime.  What she was doing, exactly, is anyone's guess, but she appears to be capable of tending buoys, and that seemed to be what she was doing.  After work, she still hadn't left, so I lugged the telescope down …

I snapped a shot of the new bike rack (attached) in the better light after lunch today. After a quick chat with Dad about that we geared up to go riding. There's a bike path that goes for quite a few miles around the bay, all the way down/over …