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April 29th, 2010

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The design for the robot I though up on the train on my way home from work. Of course I had to work on it for a while, but I knew from the start that I wanted it to a) be simple, and b) look like Pierre. Most of the details on it have a purpose, which you’re going to see eventually.

I also had to think of a good name, and what could be a better name for a baking robot than GLU-10 (pronounced “gluten”)? If you didn’t know, gluten is the very same substance that makes your bread loafs and sandwiches hold together and not fall apart. It’s what makes the dough sticky when you mix flour with water.
How do I know all this? Because my father is allergic to it and he has to buy a special kind of flour that doesn’t contain gluten. I tried to make cinnamon rolls with it once. It was hell.

Anyways, now Windows’ “Automatic Updates” is starting to bitch about restarting my computer, even though I’ve pressed the I’ll-restart-the-god-fricking-computer-later-thanks-for-asking-though button three times already!
There are times like these that makes me dream. It makes me dream of the day I’ll be able to pick up my pay check and go buy a Macintosh. No more virures, no more malware, no more driver hassle, no more blue screen, no more [insert favorite windows problem here]. It just works.
When we talk about Mac OS, that’s when you can start to talk about programming as art… *Windows asks me again; ‘Do you want to restart you computer now?’ I click ‘Restart Later’*… because it’s just so beautiful.

Alright, this thing is driving me nuts, so I’ll see you guys later!
/T


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