Mission Mayhem 2007
 

As the official 2007 FIRST season ends, everything is calming down slowly. But we invite you to get ready for another Mayhem. Let the new members on your team get a taste of a FIRST competition. The Mayhem committee has started to plan on Mission Mayhem 2007.

- The competition will take place on September 8th, 2007.

- The event will be in Miramar, Florida (High school TBA). It will be inside a high school gym this year. So we don't have to worry about rain or flooding. The pits will be in the cafeteria.

- Registration fee is $250. Please email me at arefin.bari@gmail.com for initial registration. We will open up the official registration next month.

- Team limit is 35 teams. Please register as soon as possible.

- If you would like to volunteer for the event, please send me an email (arefin.bari@gmail.com) with your job preferences (Field reset, scoring, referee, crowd control, volunteer registration, team registration, field setup/breakdown), first and last name, email address, contact number, the high school/college/company you are represent.

- If you have a practice robot that a high school (interested in starting a team next year) can borrow, please let us know.

- As we get close to the date, I will post a list of restaurants, hotels and food availabilities at the event.

Finally, here is a little contest for all the artists out there in the FIRST community. We are looking for a logo and we need your help. In the previous two years, Jaine Perotti (an alumni of team 716) has come up with a wonderful logo. You can see both logos and get an idea of what we are looking for (Thanks to Bharat Nain and team 25 for hosting the files). The FIRST logo and DeVry University logo must be present in the Mayhem logo.

We are looking forward to see the Mayhem teams are going to create this year. Let's not have the nature create the Mayhem this time.

-Arefin Bari.

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Arefin said it all right there. As usual Mayhem will need the great group of people which usually turn out to make this awesome event work. 1251 will be there in full force ready to lend a helping hand and try our best in the competition. Once again please let us know if you will be able to volunteer.

-Drewbie

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So Mission Mayhem will only be a 1 day event this year? Interesting.

I can probably make it to volunteer for field setup/breakdown. I'll send an email when I can confirm.

-No L

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Yessssss! Now thats what I'm talking about.... Can we get an all you can eat buffet thing goin on?

If FIRST is looking for ways to improve, there it is. Although we need to be careful not to get metal chips in our macaroni.

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lets get this mayhem started!!! lawl

count me in :D

mch
<3

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Its intresting that its a fall competition now instead of a summer one. Inside!!! Where's the fun in that? i liked sweeping the water into te drain.

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arefin, i already told you my answer and i am now confirming it

feild reset please, i also want a shot at MC.

with all these florida offseason events, we can turn this into a sort of tour event, I mean now your gonna have

Mission Mayhem
USF invitational
*robot Rodeo* (Not confirming this one yet, but i'll look into it and post maybe sometime next week)

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you said the locatin is still tbd but do we have any leeds so far?

LET THE MAYHEM BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAR

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Isn't hurricane season over by late fall?

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Nope, we have had hurricanes in November too. :)

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You guys seriously need to move.
Seriously.

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is it going to be full field or only partial?
dillard MIGHT be big enough but it would interesting for them because no one would understand what was going on.... lol
they finished the cafeteria so, that could be helpful, too.
the gym is big enough, i think.

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We already have few schools that we are choosing from.

We will have a full field shipped down to us.

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There are about 20 people who have recieved a PM from me about an hour ago. If you are going to participate in the contest to make a new logo, please check out the logo violation rules before you proceed to make a logo for Mayhem. I understand that "technically" the rules will be violated. Once the committee chooses the top 3 logos, we will send an email to FIRST and ask them if we can use their Logo in the Mayhem Logo. Thanks.

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Now I can't speak for Arefin himself, but when he first created the thread to announce Mission Mayhem, he mentioned that he wanted a new logo for this year and that it was indeed a public contest, and that was a few days ago. I do believe it was the lack of entries that caused him to send out the PMs.

On the other hand, I'm so excited for Mission Mayhem this year! I haven't been able to attend with my team in the past but I hope to convince them to go down this year, but I will be there with or without the team ready to help out.

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I'm beginning to make plans for travel to Mission Mayhem '07. (It would be just me.)
Looking forward to it!
Jane

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PINK plans on being there too!

