http://www.lanzon.org Lanzon's Space Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:27:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I have reported earlier I am working on creating a robot that can play soccer, on its own. This simplest solution here was to build a robot using Lego Mindstorms NXT with the addition of a few extra Mindstorms sensors. Sometime after we received the kit I saw this report ... http://www.lanzon.org/2008/06/07/inspiration-from-lego/ Now that Westnet is owned by iiNet there will be even more competitive rivalry between the two companies. The first that I have been involved with is a Westnet vs iiNet Robot Soccer competition. The competition is actually being held by SciTech and they are allowing us to compete. The idea ... http://www.lanzon.org/2008/05/18/robot-soccer/ I remember the times when Bubble Jet printers were released. At first they came out in Black and White, later on colour was released. To no surprise, due to the cost of a colour printer, the black and white models were the most popular. I felt honoured to be one ... http://www.lanzon.org/2008/04/18/colour-laser-in-the-home/ Back in 2000 when Windows ME was the operating system of choice I purchased a then state of the art HP ScanJet 4300C scanner. This scanner had great resolution, character recognition software, and an LCD panel to allow direct photo copying between the scanner and a printer. Then I upgraded ... http://www.lanzon.org/2008/03/02/hp-scanner-back-in-action/ It's a leap year and with it comes a bonus summer's day. With the weather the way it as the moment one would have to think if today really is the last day of summer. This summer has been very memorial with a trip to Canberra where Jess participated in the ... http://www.lanzon.org/2008/02/29/cheerio-summer/ This week I have been over in Canberra to support Jess's WA Women's Futsal team in the 2008 National Competition. The trip started on Sunday with Jess's team and I flying from Perth to Sydney (Jess's team were on a separate flight that flew a few hours after my flight). ... http://www.lanzon.org/2008/01/10/national-futsal-competition/ So it's been a while since I have posted on my blog so here is a quick over view of the month. After all December has been an interesting month with plenty of things going on. At the start of the month Jess got into the state Futsal (indoor soccer) team. ... http://www.lanzon.org/2007/12/31/december-update/ After I broke my leg I took up running to bring my fitness levels back to normal. Naturally running took place after low impact cycling! I started running around the block (3km) until I built up my endurance and then took on the double block (6km). When I worked in Osborne ... http://www.lanzon.org/2007/11/19/running-time/ Yesterday was Halloween. Although I generally never pay any notice to this event we celebrate it each year at work, just for fun! And fun it was this year. So going into Halloween some how it was decided we would all dress up as Mexicans (We actually said we were Mexican ... http://www.lanzon.org/2007/11/01/halloween-at-westnet/ All of the Lanzon Uncles and Aunties, including my Dad, Margot, and my brother Tim are over at Malta at the moment. Most of them are over there on a four week holiday to visit the Lanzon City and to see my Nanu who is under ill health at the ... http://www.lanzon.org/2007/10/09/family-snaps/