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Category Archives: Other/misc
A test of GMHTML5
Well, let’s try it out, here’s an html5 program. see if it works. you need javascript enabled to see it. Tell me if it works! http://smackaay.com/gm/t1/index.html (update nov 9, 2011) http://smackaay.com/gm/t2/index.html
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Preliminary version of …. Game
Well, I dunno what it’s called but this is my new game. It is extremely preliminary… extremely! download it here booya grandpa!
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Life keeps a changin’!
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve updated (which seems to be the standard intro for my posts) and I’;ve decided to state a little bit of what I’ve been doing as of late. LED colored vases as centerpieces Pretty … Continue reading
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It’s been 4 years!
Yay! this site has been around and updated semi-regularly for four years now. Having just paid the bill for another 2 years, hopefully it’ll be around for a while longer. Looking back through this site I can see some of … Continue reading
One last kick at the can, Viscometer Style!
Well, since funding for the viscometer has fallen through for various, understandable reasons, I have decided to take one last kick at the can before I shift my focus on to other ventures. The last kick at the can? Two … Continue reading
Spring Stormer Viscometer, proceeding, the board works.
Well, I recently recieved my boards back from ap circuits in Calgary and I’m pleased with the result. I kind of fucked up by ordering 4 of the same board and not 2 of the control board and 2 power … Continue reading
A brief post, school and business
Well, I’ve been at Microbusiness Training center for 5 weeks now and I’ve been working as well. Soon, Eight-M Technical Services will be operational and i’ll be working for myself. I’ve set up a new domain with my Dreamhost account. … Continue reading
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Tagged business, eight-m technical services, logo, microbusiness, rotary viscometer, Stormer viscometer, viscometer
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Rotational Viscometer design proceeding apace
It’s been a while since I’ve worked at full steam on the viscometer project. Though now a long way from it’s DIY roots I am making this new version from mostly Aluminum, Phenolic, Nylon and Low Density PolyEthylene. I had … Continue reading
New Viscometer board design and physical revamp.
Since my design was accepted in terms of moving ahead on a prototype, I’ve been working first on the board design. I have decided to abandon the PIC18F2620 in favour of the 18F4685. The reason for this change over is … Continue reading
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Tagged diy viscometer, pic18f4585, pic18f4685, Stormer, Stormer viscometer, viscosimeter
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Working on more viscometers
Now that I’m working on the viscometer, again, for Endura; I have come up with a few cheap ways of producing the needed results. They may work, they may not. Anyways, pictures and drawings are forthcoming.
Kinda been in a creative funk…
For the last while I’ve been in a bit of a creative funk. Troubles at work and the the weather have made it difficult to concentrate on the things that I like. Anyways, perhaps while I have some time off … Continue reading
Stuff about sensors, a quick post.
Well, I’ve been looking around at torque sensors and found some interesting information. For one though, they are NOT cheap. Keep in mind that these are higher sensitivity sensors but it doesn’t seem to have an overwhelming bearing on the … Continue reading
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Tagged rotary torque sensor, sensor, strain gage, torque
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Websites and registration, an opinion.
After a few years of looking on the web for various items, the trend towards mandatory registration on certain websites is becoming more and more prevalent. Now, I’m not talking about social networking sites or the really massive corporations, I’m … Continue reading
Graphing program and viscometer proceeding apace
Well, things are proceeding apace as far as the viscometer is concerned. Unfortunately, the motor is just too non-linear to serve as a useful measuring device. God I’m dumb! Anyways, my graph-it program is working ok now and producing some … Continue reading
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Tagged freebasic, graph, graphing, program, Stormer viscometer, viscometer
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Solid State Viscometer
Yesterday I started playing around with a solid state viscometer. This viscometer differs from other more physical methods in that it simply vibrates to determine viscosity. What I did was the following Cut a strip of aluminum sheet. Place a … Continue reading
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Playing with simulations for the Viscometer
So, I’ve been playing with simulating the output of the viscometer at a specified power output. When the real unit runs it seems to output noisy but patterned values. I’ve found that the output has a sinusoidal output with anomalies … Continue reading
New office!
I suppose I should post a picture of my new office. Despite the fact that nobody reads my blog, I’ll post a picture for posterity. Pretty fucking messy, but that’s me!
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Fucking Virus/Malware Pricks
If there was ever a spot for the most pitiful human in existence, it’d be the pricks who write and modify malware/viruses into people’s sites, e-mails and various other computer data. Along with the compulsive masturbators who jerk off on … Continue reading
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Long time no write.
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve written anything in my blog. I suppose I’ve had plenty of reason to having found all kinds of neat stuff out and been taking fewer photographs. I suppose it’s been the winter, I’m … Continue reading
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I promised, I delivered
Here’s a picture of my lard ass on my bike. I need to shave.
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Wow! Long time no post.
Yes, again I have failed to write an entry in to my web page and things are still going good. I’ll be writing a game soon (so I say) and work is going quite well. I’m looking at purchasing a … Continue reading
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Been busy photographing
Yes, I’ve been busy photographing. A while back I purchased a Nikon Coolpix P5000 for about $350 and boy was I glad. This camera is excellent for its size and for the money. It has ISO speeds 64 to 3200 … Continue reading
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Been a long time since I posted.
Yes, it has been a long time since I’ve posted anything. Things are good as always and I’ve been dabbling in electronics again due to a project at work which is good. Hopefully I’ll be posting more pictures to the … Continue reading
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Went for a pretty long ride today. The longest ride I’ve been on in years at 47.7km in the city. I must say, I enjoyed myself. Below is an image of the route I took. I’ve uploaded most of the … Continue reading
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Been busy, but made a Nintendo DS Cart model
I was sitting around thinking about making a nifty little case for my nintendo DS games. While I still haven’t fully figured out what I’m going to do, I drew up a solid model of it for reference purposes. I … Continue reading
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Tried out Doki Doki Panic
For the first time I have tried out Doki Doki Panic. DDP, as it shall be known, is the japanese version of what would become Super Mario Bros 2. My initial impression of it is poor as there are a … Continue reading
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Added a couple of youtube videos
Yeah, I was playing around to day and decided to put out a couple of gameplay videos. Nothing exciting. The two games I played were Widget, which is absolutely terrible and Road Rash, which was my favorite game as a … Continue reading
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Buy Trackmania United
If you ever liked the old game called Stunts, you’ll love Trackmania United. I’ve been playing like crazy lately since I bought it off steam on the 14th of this month. It’s crazy fun. Here are some screenshots from the … Continue reading
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Working on the bosses webpage.
Well, I’ve finally gotten videos to work on the site although WordPress’ wysiwyg editor is a piece of shit. It constantly changes your html code. but now at least I can share videos on the site. Interestingly enough I’ve compared … Continue reading
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Arts and crafts
I just finished a stint of working all weekend on a model for my bosses apartment building. Considering the kind of work I’ve done in the past, this was actually quite fun. Click on the above pictures to see
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Attempting to get the site running
For the last couple of days I’ve been toying with the building of a site to showcase the kinds of things I do. While it’s been some time since I’ve actually finished a project, I can kind of feel the … Continue reading
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