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en-us2006-01-17T23:09:46+00:00Building a server
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Although this evening went kinda poorly, you may still have some interest in the process that Christian and I are going through setting up a new server for ourselves and others. This machine will ultimately go online 24/7, and perhaps...On the Netmjadud2006-01-17T23:09:46+00:00Greenfoot!
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Not quite bigfoot, anyway. Last week I was out with some kind of nastiness, and Damian kicked things off with our guests Michael and Poul. They introduced us to Greenfoot, software being developed here at Kent as a precursor to...Cool Stuffmjadud2005-11-21T09:58:35+00:00Sodaplay!
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We were thinking of starting out the year with some LEGO Mindstorms play, but they do take a lot of effort to cart all the way across the building. Also, the machines in the Multimedia Lab won't yet run ROBOLAB...On the Netmjadud2005-10-12T12:53:53+00:00Time to dust off the weblog
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A new year has started, and a new crew entereth. (Entereth? Hm.) Perhaps, because it be "Talk Like a Pirate Day" (yarr), I should be speakin' more like a pirate, yarh? But... do ye have to blog like a pirate?...Meeting Announcementsmjadud2005-09-19T15:21:57+00:00Planet aggregator up and running
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We now have a Planet aggregator running that collects up posts from everyone involved in CSCS (who has a weblog). Many thanks to Jon for suggesting it and Matt for taking the lead on getting it installed and set up!...CSCS Organisationmjadud2005-01-30T15:29:27+00:00Compiling C programs on the PocketPC
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Getting C things to run on the Zaurus isn't too difficult, and Damian set up a nice cross compiler for us. Getting Linux to run on the PocketPCs don't seem to be so easy though :(, so we are probably...Projectsclj32005-01-27T20:24:16+00:00The Kit handout
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Tonight we handed out a lot of the kit, with the intent to get the brainstem project going. Some have to build (thankfully I avoided that!), others get to install Linux on some PDAs and I think Steve and myself...Projectsrwatkins2005-01-20T23:20:18+00:00Things to do
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Some possible things we might do next: Fun: Grab one of the First LEGO League tables, and try taking on some of the challenges ourselves. Gives us more time to get used to occam, and perhaps (*cough*) better at building....Projectsmjadud2005-01-20T01:52:52+00:00Papers of possible interest
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I (and others?) need to post more regularly to the CSCS weblog. Things that are cool. We should post them. I'll automate some account creation this weekend, and see what happens. For the meantime, I thought I'd point to two...On the Netmjadud2005-01-19T13:49:00+00:00Getting started with NetLOGO
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This post assumes you were around for the presentation. It's just a few steps that bootstrap us into doing interesting things with NetLOGO. Create a button; call it 'Setup' and the code should be 'setup' Distribute some turtles randomly to...Cool Stuffmjadud2004-12-02T17:50:22+00:00The Subsumption Architecture
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I try and keep up on a number of different weblogs; by and large, I pay the most attention to weblogs of people I know. By that metric, I find weblogs by CSCS members and people in and around UKC...Projectsmjadud2004-11-14T14:29:29+00:00Integrating technologies
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I've now tied the weblog into the mailing list. What does this mean? It means that whenever the weblog is updated, a note will go to the mailing list. Why does that matter? Well, I'm going to go through and...CSCS Organisationmjadud2004-11-09T14:28:49+00:00The Art of Lego
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Something I happened to stumble across on Wednesday. Written by one of the guys at MIT who was creating (I think!) the thing-that-turned-into the Mindstorm, it contains some good tips for creating Lego robots, as well as some good tips...On the Netrwatkins2004-10-29T14:53:13+00:00occam/Mindstorms blogs
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Found on transterpreter.org: We asked the students taking part in the Cool Stuff in Computer Science project if they would be willing to blog their experiences using occam on the LEGO Mindstorms. So far, I (Matt, slinker wrangler) have been...On the Netmjadud2004-10-29T14:21:49+00:00Redcone Robot News
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For those of you who are enjoying the work we're doing with the Mindstorms, you may be interested in tracking Redcone Robot News, a weblog that seems to track all things robotic, from hobbyist robotics to research and industrial development....On the Netmjadud2004-10-28T05:31:01+00:00