Photo: Nissan
RoboGames invites the best minds from around the world to compete in over 70 different events. Combat robots, walking humanoids, soccer bots, sumo bots, and even androids that do kung-fu.
Once a year: April 23 to 25, San Mateo fairgrounds
The rain couldn't stop the Tenth Annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race that went down today on Vermont Street in Potrero Hill. It looks like the slick pavement provided an additional challenge: sfist.com
Have to say I missed it. The rain in my neighborhood (N. Beach) made staying inside a really attractive proposition.
Frabjous 5-fold: by George Hart
Happy Easter. It looks a bit grey outside,but all reports say that it will clear up in time for the Union Street parade. The first batch of links are more or less computer related.The remainder of the link list this week is pretty standard political stuff. Perhaps our crew of intrepid scriveners were looking forward to an Easter weekend, and simply quoted the principals, rather than interjecting the usual omniscient newspeak. I've never sussed out how journalists know what someone is thinking when they're on the other side of the world. Creative writing class?
This morning I was learning an Intro in G from Mickey Baker's guitar book and I thought it would be fun to search the videos. No wonder the guy's so gruff, some English bands snicked one of his throwaway riffs and made it into a hit. Plenty of cash for the record company, some for the stars, and a better luck next time for the originator.
The link is to a blog that covers a lot of food decoration techniques. As an added bonus, there is a clickthrough on her favorites list to a Japanese bento site.
