cool.

Okay…maybe not that cool.

One step closer…

Switch open yields a killer red LED…

stop

go

I even tossed in some 1K resistors to keep my LEDs healthy, in addition to my 100 ohm / 10000 ohm pull-down setup.

+4 resistor

I even managed to comment my code, for a bonus win:

/*
* binary red/green led setup
* by Joseph Swanson
* http://swantron.com
*/

int led1 = 11; // green LED (pin 11)
int led2 = 12; // red LED (pin 12)
int swit= 5; // switch (pin 5)
int varr; // to read pin on/off (pin 5)

void setup() {
pinMode(led1, OUTPUT); // output green
pinMode(led2, OUTPUT); // output red
pinMode(swit, INPUT); // switch input
}

void loop(){
varr = digitalRead(swit); // store swit to varr
if (varr == LOW) { // button = pressed
digitalWrite(led1, HIGH); // trigger green
digitalWrite(led2, LOW); // ground red
}
if (varr == HIGH) { // button != pressed
digitalWrite(led1, LOW); // ground green
digitalWrite(led2, HIGH); // trigger red
}
}

+1 Snippet

I’m getting closer to having this thing behave the way I intend. Stay tuned for a while longer. I’ll have a robot up and rolling in no time whatsoever.

Maybe Vegas got the best of me, brain-wise. I’m struggling mightily with this pull-down switch prototype on my Arduino. I got it, after far-too-much troubleshooting.

maxxximum powwwwer

Maybe I need another frozen slushy drink. Or alternatively, a supplementary OML to get me through this…the end goal is to get some logic incorporated to ‘read’ the state of the switch, so that I don’t need my finger on the sonofabitch to keep the light lit. Or lighted…getting tired here.

Stay tuned. I’ll get this knocked out.

This should go on 26outs.com, but, hey, why not throw it here.

Sweet Lou is hanging up his manager-cleats at the end of the 2010 season.

not so sweet, lou

Too bad. I was hoping Piniella would surpass Bobby Cox in the ‘most times sent to the showers early’ category.

Sad day in Mudville.

Here is the end result of my customization.

gangSSta

Kate and I are going to take off and get married. Catch you all in 10 days or so.

I put together a little sketch while I was horsing around with the Arduino serial monitor…

hmm

…pretty stupid, huh? Especially, since it repeats this horrible haiku every five seconds. Forever. This is, oddly enough, the first thing I have taken the required 10 seconds to add comments to my code, which ought to be worth at least a +1

/*
* Awful Haiku
*
* This useless thing prints an aweful haiku
* repeatedly, for no particular reason
*
* courtesy of your friends @ swantron.com
* http://swantron.com

*/

void setup() // reset
{
Serial.begin(9600); // set serial baud

}

void loop() // loop area
{
Serial.println(“Haiku “); // start of haiku crap
Serial.println(“~~~~~”);
Serial.println(” “);
Serial.println(“Arduinos are neat.”);
Serial.println(“You can do a bunch of crap;”);
Serial.println(“Like print a haiku.”);
Serial.println(” “);
Serial.println(” “);

delay(5000); // 5 second delay
}

+ 1 Haiku
- 1 Awful Haiku
+ 1 Comments in Code
- 1 Useless Program
- 1 No LEDs
____________________

-1 Total. Sorry for wasting your time.

I suppose I am picky when it comes to sinks. Not bad picky, but picky enough to know what I want. I spent the better part of a decade with double sink set-ups, between my restaurant and bar work experience. I may not be much of a doer of dishes, but set me up with two sinks, and I’ll do my thing.

SO ANGRY (not to perspective)

Being a minimalist of sorts, I basically have two choices; granite sinks or stainless steel sinks. I’m leaning towards the former, after seeing some sweet, black granite Mr Direct brand sinks. I was under the false assumption that all granite sinks were speckled and dirty looking. Not the case.

+1 hides grime

dig it

…and all of a sudden, I guess I am a granite sink guy.

Hit one of those links above for the details. I most surely will when it is time to remodel our place.

so it begins

My ethernet shield is here…I haven’t talked to it yet. This could be awesome.

I think what I fondly refer to as my laboratory might not classify as a true lab, per se. I have some sweet stuff going for me in my garage workspace…but the lack of lab equipment might leave me with more of a nerd fortress, and less of a lab.

Here is a quick pic:

weak sauce

While most of my projects are electronic in nature, I still get down and dirty with some mechanical projects. Woodworking, too, and of course programming. I would for sure benefit from a laboratory apparatus or two, in order to establish some lab credibility.

Those above links are to Lab Planet…which I stumbled across while looking for some equipment. I was looking into a dry ice machine, which they have, and saw that they have scores of sweet equipment. Centrifuges, microscopes, furnaces…even mass spec stuff.

How sweet would my Arduino projects be with a touch of chemistry?

1) Get this stuff

stuck-os

2) Put it like this

framing hammer ftw

3) Smash the crap out of the metal thing with the framing hammer, until stuck

vice grip ftw

4) Remove metal thing and ring with vice grips, awl, 2×4, and framing hammer…throw thumbs up.

clapclapclapclap

Worst idea I’ve had in quite some time…hot dog sandwich.

Here is how you make a retarded hot dog sandwich, in case you feel a need to wreck your guts, feed a prisoner, lose your job, etc.

1) Halve some h dogs.

2) Pan fry said h dogs.

why?

3) Assemble sandwich.

ew

I went for pickles and spicy brown mustard on my stupid sandwich. Feel free to dump whatever you have in the fridge on that sonofabitch…I don’t think it really matters.

Wrap-up: h dog sandwiches taste like fail.

Times are still tough. Our economy is still a wreck. Foreclosures are still rampant; however, there is no need to give up your livelihood. When push comes to shove, why take a hit and declare bankruptcy, when you can just as easily do a little home loan modification and get your expenditures back in line with your income.

Enter American Residential Law Group. This is their bread and butter.

black and white for the WIN

Give them a shot…it will work out.