One of my co-workers visited today and asked me about blogging. I am putting together this post just to show how easy it is.
Author: Michael
Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D
The Deep Astronomy channel on YouTube presents some cool stuff from space, including this one looking back over 13 billion years ago. The Hubble Space Telescope zooms in on an apparently-barren patch of space and then software gives us a virtual “fly-through.”
Elephant Seals at San Simeon
Beth and I visited Cambria, California, (and the coast around there) this week. The highlight for me was this rooking area used by elephant seals. A sample…
Numato “relay on x”
Problem Documentation from Numato says that in order to turn on an individual relay on their URMC16 USB Relay Module, users should send the command, relay on x. This command, they say, Turns a particular relay on. The parameter “x“ stands for the relay number. The relay number starts from zero. See some examples below….
Linus Swimming … Again
This water, freshly down from San Gabriel Canyon, is pretty cold. Linus shivered for a while after just three or four retrievals even though the air temperature is relatively high today.
Python and Numato
I am working on a project to use Python programming and Numato input/output devices to build a weightlifting referee-light system. I will try to keep track of problems I run into (and solutions I find) as I go along. All related posts will be in the “pythonnumato” category.
2013 California State Games Weightlifting
These are the top lifts for each of TEAM CrossFit Academy’s weightlifters who competed at the 2013 California State Games:
Falcon Vs. Duck
View from the back of a falcon as it takes a duck in mid-air. The duck shows up at about the 1:00 minute mark.
Tongue Tune
I had finished my workout and was eating sweet potato. Beth had her phone ready to get this silly 17 seconds of fun video.
Recent California and Nevada Earthquakes
By way of the Southern California Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC), this map shows recent (in the past week) earthquakes in California and Nevada. Click on any of the squares to go to the SCEDC’s site and a more detailed map that gives specifics of nearby earthquakes. Why did I put this post together? It is…