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I am making official that the TechTigers 1251 will be attending Mayhem to compete and also help out

and I would like to volunteer for anything I might be able to do as long as I'm not helping out 1251

Sebas

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Are you kidding me? I mean.....seriously?
That is really making me jealous and pushing me to buy another plane ticket.
And as much as I want to come, i need to save that energy to convince my team to come to Florida Regional next year. (Arefin, help?...lol)


Imad

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Get them to Mayhem.......they will want to come back for the regional!!!
You know where the house is Maddie.....and the couch if you need it

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Wow! Shark Attack 744 would really like to come. We will see how funding turns out. :D

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Here's my two attempts at the logo.
I know they break FIRST logo guidelines, sue me.
They're in a zip file cause they don't fit neatly in the required filesize to attach.
Let me know what you think of them. Thanks.

I'll also plug PixelPerfect a great photoshop video podcast that I've learned a whole lot from.

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My entry I whipped up in a few minutes when I got bored. I can upload a higher quality version later if needed.

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It's great to hear a date for the event Arefin! I am unfortunately going to be out of town and unable to attend this year's event, I sure wish I could be there though, it's been a blast in the past.




Hehe, nah, just kidding I'll be there like usual. Just figured I'd try to get Arefin's heartrate up a bit, gotta start early :)

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I'll be back in the laffy taffy by then, but i will be in orlando this summer to help with whatever I can

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My first attempt.

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Second attempt.

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Mike Walker, I am going to murder you when I see you in person. You had my heart beat going at a very fast rate there for a minute. :rolleyes:

Loving the logo entries. I am quite surprise to see Koko coming up with logos that does not violate the FIRST logo rules (or does it? If it does, please point them out). Thanks to everyone who is participating.

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Both logos seem to be perfectly fine (unless you want to go in there and measure pixel by pixel to make sure...). They both just lack the DeVry logo, but I'm sure that'll be an easy change.

Great job to everyone, especially Koko Ed, I'm totally loving the first one.

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I have finally found time to attempt at this logo so here's my first attempt, attached is one with the black text, and one that blends with the background a bit.

I'm being a little picky with what take I should have on it, but there's my first one.

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I like Ed's second one.... as for Nica's, I think the text being a similar colour looks fine.
I'm working on one myself.... I'm just not sure how to get the logos in there properly.

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just wondering who will be providing Lunch? is payne going to fire up the grill again

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i like teh logo2 from jeff and koko's second one

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Here is my entry. The second one is my alternative entry... more of a joke though, really. :rolleyes:

Higher resolution/better quality here:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y23...cloudscopy.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y23...icane2copy.jpg

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HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA I LOVE JAINE'S SEcond ONE! I vote for it!

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That would make an amazing tee shirt for a fundraiser.
Really.
Jane Young, size L, will pick up in person.

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okay, im seriously changing my vote to jaine's second pic, espessally with those rain stories a couple years ago...

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Jaine, Loving the 2nd logo. It looks better than any of the other ones you came up with. Few people looked at it and they all voted for it. Do you think there is a way putting the actual DeVry logo in the logo?

Everyone,

Look for team registration info, volunteer registration info, a new website, location and a rough agenda by the end of next week.

-Arefin.

Uh oh! Janie is stealin' my thunder!
 

I must make amends!

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Annudder!

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It's pink!

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And anudder!

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More!

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nothing wrong with that...

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koko, use this pic and do what you did with your amendments.



or is that too big?

(sorry jaine for somewhat stealing your idea)

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Those are some great pics ed, Just makes me appreciate living in florida.

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wow I vote for Jaine's disaster scene by far the most creative i've seen yet. besides thats what Always happens at mayhem anyways

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Ok.

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And the radar view.

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MARS Team 1523 plans to participate in the Mayhem. It's always a blast. Count us in and let us know how we can help.
A side note: Thanks Arefin for attending the MARS end-of-the-year Social and announcing Mission Mayhem details. We'll definitely be promoting it too.

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More creations.

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Yup, I like Jaine's "disaster scene" logo. Disaster is what makes Mayhem fun (but it's inside this year if you didn't know). If you are going to help out, please register to volunteer through the site (when it's released), thanks.

Thanks for all the submissions Koko. They look great and definitely will be a competition when we have the meeting next week to see which logo we want to use.

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Should I stop then?

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Here is another version of my hurricane logo. I had to find a creative way to add in the DeVry logo, so this was my attempt. This one really is a joke, but people seem to be liking it! :)

For those who don't get the reference or weren't around "back then":
http://chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/25111
http://chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46518

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Ed,
I just went through and counted your entries. I think you have 15.
That would make a neat 'poster' of sorts. A lot of eye candy.
Good stuff.

