1 Year

Today is 1 year from my first post. To commemorate it I thought I would find all of my favorite posts from that first year and list them here.

Pumpkin Pi
Shindig!
Living in Fear
The Constitution (Use as directed)
The Great Divorce
War on Life!
Dating Moratorium Update (rant)
Political Standing
Professional Piracy
Sonnet
Haiku
Excitement...
Moratorium then a veto...
Big Red Button
Business Opportunities
The Amazing Lord Kentos (TALK)

DDR 2

Tonight I was hanging out with bob. After dinner we ended up at a store where I decided it was time to get a second DDR pad. It's not as nice as the hard pad I already have, but I think it'll get the job done when I have friends over.


Guess which one is the nice one...

DDR is alot of fun. It's even better when others can participate. Now just to get a nintendo emulator and figure out how to put it into "Track and Field" mode...

They don't call me DDR for nothing

Today Sarahbellum wanted a demo of me playing DDR. I hauled my pad in from the car and set it up in the conference room with the projector. Here's Sarah's video...



My pad is made by a company called Cobalt Flux. Their pads are awesome!

PIC Projects

Last night I designed a small host board for the PIC 16F688. When I have the money to spare I'll be sending it out for fabrication.

Hardware design is the one area of hacking I really want to work with. Probably because it involves more real engineering than programming does. My interest also has to do with the fact that software can never expand out of the bounds of the hardware it works with. Ergo, build more hardware.

PS: Yes, I do see that I put 18F688 in the IC socket. I just didn't feel like going back and correcting it.

Ashdown is a real american

Sometimes you find a candidate who is a real american interested in real freedom. I think Pete Ashdown is the only one we had this year in this country.



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10:40 update

65% of the votes are counted and hatch is ahead with 62% of the vote.

I find it shameful.

Shameful that Orrin Hatch can still be winning after declining to debate and ignoring the voters.

Shameful that the voters let him get away with it.

Shameful that so many people are just as out of touch with their candidates as our candidates are out of touch with their constituents.

If we don't do something we are going to be in even more serious trouble in this country.

Bob just called. Pete looks like he's about to give a speech.

The party party!!! 9:00 update

Tonight Bob, Sarahbellum, and I all met outside the big meeting room. Go local bloggers!

Making my way through the crowd I ran into Rob Miller. He is sporting the latest fasion in head wear.

Tonight I'm watching with great interest. It's my hope that Pete Ashdown will win. Right now I'm sitting in Ashdown's room using the internet service he had all through his campaign. Good luck pete!