Mark Balla

Fall pumpkin picture contest. Must include a loved one or friend with pumpkin. Biggest one wins. #pumpkinpicture http://yfrog.com/bhtp7qj

First soccer game of the year for youngest. She got a goal and out runs everyone.

Human machine infinite loop. I have to design a robot to act like a human to test a droid so people won't be upset

Went to our first Northern Illinois User Group meeting in a while. I made sure more users know about LAVA, JKI State Machine, Norms TLD and my icon editor. Life is good.

At Wisconsin NITS catching up with all my Wisconsin Labview buddies.

Great NITS. Final presentation on design patterns gave expression flow a plug fun for its statemachine paper.

Heading to Chicago with the robot team for our first workshop of the season

Friday fondue with the family at the melting pot no soccer in the morning so we can sleep in. Life is good

Going back home for turkey day all. I will be home tuesday through friday. Any of my home town friends have time to meet up?

AQ the Guru's Guru is coming to Chicagoland to present at our Labview User Group. Excited.

Headed home to michigian for the holiday week. Ceder springs then on to port Huron.

Heading home after a great holliday week.

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What I get to work on today. Top that.

At my daughter's 6th grade band concert. She is first chair trumpet.

While my sister takes the kids shopping we are getting a head start on wrapping presents.

At the traditional Grandrapids Griffins game with the family.

Great 3 day class in Michigan stopping at Midway to get Mother-in-law for holidays and I have a fever and shivering like crazy. #2out3aintbad

FRC is hard fun. Teamed up with a mechanically strong team and they are doing the minibot and arm. We're doing the drive, sensors, program.

Fun busy 16 hour day. Built robot, roller skate, wire robot, play cards,

Stayed up till 2am last night working on the robot with the other mentors. The robot just placed it's first tube. Life is good

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Can your robot do this?

happy birthday to my wonderful wife who turns 1 year younger today

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Heading to Atlanta for 2 days of work then to Austin for 2 days networking with my fellow CLAs then 3 days of watching robots in Milwaukee.

Heading to Atlanta for 2 days of work then to Austin for 2 days networking with my fellow CLAs then 3 day… (cont) http://deck.ly/~zCePL