Well, I'm no longer the answer to the universe -- 42 -- but I guess that's okay.
Had a decent birthday, did stuff, ate chocolate for a couple of days, it's all good.
I really need to get into the habit of posting again here! Trivia I suppose, random life events. I like reading the stuff other people post, just getting a sense that they are alive and doing stuff. Even trivial stuff.
Went to see Hot Fuzz a couple weekends back, and THAT was great fun! These folks do great work, and I'm looking forward to more of it in the future.
I haven't been able to play with my Poi hardly at all, so that's sad. Spent a bunch of time both weekends since my LAST post working on firefly circuits, and a dead-bug construction for an LED sequencer for Tall Matt. It's a very simple circuit -- 555 timer driving a counter driving a demultiplexer -- but the dead-bug construction technique (everything soldered together in space) makes it an intricate exercise in steady hands.
Next year -- circuit boards. More expensive, but dang, a lot easier to fab.
Dorkbot last week wasn't bad but a tad weak. Needed more fire. I was going to put together a cornstarch alien creature device, but didn't find time to perfect it; someone else did it instead it turns out! Mine would have been better, of course (hehehe, okay, maybe not). NEXT dorkbot, I will do a more involved cymatics/chladni/cornstarch demo I think, one-up him. Gotta find the time. Sofia's speakers will come in handy for that, too. Also, I will convert a hard drive voice coil to drive a chladni plate I think.
Fun fun fun!
Still no grade for my CS class. I'm beginning to get annoyed. Also, no word back from the tech mag for more article. I want to write more!