So much has happened. And so little of it has been sleep.

I presented my design for the Rocket Team payload test vehicle and it got accepted, which means that I have a green light to purchase parts for the 11'4" rocket and begin assembley.

I joined the MIT Battlebots team. Aw yeah. They do some really clever stuff with their current robot. For instance, their wheels are full of rare-earth magnets, giving them an enormous normal force with the steel floor of the arena. No one can push them around. *grin*

I designed and built a bipedal walker for 6.270. It's walking now, though a lack of friction makes it look more like a case of severe seizure or something. I haven't implemented turning yet and I'm not sure I'll have time to. But it still looks pretty bad-ass.

Alex should be back from France today. He'll probably be unhappy with the fact that Greddy seems to have broken our heater. Greddy also broke his car. Drove it into a guard rail at speed, bending the rear axle and destrying both left tires and rims.

My bank problems have now mostly been solved. Without telling me, they issued me a "Credit Memo" for the ammount I was missing, which solves most of my problems. However, I am still being charged for the overdraft fees that were tagged on while they couldn't find my money. So the fun with Fleet Bank continues. But it's minor fun now, not the major hillarity that was going on for the last month. Ugh.

Gordita!