Archive for June, 2011
Ubuntu Robotics Kindle Book
This is an extra for the book, Robotics Programming 101. This extra highlights all of the Ubuntu specific robotics configuration details in Robotics Programming 101. The Kindle Edition is now available on Amazon.com for $0.99.
City Rankings
In looking for cities to possibly relocate to a new city we were constantly looking at city rankings. One of the rankings we looked at was parenting.com. Please explain this: Raleigh, NC – 2010 Rank #10 Raleigh, NC – 2011 Rank #57 Columbus, OH – 2010 Rank #61 Columbus, OH – 2010 Rank #22 So [...]
Build Your Own PHP Framework – Book Announcement!
There’s almost a hundred different PHP frameworks out there. Some are big some, are small. All of them do about 80% of what you need the way you want it, but the 20% that’s not usually takes you the most time/effort/money. This book shows you how to build your own PHP Framework using a PHP [...]
Motion Detection Kindle Book
I created a short book on Motion Detection. It’s basically an example that shows you how to do motion detection with some of the APIs from Robotics Programming 101. You can purchase it directly from Amazon HERE, for just $0.99.
Pioneers vs. Settlers
I was watching an episode of Shark Tank the other night when I heard something that’s been sticking with me: “…pioneers get slaughtered while settlers prosper…”. The quote was from Daymond John, billionaire VC guest on the show. I think that it’s a really keen observation when looking at most products that succeed in the [...]
I Created A Book Page!
I decided to create a separate page for my books because I’ve started thinking about expanding the kinds of books I’m writing to include more than just books about robotics. Currently the books you will find on this page are just my robotics books, which have more detail at my Scott’sBots website, in the near [...]