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If your gonna use Tytus in the logo there is only one image that will do!

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loved the one with tytus! loved jane's disaster logo! and, of course, loved the pink one from koko ed.

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haha, I forgot about that one! Perfect!!!

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Koko, you can keep going.

All submissions are due by midnight tommorrow (Sunday ... 05/20/07).

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it's a shame i don't have any graphics software on this computer or else i would have done one

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Ed did you draw that robotic turtle looking thing? I really like that logo as well.

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Nah. He came with the program.
Kindof like it's clip are (that smiling sun with the glasses was on their too).

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how about we make a shirt with all of the logos made?
that way, no one is left out.
plus, all the amazing logos can be shown off!

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Although that would be a pretty cool idea, the problem with this is that shirts become more and more expensive to make with every additional color you put on there. Considering that many different people made each logo, and each logo has many different colors, it would probably cost way too much to put them all on the shirt.

So, unfortunately, one does have to be chosen. :( Unless someone can figure out a use for a collage of all the logos printed out on paper or something else.

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lol if they don't use the hurricane one with tytus I'm not djing this year lol soooo flippin hillarious

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I am aware of this problem.... which is sort of why I proposed that. I'm sure some of the creators won't mind altering the colours a bit, and if the colours are limited to say, 4 or 5 in total, and we choose a logo or two from each artist, then we might be able to come up with something really cool.
But then again, it could just be something unrealistic that I am thinking of.
:o

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Best. Logos. Ever.

I plan to be there, lets make try to make two years in a row where I don't get whacked in the head by flying lexan.

I'll volunteer wherever needed. Florida is saturated with excellent announcers, if you need me for scorekeeping and field reset again thats fine.

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Hello Everyone,

First of all, thank you to everyone for submitting entries for the logo contest. They were all great and beautiful submissions. The committee and DeVry have voted and we have an official Mission Mayhem Logo. The criteria used to choosing the logo were:


1) You must have the FIRST and the DeVry logo in the Mission Mayhem logo without breaking the FIRST logo rules.

2) Use as few colors as possible so the cost of the shirts are minimal.


It is my pleasure to announce that we have chosen the smiling sun logo created by Edward Patterson (known as Koko Ed on the forums). It is simple and uses few amounts of colors. Koko took the red from the FIRST logo and used it in the font with black border, also, took the gold from the DeVry logo and used it in the sand. He also has both FIRST and DeVry logo in the Mission Mayhem logo. The logo also has the “Florida looks.” Thank you Koko for taking your time and modifying the logo as we asked you to. =)

We have also released the Mission Mayhem website (Thank you to our webmaster, Tim Arnold and Michelle Celio). Please register your team through the website (payment information will be sent out at the end of June). Volunteers, please register through the site as well. You are an official volunteer only if you register through the website. We also have a venue. The competition will take place at Sunset Lakes Community Center in Miramar, Florida (we do have a high school gym as a backup arena just incase). Again, the date for the event is September 8th, 2007. We will have a full FIRST field shipped down here from NH. We are looking forward to another great event.

-Arefin Bari.

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It has been brought to the Mission Mayhem Staff's attention that the registration forms for volunteers and teams on our website have been returning a bunch of gibberish code after you sign up, where the conformation screen should be. The code was merely a debug output that was accidentally left on, and has been corrected.

If you had previously filled out a form, please do not re-submit, as we have received all the applications successfully. Thank you :)

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Details for Mission Mayhem sponsored by Devry will soon be finalized. As of right now we have an official location for the event. Were working on a few other things to be finalized, Arefin will post the rest of the info tonight once all the details are in place.

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First of all, I apologize for not posting anymore information about Mission Mayhem 2007 for a good while. It's been a heck of a month for the committee members. Recently I met with the director of the committee John Burke and the right hand man for the event David Ellich. We worked few things out, worked on some details and we are ready to release more information.

The date didn't change. Mission Mayhem 2007, sponsored by DeVry University, will be held at the home of the Platinum Dragons (team 1345), Stranahan High School (Davie, Florida) on September 8th, 2007. The website for the event is www.missionmayhem.org ... few things still need to be updated which should be done by the end of this weekend.

Team mentors/leaders, you will be receiving information about how to make payments by the end of this weekend. Registration fee is $250. You can make the payment using paypal or by sending a check (info will be in your inbox soon). Please register your team by August 24th, 2007.

