The Pulse - 2009w14
Sensing the living LMR community since 2008w43.
Random pieces of advice
| Do | Don't |
| common your grounds | try to build a bad karma bot |
| use a good hot soldering iron | heat your components too long |
| start simple | plan your whole robot, than build it, than wire it, than program it and than expect it to work exactly as planned |
| get yourself plenty of jumper cables | post a robot page that has nothing to show for |
| pull down your analogue inputs | pull down your pants |
| put caps across everything and then some | under estimate the required gear ratio |
| invest in double sided tape | invest in paint stirring sticks: those are free |
| remember: the very first resistor you are likely going to need, reads: orange-orange-brown-gold | trust the guy from the store |
| read the fine manual | use firmware A.4 |
| close your parentheses, always | close your smileys ;-) |
| reference wikipedia | revere wikipedia |
| ask for help | ask for help in the shoutbox or (possibly even worse) in a personal message |
| pat yourself on the back fo a robot well built | build a robot to pat your back for you |
| reuse parts found in gadgets people dumped in waste bins | reuse the gadgets that smell like nitro glycerine and go "tick-tock tick-tock" |
| add titles, voice overs, music to your robot video | lose a whole night sleep over your video edits |
| hat your bot | beg for attention |
| comment IN thread | |
| write the next Pulse yourself | wait for rik to write the next Pulse |
Mommy and Daddy are not fightingThey are just exchanging clever banter. |
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What would a wooden horse want to eat?As the soonish to be proudish proprietor of a whole wooden menagerie, I take interest in this experiment by Frits. Too bad he found plastic alternatives. (And what would you use to cover the stable's floor? Manure?) |
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Robot with a leg up?Or a tankah sporting a tremendous woody? |  |
OMG, he does not know Johnny 5!!!That is serious malfunction! |  |
Speaking of Hollywood inspired designsNope, not Disney. This comes from Forrest Gump. |  |
Chinese toymaker sits at a bar Down UnderSays the Chinaman to the bartending automaton: "Oy mate! Thez'a nasty pillar in me coldie! Better splash it awayh eh! Or I'll take the lottaya back'ta moy shop and take ye'all apaaht eh!". To which the droid replies: "How lude!". |  |
Final thoughtsI'm not certain about the resistor, but trust me on the caps! | LowerMowerRower! |
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@ Fri, 2009-05-15 13:45
OMG, I never saw this
OMG, I never saw this before!!
I actually entered to write "When are we getting the next edition of The Pulse?"
Rik; We need to have each edition featured on the front page!
And we need a new edition, special DAGU-version!
Wow, a new The Pulse, though it's old, I will read it now!
@ Fri, 2009-05-15 16:42
Wow
You really have been on a different planet. Here's a tip for newbies like yourself:
;-)
@ Sun, 2009-04-05 14:42
DON'T pull down your
DON'T pull down your pants...???
RIK, even you know that is a rubbish advice... That is most definitly a thing for the DO-list
@ Thu, 2009-04-02 00:29
OMG, he does not know Johnny 5!!!
@ Wed, 2009-04-01 16:47
the last "don't" i will
@ Wed, 2009-04-01 15:42
thankyou for the pulse rik
@ Wed, 2009-04-01 13:17
No one writes a Pulse like you Rik
@ Thu, 2009-04-02 21:37
Careful what to wish for
@ Fri, 2009-04-03 07:41
That applies to you as well
That applies to you as well Rik. Do you really want to read a pulse by a fat balding Aussie that has to be badgered into wearing a singlet to have his photo taken :P?
@ Fri, 2009-04-03 08:52
Don't make me poll the neighbourhood on that!