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That Christmas feeling

MightorMightor Posts: 338
edited 2007-08-06 20:36 in General Discussion
I got an email from my distributor this afternoon saying that my package containing the two propeller proto boards, prop plug and QTI sensor kit were sent by registered mail just then. They should be here by tomorrow morning or afternoon. I've been waiting for almost a month due budgetary restrictions from the financial department (read: my wife) and finally 1.5 week back ordering time at the distributor. I'm so bloody excited about getting my new toys, I feel like a small kid who can't wait for the night to go by so he can get his presents on Christmas morning. All good things come to those who wait, I guess [noparse]:)[/noparse]

One board will be retrofitted to the Boe-Bot I already have and the other for my upcoming Prop Powered Mini-Sumo project. I've already decided on a good awe-inspiring name: Black Death as it will be painted black (obviously). Pink or Yellow Death just didn't sound as catchy. If someone has a better name for a black mini-sumo, I'm all ears.

Is it tomorrow yet?

How about now?

Gr,
Mightor

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  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2007-08-02 20:28
    Put some carrots out for the reindeer!

    How about as the subtitle, "the plague." Then add a little neon green to the paint scheme per the attached picture (which is Yersinia pestis seen at 2000x magnification. This bacterium, carried and spread by fleas, is the cause of the various forms of the disease plague)...

    Mightor was sleeping all snug in his bed, while visions of propellers danced in his head...

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    Post Edited (Whit) : 8/3/2007 12:37:12 AM GMT
  • MightorMightor Posts: 338
    edited 2007-08-02 20:50
    Haha, awesome. You may not believe me, but I actually have two pet rats (carriers of the fleas that carried the plague), coincidence? I really like the idea of the spray painted picture of the actual germ itself. I'll have to get my wife to do the artsy stuff (she's great at painting and drawing). I was going to go for the all-black look mainly because I'm incapable of doing anything fancier than that.

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    My rats Cleo (left) and Molly (right).

    Gr,
    Mightor

    Is it tomorrow yet?

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    | "Wait...if that was a compliment, why is my fist of death tingling?"
    | - Alice from Dilbert
  • MightorMightor Posts: 338
    edited 2007-08-03 13:48
    My stuff just arrived. The prototyping boards look even greater than I thought they would. Now it's off to the Local Electronics Store to get my PCB pins and socket strips so I can start plugging servos and other kit into it. I'll mod the new QTI sensors some other time to make them work with my Prop.

    Woot!

    Mightor

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    | "Wait...if that was a compliment, why is my fist of death tingling?"
    | - Alice from Dilbert
  • Skywalker49Skywalker49 Posts: 172
    edited 2007-08-06 16:21
    Hi Mightor,

    good to hear that you have the proto boards.
    Look forward to read about your achievements !!

    Ed
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2007-08-06 20:36
    Mightor said...
    My stuff just arrived.
    Great!


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