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FRC Nationals 2

  • 06:15: Wake up
  • 06:30: No, seriously, wake up.
  • 06:35: Oh, man, breakfast.
  • 07:00: Walk to Georgia World Congress Center Building C (pits)
  • 07:25: Set up pit.
  • 09:00: Fix autonomous code.
  • 09:10: Fix autonomous code.
  • 09:30: Fix autonomous code.
  • 09:45: Fix autonomous code.
  • 11:30: Fix autonomous code (with NI help)
  • 13:00: Lunch
  • 13:30: NI Presentation: PID Control in LabVIEW
  • 15:00: NI Presentation: Vision Basics in LabVIEW
  • 15:30: Talk to 1675, see new shiny things (Java-powered robots!) at 2010 FIRST booth
  • 16:30: NI Presentation: cRIO Hardware Tricks
  • 17:00: Put LabVIEW sticker on robot
  • 17:15: All four of our cart's pneumatic wheels have broken inner tubes. Tried to track down new wheels. No success.
  • 19:15: Dinner at CNN Center
  • 19:45: Eight kids want to go back to hotel, I volunteer to take them. Am asked if I want another mentor to come back with; there are only eight kids. Am mystified.
  • 19:46: Right, eight to these people is a lot.
  • 19:57: Arrive at hotel, crash in bed with laptop, call customer support regarding processor order ("Yes, I do actually want to ship it to a different address than my billing one...yes, I live on-campus at college...yes, I ordered that product...yes, I want to reach through the phone and strangle you..."), call mom to say hello.
  • 21:42: Seriously thinking about sleep, but will likely crash in an hour or so after team meeting.