#garfield Logs

May 09 2022

04:54 AM Tom_L: morning
08:53 AM aandrew: what I think polprog does all day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGfkPCZYfFw
08:57 AM polprog: Haha
08:57 AM polprog: Im going to class now
08:57 AM polprog: Gonna teach maths
08:57 AM aandrew: I need to learn maths
08:58 AM aandrew: I suspect I'd need to learn Polish first
09:00 AM polprog: You can learn reverse polish notation
09:09 AM aandrew: heh I never liked RPN calculators but some people *love* 'em
09:09 AM aandrew: it's like emacs, some people just love that thing
09:41 AM rue_mohr: 2572, if these people decide the stuff I post isn't actually interesting, do they unfollow me?
09:42 AM rue_mohr: and I'm not sure how it is that another fellow posts a force feedback demo and gets 100+ likes and I get 5...
09:42 AM rue_mohr: oh well
04:00 PM Tom_L: .
04:01 PM Tom_L: rue_mohr,
04:13 PM rue_mohr: yes?
04:13 PM Tom_L: u got mail
04:13 PM rue_mohr: there was a deer in the yard today that walked right up to me to see the cat, I have the smell of a 'horse' stuck in my nose
04:17 PM Tom_L: heh
04:33 PM rue_mohr: I was definitly close enough to touch it, but it didn't like the way I moved.
04:33 PM Tom_L: do they attack?
04:33 PM Tom_L: like moose
04:33 PM rue_mohr: It wasn't cornered and IT walked up to me
04:34 PM rue_mohr: so I was cautious, but I dont think I was in any danger
04:34 PM Tom_L: what did it think of the cat?
04:34 PM rue_mohr: they are ALWAYS curious about cats
04:34 PM Tom_L: huh
04:49 PM Tom_L: so what you doin todat?
04:49 PM Tom_L: y
04:49 PM Tom_L: it was real humid yesterday and that kbd i cleaned really really good started sticking
04:50 PM Tom_L: it hasn't done that in a long time
04:50 PM Tom_L: just the space bar
04:50 PM Tom_L: and it's been ok today too
04:52 PM rue_shop3: did a bit of mowing
04:52 PM rue_shop3: adjusted the bot
04:52 PM rue_shop3: mods from yesterday seem good
04:52 PM rue_shop3: this morning it was POURING with rain
04:52 PM Tom_L: check your mail box!
04:53 PM Tom_L: finally quit raining here now it's 92F
04:54 PM Tom_L: * yard done
04:54 PM Tom_L: * paperwork done
04:56 PM rue_shop3: oh you didn't mean email
04:57 PM rue_shop3: hah
04:57 PM Tom_L: no i don't have your email
05:01 PM rue_shop3: $30! ouch, were feeding the system
05:02 PM rue_shop3: odd, they usualy dont delviver till almost 5
05:02 PM Tom_L: yeah
05:02 PM Tom_L: it wasn't due til Thursday either
05:02 PM Tom_L: wtf?
05:02 PM rue_shop3: ?
05:02 PM Tom_L: maybe your post is getting their shit together
05:03 PM rue_shop3: hah
05:03 PM Tom_L: and
05:03 PM rue_shop3: heh, this is an interesting taped togethor thing :)
05:03 PM Tom_L: it took an alternate route which they said added a day to it
05:03 PM Tom_L: running out of packing stuff
05:04 PM rue_shop3: nice pins
05:04 PM Tom_L: regular roll pins from my local guy
05:05 PM rue_shop3: heh well gee, I thought I'd have a bit more time
05:05 PM Tom_L: you shouldn't need the pin to extract A9 but i sent it anyway
05:06 PM rue_shop3: oooo cooool
05:07 PM Tom_L: you get how it works right?
05:07 PM rue_shop3: looks like it makes with the injector good
05:07 PM rue_shop3: which one?
05:08 PM Tom_L: the A9 thing
05:08 PM rue_shop3: the small block is an extra?
05:08 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/rue/Can_Holder/A9_New/MODS/fixture/A9_Fixture20.jpg
05:08 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/rue/Can_Holder/A9_New/MODS/fixture/A9_Fixture18.jpg
05:09 PM Tom_L: no nothing is extra
05:09 PM Tom_L: the block is a spacer for the pins
05:09 PM rue_shop3: ah! yea ok
05:10 PM Tom_L: xmas came early
05:10 PM rue_shop3: I got a bunch of ali packages too
05:11 PM Tom_L: the middle hole is in case you need to punch it apart with the pin. you may not need to
05:12 PM rue_mohr: yup
05:12 PM rue_mohr: I'll lick the parts with oil
05:12 PM Tom_L: you may not need to but it won't hurt anything
05:12 PM Tom_L: it didn't seem to matter when i tried it
05:12 PM Tom_L: but i didn't do dozens either
05:13 PM rue_mohr: ok
05:13 PM rue_mohr: 2577
05:13 PM rue_mohr: I think people like the mowerbot
05:13 PM Tom_L: the radius is the key. it starts the bend smoothly
05:13 PM Tom_L: :)
05:13 PM rue_mohr: :)
05:14 PM Tom_L: mold runners look ok?
05:14 PM rue_mohr: yea!
05:14 PM Tom_L: you can always grind more in
05:18 PM Tom_L: you can probably use your arbor press with that tool
05:18 PM Tom_L: i don't have one
05:28 PM rue_mohr: hah, the 10sd cards and 10 serial mp3 players arrived!
05:28 PM rue_mohr: I can make al the things talk!
05:32 PM Tom_L: :)
05:47 PM rue_mohr: hahah I just made up a bunch of tts clips for the mowerbot, only 1% of the 512M card
05:53 PM rue_shop3: so much to play with all at once
05:54 PM Tom_L: guess i should have waited a bit
05:56 PM Tom_L: is sean back to helping again?
05:59 PM rue_mohr: nope
05:59 PM rue_mohr: his brother might be dieing
06:04 PM Tom_L: i recall you mentioning something but i'd forgotten what
06:11 PM aandrew: wow
06:11 PM aandrew: today I received batteries
06:12 PM aandrew: a dozen 18650s and two larger Bosch compatible ones to go with the smaller Bosch ones I received a couple weeks ago
06:22 PM rue_shop3: :)
09:32 PM rue_shop3: hah, too many projects that I can woork on
09:39 PM Tom_L: got you confused ehh
09:39 PM Tom_L: projects and a week off...
10:42 PM rue_shop3: put some prompts togethor for the mowerbot
10:42 PM rue_shop3: modified a serial card
10:42 PM rue_shop3: see if I can make the mower talk
10:47 PM Tom_L: seems it's already got a mind of it's own