Chris Alexander

Hi, I'm Chris, and I'm an MEng Robotics student at the University of Reading.

I love engineering exceptional solutions to the toughest technical challenges, be it through elegant and usable design or efficent and maintainable programming.

Check out what I can do, and feel free to get in touch.

Stuff I like coding:

PHP and Zend
.Net Framework
XHTML and CSS
Javascript and jQuery
C and C++
Silverlight and Windows
Adobe Air

Clustr.me.uk

Access your Huddle.net workspaces and more on your iPhone and mobile devices.

Agatha's Appeal

Charity website implemented from scratch and to specification on 2-day deadline.

Chris-Alexander.co.uk

I designed, built, integrated and implemented this site.

I am a hard working, passionate and reliable student, with an enthusiastic attitude towards my work.

Please check out my CV, available to download in various formats on the right.

TweetMeme Toys

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 by Chris

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Robotics Robots Roomba Tank Tweetmeme

As I guess some of you may have gathered by now, we have quite a few little robotic bits and pieces laying around the TweetMeme office. From the Nabaztag and Pleo to both the Roombas, I thought we had it all.

Until the other day, that is, when I found a BB (you know those small plastic bullets used in slightly-more-than-toy guns) that one of the Roombas had picked up. I asked where it was from, Daniel (@dtsn) mentioned the remote control tank, and of course we had to get it out and have a go. Here’s what happened:

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