Izzy’s Ice Cream

This week I bought our final Saturday evening ice cream treats from Izzy’s ice cream store just down the road from where we live. Covid-19, and the uncertainties it’s bringing, gate-crashed the business model; the store is closing. Ice cream in a time of Covid. The server slides my online order through the freezer case…… Continue reading Izzy’s Ice Cream

Lake Harriet Pit Stop

Our Wednesday tradition: cycle to the Chain of Lakes, stop at Lake Harriet for a breakfast sandwich and coffee, continue along the Minnehaha Creek, then up the Mississippi to home.

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Casket Arts

It’s Tuesday, so cycled with a friend in search of things we’ve never seen before. The grounds of the Casket Arts Community are always a good bet. This is a base for over 140 artists and art businesses. In 1882 the Northwestern Casket Company made caskets.

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Rebuilding

Cycled through an area where the community is lifting itself up from the destruction during the riots in May.

Floating

Sunday afternoon, recumbent on a sofa, a novel, a nap, under a silent speaker floating on the ceiling.

LEGO Teardown

Posted LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown.

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LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown

https://youtu.be/vsbbJ0vttZU Teardown The four modules stack on top of each other. Modules Up-down motor module. Rack and pinion, one servo motor, one touch sensor. Forward-backward motor module. Two linear actuators, one servo motor, one touch sensor. Left-right motor module. Rack and pinion, one servo motor, one touch sensor. EV3 computer brick. I wrote the program…… Continue reading LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown

Warehouse Picker

Posted LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vsbbJ0vttZU&feature=youtu.be

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