Willy's Disconnected Thoughts on Randomness

Domestic Transformer

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:03:45 +0000

Maestro Hughes

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:27:28 +0000

Better Forums

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:23:51 +0000

I recently had an idea for improving the forum system. Many websites have forums where conversation can take place. The problem is, many times the same question is repeatedly asked and the forum is generally hard to search. My idea transitions forum content to a more concise reference format, the wiki. For the most part, this only applies to forums trying to solve a problem or address an objective fact.

1. Forum

a. Question (the asker specifies certain categories/key words/topics for question)
b. Discussion
c. Question Solved (when marked “solved” a summary of the original question and solution is provided for Q&A)

2. Forum reduced down to a Q&A, a link expands the original discussion

3. Wiki Manual

a. Using question specifications the Q&A is automatically associated at the bottom of a wiki page in a queue, so that contributors can pull from it, writing it into the page (it is possible for one Q&A to be associated with multiple articles, in order to find a match).
b. Contributors for the wiki can mark a Q&A relevant or not to the wiki page, after reading it. If not relevant, the Q&A is no longer associated with that article. If relevant the Q&A moves up in the queue for that page.
c. The Q&A can be marked “included” for the wiki. It then ceases to be part of the queue, and becomes part of a source material list.
d. All changes and processes kept in a page history so other contributors can have oversight, just like in Wikipedia.

The discussion has become a document

Implementing OpenID

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 07:42:46 +0000

Try it out using the “Register” and “Login” links at the right. Currently it looks like it only works for registered users. I’m working on making it possible for users to register using OpenID. Any usability thoughts, let me know.

Blog Setup Complete

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:44:15 +0000

As of today all the layout kinks should be ironed out of this blog. In the comments, let me know if you see anything acting as it should not.

Olympics

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:06:06 +0000

Let the games begin! Best of luck to everyone competeing in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada.

The History of Hip-Hop

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:05:10 +0000

I was shown this by one of my friends.

Breakaway, FRC 2010

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:26:55 +0000

Here is the video for this year’s game. FRC is a competition where teams across the nation make a robot and compete against other teams in the “game” for that year (the game changes every year). The beginning half is a teaser, then comes the game animation, and then an FAQ. This is what I get to mentor.

Download

Comedian Trailer

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:40:49 +0000

Until I get time to edit down the video on the FIRST Robotics Game, here is something to pass the time. This is a trailer for Jerry Seinfeld’s film Comedian.

Breakaway!

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:27:43 +0000

What have I embarked on? Today marks the kickoff for teams across the United States, and scattered in a few other countries, to race in building a robot in 6 weeks. The goal is to win the year’s “game.” Coming soon will be a better description and a video featuring this year’s game.