[dorkbotphiladelphia-blabber] Very excited about dorkbot

[Jesse MacGregor]

A demo sounds like a great idea to start things off.

I'm an embedded software engineer and I work in a cube farm writing software
for secure communications systems.  

I've spent the last 5 years or so tinkering with microcontrollers, control
systems, and robotics.  I've built a number of proof of concept circuits
using range finders, servo and stepper motors, muscle wire, and rotary
encoders with RS-232 comms.  I've never really put together a completed
project based on these, and the circuits I build usually end up being
cannibalized for use in the next one.  But I've been itching to put
something together.

I've got a background in computational phsyics and have written some pretty
nice visual simulations of gravitational, electrical, and spring forces
using OpenGL.  I'm very comfortable writing software in C/C++, Java, Perl,
PHP, and Assembly.

As an aside, I've just started learning to play the piano and I'm getting
into music theory.

Unfortunately, I don't really have anything to demo right now, but I could
certainly patch something together.

I would love to do some collaborative work, and I'm looking forward to
meeting with you guys sometime this summer.

-Jesse