New Years Eve And All That

Firstly HAPPY NEW YEAR.

The thing that appears to be sticking out of my head is not from me. It is the top of my guitar resting on the settee behind me. Bad self photo.

2011 has arrived and with it lots of new ideas and plans for the future. Last night was a quiet one. Chatted on the phone with friends and family and then had an evening in. Since I stopped drinking, yes still going strong in that department, the idea of going out to celebrate new year seems less important.

Wanna was at home in Ban Muang, and she with some of the family had a dinner and drinks together. I managed to chat and video away with her on Skype for a while. Really amazing when you think of it. Sitting in Abu Dhabi and using a simple laptop talk to the rest of the world. really.

But back to New Years Eve, I had dinner in our 'camp' usual stuff of meat and 2 veg, at least thats whats I think it was... then back to my room. I have my Lego Mindstormer robotics kit out here with me so decided to get back into some building and programming. I really enjoy it and need to move way from following the simple assembly instructions and be more creative. It will come.

Today will be a walk down the beach complete with a backup set of photos. Our camp is situated only a kilometer from the sea so plenty of boats and shore line. We'll have a few hours wallking along and see what we see!!! Will let you know how it goes.

Lego Humanoids

So its started. My first real Robot. I've made it completely following the instructions on the software that comes with the package. So far so good and without to much mental hard work! However the problem is with the software controls from my laptop to the Robot. Why you ask? Well the design of the Robot does not allow the connection of the cable between the laptop and the robot. The location is such that I would have to remove the left hand and shoulder every time I needed to make a change. It has blue tooth and I'll try this again or its on with the next model.

Lego Mindstorm

Well I’ve finally got time to play with my new toy. Fantastic is not the word. I will be having a lot of fun with this for sure. I tried a few very simple moves and it is not so hard. Clearly I’m no expert but time will be on my side with this one.
Will be much more challenging when we get the humanoid up and running. And now I’m not working for a few months who know’s what wonderful toys I’ll be making. Well cannot sit around here typing when I’ve got Lego to do!!!!

Lego Mindstorm NXT 2.0

I know what have Lego toys to do with Elephants and Things. Nothing, absolutely nothing. It's just that I decided to buy one to learn about robotics and have a bit of programming fun. So beware more weird stuff on this to follow. Bought it through Amazon. They won't ship to Thailand so having it send by DHL. Exciting....
Toy is due by end of the month and for sure July is going to be a busy one learning all about it. Photo from www.lego.com