01-08-2016, 09:45
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no bag, vex only, final destination
AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,601
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Re: Dealing with CD Summer Doldrums
I try to actively use CD less and spend my spare time preparing for the upcoming season as best I can. It's really easy for me to end up on CD when I have a few spare minutes at work, though, so easier said than done, but I don't think there is enough active discussion of interesting topics in the summer to be worth checking in on more than once or twice a day.
Checking Spotlighted threads, if you haven't exhausted them, is a good way to brush up on some history and to learn some really random and specific technical tricks that you'll forget until the exact moment in build season that you need that knowledge. Going through CD-Media and looking closely at historical robots is another way to waste time here if you need to.
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College Mentor: 2791 (2010-2015)
...2015 TVR Motorola Quality, FLR GM Industrial Design
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