April 28, 2008

Brains Everywhere

I just sent in a detailed, 13-page book proposal to McGraw-Hill. My initial query generated a good enthusiastic response from my editor, so this proposal may clinch the deal.

Clearly, I'm insane. But, this could be a good book, even better then my previous five.

Some tendon-y thing in my left elbow region hurts when I reach or grip with my left hand. Has been for months now. Best guess is one of the many variations on tendinitis. I am definitely not enjoying the experience. I'll complain to the doctor May 6 or whenever I scheduled that checkup.

Over the weekend, I assembled seven of the eight octants in my cold-forged toroid Tesla toploid. What a ludicrous project! But fun. Next up, #8, clean up the connecting angles and put them all together.

Sunday was filled with collecting parts and wiring up a control panel for my Flipside art, and still it's not done. But it is very shiny. Wiring switches and junk is slow damned work. Today I ordered a truckload of new crimp connectors, because I'm tired of getting raped by the hardware stores and their stupid pricing schemes. Plus, I got the switch body for the E-Stop switch that came with out a switch body. Grrrr.

Today was first test day at work, hectic and annoying. Tonight, I wrote the book proposal. Now, I sleep.

Posted by Edwin at April 28, 2008 10:10 PM
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