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Comment on NES-chuck Demo by Ben

Ben — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:40:10 +0000

Thanks! I was mostly happy with how that turned out, but after my first attempt to wire it all up, I realized that I had left the code on the chip that was meant for the original Nintendo branded nun-chuck. The third party one that I was modifying had noticeably different tolerances on the joystick, so it had different code. I think I ended up butchering some pieces of header or an IC socket in order to connect my programmer to it again.

Comment on NES-chuck Demo by Troy

Troy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:33:55 +0000

A+ for pcb-less atmega wiring

Comment on SkullSpace in the paper by Ben

Ben — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:58:31 +0000

Ya, I was impressed by the Free Press coverage. Very positive outlook and only minor errors.

As for the image, I thought the selected image looked good and better represented SkullSpace than a picture of a bunch of guys standing in the corner, but just for you I have added another image!

Comment on SkullSpace in the paper by Sean Carney

Sean Carney — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:06:38 +0000

On the plus side, this picture is less ‘Guys standing around tapping a speaker” and more “Hmm… A flat line…”. I like it. The FreeP was also quite nice in it’s coverage.

Now why didn’t you post the picture that you were in?

Comment on If machines could talk by Sean Carney

Sean Carney — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:32:14 +0000

I like this!

Comment on Married by Sean Carney

Sean Carney — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:33:10 +0000

I, for one, like the hat.

You had style!

Comment on Married by Ben

Ben — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:53:13 +0000

Ha, thanks Travis.

Comment on Married by Travis Friesen

Travis Friesen — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:13:40 +0000

Congratulations, Dude!

But as though you got married in that ridiculous hat…

Comment on University of Manitoba SAE Formula Hybrid CAN Bus Controller by Ben

Ben — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:09:48 +0000

I was at WEC and I know that our hybrid car has some carbon fibre parts (drive shaft, wings, seat, wheel, etc.). Our schools formula team also has a carbon monocoque. Any of that sound familiar? If so, send me a message through the “contact me” link at the top of the page.

Comment on University of Manitoba SAE Formula Hybrid CAN Bus Controller by Farrell Baird

Farrell Baird — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:31:54 +0000

I don’t suppose you might know the engineering students who went to WEC in saskatoon with a carbon fibre race car project do you? I’m trying to get in contact with them. If you could help me out I would very much appreciate it.
Thank you

Comment on Quick life update by Ben

Ben — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:43:18 +0000

Thanks! Ya, it was a bit hectic during the job hunting weeks, but getting that sorted definitely lifted some stress.

Comment on Quick life update by Sean Carney

Sean Carney — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:21:31 +0000

Congratulations on landing the job! It must feel great to have everything lined up.

Comment on Iron Ring by Ben

Ben — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:34:27 +0000

Ya, some people were saying it felt a little cult-like. Regardless of the strangeness of the ceremony, the idea behind it is sound and in order to get the ring, the symbol of that idea, the ceremony must be undertaken.

Comment on Iron Ring by Sean Carney

Sean Carney — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:52:05 +0000

Congratulations

You’re profession has a far stranger looking induction ceremony than mine.

Comment on Iron Ring by Ben

Ben — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:39:03 +0000

I have had several offers and am now trying to decide between two. I will know by tomorrow as I have promised an answer by then.

Comment on Iron Ring by Travis

Travis — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:20:29 +0000

Congratulations, Ben.

Do you know where you’ll be working yet?

Comment on SkullSpace Hackathon by Ben

Ben — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:36:44 +0000

Lots of people were there working on code, a few guys at the back were building file servers, the guys at the front were discussing how SkullSpace should run, there was a “lock picking village,” and there was a lengthy discussion on bacon. It was all around a pretty good time.

Comment on SkullSpace Hackathon by Takaji

Takaji — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:26:04 +0000

I’d love to hear about what went down at the event! What were other participants working on?

Comment on A bad sign – the Mac App Store by Ben

Ben — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:49:03 +0000

I will try not to rant on for too much longer on this, but the fact that the App Store is appearing as an OS update is somewhat strange. Maybe they have a legitimate reason for this, but I would be more comfortable with it if it were an separate install like iTunes.

Comment on A bad sign – the Mac App Store by Ben

Ben — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:28:26 +0000

Yes, it will be a gradual thing and hopefully they support proper, user repositories. I have been wanting to move 100% to Linux instead of the 20% or so that I am at right now, so this is just a good excuse for me to make the change and rant about the App Store. I do hope that Apple improves. They have a good following and really have a chance to make things better for users.