Comments for Kansas City Robotics Society http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org The Robot Club of the Kansas City Area Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:56:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Kansas City Robotics Now on WordPress by KCRS President http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org/2010/01/02/kansas-city-robotics-now-on-wordpress/#comment-8 KCRS President Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:56:47 +0000 http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org/?p=6#comment-8 This is looking good. We just need to see if everyone will come up to speed on it. This is looking good. We just need to see if everyone will come up to speed on it.

]]> Comment on The Great Line Following Event by Robert Dudek http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org/2010/01/14/the-great-line-following-event/#comment-7 Robert Dudek Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:33:25 +0000 http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org/?p=19#comment-7 I understand the Great Line Following has been moved to June 12? Please verify. I understand the Great Line Following has been moved to June 12? Please verify.

]]> Comment on March 6th 2010 Meeting by vinito64 http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org/2010/01/11/march-6th-2010-meeting/#comment-6 vinito64 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:02:16 +0000 http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org/?p=14#comment-6 I thought it was a pretty good meeting today. The presentation was good, the bulletin points were covered well with only a couple 15-minute tangents... not bad for us. So my real motive is... (I was talking to a couple others who are in a similar boat too) there are a couple guys I wanted to get contact information so I could talk to them later, but I ran out of time & oppportunity before these folks split. I'm easily distracted. If anybody knows of whom I speak and at least knows their name, please let me know as anything would be helpful at this point. As for me, I was talking to a gent about his CNC machine. He sounded like he could use some help getting it to work better. Something with it has gone awry. I'm not bad at diagnosing and fixing stuff like that and I definitely know how it feels when machines go bad. So I'd like to have the guy call me or something and I'd be glad to have a look at it and see if it can be made whole again. I'm guessing it's a simple fix and it just needs to be discovered. We were also discussing... oh who was it.... Ted Nugent? no. Alice Cooper?... no not that either. Oh yea. It was Pat Metheny.. One of the attendees has a pretty close connection to him (relative to the rest of us for sure). It's likely Mr. Metheny is busy enough not to want to jaw with us hobbyists about the orchestrion technology he's using, but I don't know - maybe he'd really be into talking about it. We could do an interview for the KCRS blog if he'd be into it. I know I'd really enjoy stealing a few minutes of his time away. Having misspent my early adulthood doing the college gig with music, then later to get into this robotics thing, I'd really get charged up about the opportunity to talk to him if there was a chance. It's worth taking a stab I think. So anyway, I'd really like to twist an arm if it would do any good and ask if the gentleman who has the inside track who I spoke of earlier to contact me or Terry so one of us could step up and take that stab. And just to repeat myself again, if anybody else reading this feels something familiar about my description despite my meager ability to do it, and knows names or contact information for either one of these fellers, please contact me. I'd appreciate it. vinito64@yahoo.com (a.k.a. "the other Vince") I thought it was a pretty good meeting today. The presentation was good, the bulletin points were covered well with only a couple 15-minute tangents… not bad for us.

So my real motive is… (I was talking to a couple others who are in a similar boat too) there are a couple guys I wanted to get contact information so I could talk to them later, but I ran out of time & oppportunity before these folks split. I’m easily distracted.
If anybody knows of whom I speak and at least knows their name, please let me know as anything would be helpful at this point.
As for me, I was talking to a gent about his CNC machine. He sounded like he could use some help getting it to work better. Something with it has gone awry. I’m not bad at diagnosing and fixing stuff like that and I definitely know how it feels when machines go bad. So I’d like to have the guy call me or something and I’d be glad to have a look at it and see if it can be made whole again. I’m guessing it’s a simple fix and it just needs to be discovered.

We were also discussing… oh who was it…. Ted Nugent? no. Alice Cooper?… no not that either.
Oh yea. It was Pat Metheny.. One of the attendees has a pretty close connection to him (relative to the rest of us for sure). It’s likely Mr. Metheny is busy enough not to want to jaw with us hobbyists about the orchestrion technology he’s using, but I don’t know – maybe he’d really be into talking about it. We could do an interview for the KCRS blog if he’d be into it. I know I’d really enjoy stealing a few minutes of his time away. Having misspent my early adulthood doing the college gig with music, then later to get into this robotics thing, I’d really get charged up about the opportunity to talk to him if there was a chance. It’s worth taking a stab I think.

So anyway, I’d really like to twist an arm if it would do any good and ask if the gentleman who has the inside track who I spoke of earlier to contact me or Terry so one of us could step up and take that stab.

And just to repeat myself again, if anybody else reading this feels something familiar about my description despite my meager ability to do it, and knows names or contact information for either one of these fellers, please contact me. I’d appreciate it.
vinito64@yahoo.com
(a.k.a. “the other Vince”)

]]> Comment on March 6th 2010 Meeting by Mike G. http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org/2010/01/11/march-6th-2010-meeting/#comment-5 Mike G. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:23:45 +0000 http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org/?p=14#comment-5 I'll be bringing a Duemilanova and protoshield someone can borrow if they need one temporarily. I'll also have at least one laptop people can use while at Science City (it has to come home with me though) and I might be able to scrounge a second if I get the time. I’ll be bringing a Duemilanova and protoshield someone can borrow if they need one temporarily. I’ll also have at least one laptop people can use while at Science City (it has to come home with me though) and I might be able to scrounge a second if I get the time.

]]> Comment on About by Brian Turner http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org/about/#comment-4 Brian Turner Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:03:41 +0000 #comment-4 Meetings are free and open to the public. Membership is $20 per year. You have to be a member to vote on anything and there are some other benefits. Meetings are free and open to the public. Membership is $20 per year. You have to be a member to vote on anything and there are some other benefits.

]]> Comment on About by Al King http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org/about/#comment-3 Al King Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:22:00 +0000 #comment-3 How does one join/attend the KCRS meetings? Is there a cost? How does one join/attend the KCRS meetings? Is there a cost?

]]> Comment on March 6th 2010 Meeting by President http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org/2010/01/11/march-6th-2010-meeting/#comment-2 President Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:53:31 +0000 http://blog.kansascityrobotics.org/?p=14#comment-2 The H.M.S. Beagle in Parkville Missouri is now carrying the Arduino. If you haven't been out to the H.M.S. Beagle, it is a great store dedicated to all things Scientific. Well worth a visit, and a local place to pick up an Arduino. The H.M.S. Beagle in Parkville Missouri is now carrying the Arduino. If you haven’t been out to the H.M.S. Beagle, it is a great store dedicated to all things Scientific. Well worth a visit, and a local place to pick up an Arduino.

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