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Robotic Arm Software Upgrade

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Parent Category: Projects
Category: Robotic Arm
Published: 15 March 2015
Last Updated: 14 September 2026
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After several months on the to-do list, I finally cleaned up the Robotic Arm Project code a bit to improve my robotic arm's functionality and performance.

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Robotic Arm Project

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Parent Category: Projects
Category: Robotic Arm
Published: 19 September 2014
Last Updated: 30 September 2026
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A few months ago a fellow member of MTRAS posted on our Facebook page a link to a robotic arm project. The article poster / builder used a design that was previously posted as open source to Thingiverse.com. I took a look and thought that it would make a fun project that would be simple enough to follow but also challenging enough to be rewarding. So I decided to give it a shot.

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Social & News Media Hiatus Experiment

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Parent Category: Blog
Category: Personal Development
Published: 06 February 2014
Last Updated: 14 September 2026
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nofbI've been noticing that I spend a lot of time online. I don't have a lot of social media accounts to manage but nonetheless I've been feeling like the time I've spent wasn't worth much. Sure, I've started some discussions on topics I think are important and I've learned a lot from other's point of view, but what has the net balance to all of this online perusing been? Did I really gain anything or add to the world in any meaningful way?

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New Project - Voice Controlled Home

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Parent Category: Projects
Category: Home Automation
Published: 17 June 2013
Last Updated: 28 September 2026
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Mr. IncredibleJay Napier is Mr. IncredibleIt is so easy to take everything for granted. Let's take for example, turning on the TV. Next to none of us give this simple task a second thought. I have had days when I came home from work so distracted that, after a few minutes of scurrying around the house, wondered if it was actually me that turned on the TV.

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Goals, Projects and Failure

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Parent Category: Thoughts
Category: Musings & Observations
Published: 02 January 2013
Last Updated: 14 September 2026
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It is amazing how easy it is to get sidetracked on a goal or project. Sometimes the cause is small, for example needing to run an errand during your normal workout time. Then the next day rolls around and the "need" to run more errands in that same stretch of time becomes easier to justify. Finally, that time somehow switched from workout time to errand time.

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