Good Friends on the Deck

 
Enjoying good company on the deck.

Robot Lego

First set of robots done with Lego's. A souped up merry-go-round. I took the original design and added some gearing so it would spin faster. Definitely a wild ride. It ended up throwing the little lego people across the room.
The other pic is a programmable robot that we taught how to navigate through a maze using infrared sensors. Never did do much programing language before, but this was kind of fun to figure out. We started out by making the robot do a simple square, then progressed up to using the sensors. First, having it sense for the edge of a table, then turn around, and finally the maze challenge.
The sequencing and logic thought process could be great learning activities.

Covered Porch...Let it rain!!!

First in a series of deck improvements. A rustic timber framed roof for our north deck. It's great to sit outside while it's raining without a care in the world. I'm sure there are more pictures to come from this improvement.

Readings From Podcast - thoughts on society and data collection uses

• Bill Moyers Journal . Transcripts | PBS

  Interview with David Simons - The Wire HBO series discusses issues of society and data

  tags: bill_moyers

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    • school testing is Juking the stats - post by rocketrob
  • Juking the stats
    • making the data say what you want it to say - post by rocketrob
  • DAVID SIMON: You show me anything that depicts institutional progress in America, school test scores, crime stats, arrest reports, arrest stats, anything that a politician can run on, anything that somebody can get a promotion on. And as soon as you invent that statistical category, 50 people in that institution will be at work trying to figure out a way to make it look as if progress is actually occurring
  • Anything that is a stat can be cheated
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    • Chess game to explain society - post by rocketrob

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Proscuitto

 

Crazy to think this leg of pork has been hanging around for over a year. But then again, that's what makes it-prosciutto-and taste so good. Wow, it's good. We love making things.

Now There's a Peach!

 

We had a great relaxed holiday, making and eating great food. Like this hand crafted peach/huckleberry pie.

Eggs SOOO big they kant fit in da box!!

Holy guacamole, today the chickens gave us three eggs. I'm thinkin' one per chicken, since there wasn't any eggs yesterday. One (the speckled one) weighed in at 100g a whopper. So big I couldn't even shut the lit on the egg carton. See...

Bacon and egg Thursday is turning into a big success in the family. Now we need something special for Tuesday? Any suggestions?