Archive for August, 2008


My College Dorm

  Posted August 28th, 2008 | No Comments »

It has begun!  I’ve been at college for about a week now, so I figured I’d just give a brief tour of my room.  I’ve put together a photosynth 3D Tour, or you can just check out the pics.  Both are below. PhotoSynth: Photos:

Suggestions for Windows 7

  Posted August 17th, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I’ve used a whole lot of operating systems, but for many years, Windows has been my primary mode of computing.  I now use Vista on 3 machines and Ubuntu Linux on a 4th (with it also dual-booting on one of my Vista machines).  I’ve had a lot of experience with Macs as well, and about [...]

Building the Ultimate Computer: Edition 5 / Up to Cornell

  Posted August 13th, 2008 | No Comments »

On August 22nd I’ll be heading up to Ithaca, NY to start my college education at Cornell University’s Engineering college.  So what do you think the one thing that stressed be out about college was?  The workload?  The pressure?  The upperclassmen?  Nope.  My one worry was this: How will I survive without a powerful computer!?  [...]

DeepNote makes Engadget (again)

  Posted August 8th, 2008 | No Comments »

Yup, we’ve been posted on engadget yet again!  Go check it out: http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/deepnote-guitar-hero-bot-reveals-its-secrets-on-video/ PS:  We’ve been working on the bot tutorial, and we hope to have it up in the near future.

DeepNote Walkthrough video

  Posted August 6th, 2008 | No Comments »

I’m excited to announce the release of the DeepNote Walkthrough video.  It is a full, detailed explanation of how the bot works.  It will be submitted along with our contest entry to parallax to compete in the upcoming propeller design challenge.  Check it out below: