My experience going to Daiso

Daiso is a Japanese convenience store chain that we went to to get presents for our cousins for Christmas. The first thing I noticed was the price; it's super cheap, everything was like three to four dollars. We bout some mini Lego sets and some candy, but they…

filming at Golden West with an Insta360

At our most recent competition, I brought my Insta360 to film a first-person view of our robot. The Insta360 films in, believe it or not, 360 degrees. So we needed to mount it on top of the bot for the best angle of the field. We are going to post…

our tournament at Golden West

Today we had a tournament at Golden West Middle School. Our bot performed pretty well, but the first stage of the intake needs better funneling, and the aligner needs work. we won 4 out of 6 matches and made it to the semi-finals.…

big mushrooms

We went on a hike at Cosumnes Bird Preserve to see the mushrooms that grow there. The hike was about half an hour of walking to where the mushrooms are. The mushrooms that we saw were Santa mushrooms, otherwise known as Amanita muscaria. It is a large white-gilled, white-spotted mushroom…

I'm playing a new game

My cousin Grant was playing a game called Mount and Blade. The main reason it's fun is that it's a mix of Half Sword and Age of Empires; the sword play is really good, and the way you command your army is very well done. I…

How I'm learning to code

I was talking to a friend who learned to code at 13, which is the age I am now, and I was inspired to learn to code. I tried to learn about a year ago, but it went nowhere becouse i thout youtube was the way to learn. now im…

live nativity

Our church hosts a live nativity every year, recreating the town of Bethlehem. This is my second time going, but my first time actually participating. I played a Roman guard. It wasn’t a stage play—it's set up like a real town, with lots of characters acting…