MyNameIsAtticus

joined 1 year ago
[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would seem Woodie Flowers is who i'm thinking of. I'm glad the other two are alive though. It's a shame about the owner, but i also i feel like that death was easily avoidable

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I could have sworn I remember hearing the founder died of Covid back when I was in FIRST myself, it’s possible I’m confusing him for someone else though.

Luckily the robotics team covers all the parts for their robot so he’s getting a bit of the experience

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (5 children)

He has a ton of ideas. Right now he’s gotten really into Robotics and specifically joined his local FIRST team. This gave him the idea to build a robot of his own. I’ve tried to support him but damn can those things get expensive fast

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I try to encourage him since all my tinkering was self taught. I know I’d appreciate having a guide or even just a friend to talk to about those ideas. And he definitely comes up with some ideas that help my own tinkering.

Right now he’s really into engineering and has this box that comes monthly that I paid for him that teaches him Engineering principles. I think it’s done by Mark Rober? Not really tinkering but He also likes making models for 3D printing and he’s been trying to get into Programming, unfortunately I think that curiosity keeps distracting him though.

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (9 children)

lmao. I have a brother who's a lot like me and loves to tinker (not too young that this is irresponsible though), so when i need to throw something on to keep him occupied while i work, i know Technology Connections is a safe bet.

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 93 points 5 days ago (27 children)

Man, I fucking love watching this guy. He’ll talk about the most niche things and I love learning about it. He inspired a presentation I gave on how rice cookers work