Re: Happy 2014 Winter Solstice!

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Simon Levy <http://www.gmail.com/~simon.d.levy>
 > Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:00:11 -0500
 >
 > Hi Robert & Noelle,
 > 
 > Thanks for you news and holiday greetings!  It was really great seeing you
 > on board that Navy ship -- you clearly missed your calling as a military
 > officer ;^)  Drop and give me ten, you maggots!

:-)

 > I've been busy here, mostly with robotics, which attracts more students
 > than cognitive science.  I found a really great open-source community,
 > OpenPilot, who produces some of the best autopilot designs and software out
 > there.  They're constantly battling the bullshit from the commercial drone
 > community, like 3DRobotics, who is kind of the Macrosoft of drones.

Cool.  My nephew may be interested ('tho, I suspect he's more on the
cognitive science/AI side of things).

 > So
 > anyway I'm trying to get better at making videos of myself flying these
 > things:
 > 
 >   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VjwOWVAa4c   (filmed by my dad)
 > 
 >   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BougXBAtgK4     (head-mounted GoPro)

We will.

 > Not much other news.  I've completely drunk the google kool-aid, so please
 > use http://www.gmail.com/~simon.d.levy from now on.

I think, eventually, I'll be the only person on the planet without a gmail
address.

 > Mark Reimers may have told you
 > that he and DeAndra Beck moved to Lansing, Michigan, to take jobs at
 > Michigan State.

Yes, he told us.

 > I'm sad they're not in Richmond any more, but it sounded
 > like an excellent career move for both of them.  I'm hoping to visit them
 > by train in 2015, having completely given up on flying (which makes my life
 > much better).

Sounds like a long slog.  (My longest train trip was from  to
Seattle back in 1989 when I was visiting grad schools on the west coast.)
Trains are definitely better for the environment in any case.

 > Happy holidays!
 > 
 > - Simon