As I have mentioned before, you will only be an official volunteer if you sign up through the website. Please go to the "volunteer" tab on the website. Volunteers will be receiving an email by the end of August with their job assignment.

- Arefin.

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About the volunteering thing (though I can't sign up until I know what classes will be like around the date): Will there be any 2X shirts? (98% of the time, me + an XL T-shirt = trouble.)

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I will check into that and let you know as soon as possible. It would be nice to have you down here again.

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yay for indoors!

should be another good competition, looking forward to it.

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Is it too late to register to volunteer? :)

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It's never too late. Please register to volunteer asap, so we can assign you a job. Thanks.

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Is there an agenda or itinerary for the event?
I didn’t see one but I could be blind...

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I was about to post the same thing.

My specific question about that is, when should volunteers be arriving at the venue?

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AGENDA

- Registration 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
- Practice Rounds 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
- Opening Ceremonies 10:00 AM
- Qualifying Matches 10:30 AM -12:30 AM
- Lunch 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
- Qualifying Matches 1:00 PM – 2::00 PM
- Alliance Pairing 2:05 PM – 2:15 PM
- Elimination Matches 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
- Awards 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
- Break-down 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Volunteers need to be present at the venue by 7:30 AM.

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I'm looking forward to Mission Mayhem!
It's going to be a blast!

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Same! It looks like it's going to be a fantastic event.

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that sucks but its better than staying with the field all night in downtown Ft. Lauderdale with a hurricane whooping your butt

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Hey guys, we're fortunately going to have a webcast again for anyone that's not going to be able to show. I've setup another thread (to avoid having discussions overlapping) at http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=58628 which I will update once we are setup down there later this week. Join in and help me get George to say funny things. See everyone soon!

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Help please to anyone who will be at Mayhem Saturday; we have a few fried components and are looking for:

1) a laptop with EasyC Pro installed; we weren't able to download code tonight - some kind of COM port problem with our laptop. I think I can come up with another one, but just in case.
2) radio modem (I'm assuming earlier years will be allowed). Our '07 modem has died. It was quick and painless. Our '06 has a broken antenna, but we may be able to fix it.
3) pneumatic tubing. We went through quite a bit of it with various arm removal activities (some intentional, some not - Thanks to Barry B's team).

thanks

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Gary, I don't think getting you pneumatic tubing and a laptop with EasyPro installed would be a problem. I am not so sure about the radio. Let me ask around. If I don't call you and send you an email by tommorrow night, please shoot me an email about this matter. Thanks.

The website has been updated. Please check the website for maps/directions, Agenda, Floor plan and etc. www.missionmayhem.org.

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In a little less than 48 hours, I'll be on my way to Mission Mayhem! (unless my ride is late...which it won't be, right Michelle? :P)

Sooooooo Excited!

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Based on past history, don't you think the website should have a link to a tropical weather forecast page?

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Your trusting Michelle to be on time!? I'd bring money for a cab lol.

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Hey Gary...want Warren an me to bring some plywood? ...just in case? :D

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Ay... I'm leaving FIT at 4:30am brining two car loads of people for volunteering. Arefin would dispose of me if I was late :)

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doees anyone have a wetsuit i can barrow for tomarro?

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I'm typing this from a Denny's just south of Daytona Beach, trying to keep the MacBook from getting too greasy from my dinner.

I can't wait to make it down there.

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An update:
Got the COM port fixed; the IT guy at work said to uninstall it and let windows reinstall it; runs fine now.
So, I was able to download the code to the '06 controller. Runs fine.
So then, I tried the '07 modem; it works fine too. I guess all the problems were in the '07 controller.

It took a total of 5 minutes to do all that; too bad I couldn't do it in the hour and a half that I had 20 kids watching me Wednesday night.

So, HAZE has a radio controlled robot again. I guess all we need to do in the morning is rerun the pneumatics (and make a few improvements to the arm).

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It is beautiful in Ft. Lauderdale.
Gorgeous.
- wish you were here - postcard gorgeous.

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Less than 10 hours...and I can't wait!

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Friday night football was not good.....lets hope mayhem is better....5 hours till liftoff

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I am FINALLY in Florida!

Waking up wicked early to get there, but I'm SO excited!
See y'all there!

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2 and a half hours until we arrive at the venue. Let's get the Mayhem started...

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On my way.........

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When do the games start?