I have been so happy with the programmer that I have been using that I wanted to add this capability to the xbee rf modules that I built a few months ago. I wired dio0 to both send and recieve boards and put the cap on the output side and wired up a reset.

Then I figured out that the data passing would require updating the flash on both boards and that that required a windows based PC. (LARGE PILE OF EXPLICITIVES REMOVED HERE) I moved the passthrough to the rts/cts pairs which the old firmware is supposed to support met NOOOOO!

If I built it but it doesn’t work yet did I make a thing?

UPDATE: 25feb08 I found an old ob900 (I have like 15 old omnibooks in various states of running) that was running W2k and upgraded the firmware on both radios. I will test them out after I have had some sleep.

This is a view towards the mountains behind Encinitas.

The Teafaerie’s valentine for all the nerdy kids in elementary school and junior high.

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Bird of Paradise

I know

you can never

venture from your place

among the silver leaves

but when I wake in the morning

I often hope

that you have finally taken flight

with your ruby-colored throat

Am making headway on this scarf I started this week. have learned knitted cast on. Learning anything takes putting time into it.

I was in the card shop recently perusing the Valentines, wondering, “who designs this stuff.” Cards wiggle and make noise and play music and are mushy and tear-jerky and silly and even off-color and offensive. I still think there is no better Valentine than one that is hand-made by little fingers with innocence and unabashed emotion. These are the keepers…

Construction paper,

Red, pink—and paper doilies,

White glue and glitter.

Cut out a heart shape

Write a message in crayon.

Capture mama’s heart.

 HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY ALL!!!!

Made this little guy, to ask one of the biggest philosophical questions!  

I protest giving Hallmark and American Greetings more money on an already lucrative holiday. And so, I hand made my husband a card today.

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!!!

bad cold birthday

Tonight I had a Valentines Day Tea Party and Panties Decorating Extravaganza. I had a great time. I only decorated one pair - but since I threw the party, I still have all the fabric paint to use at another time. Other folks decorated drawers, but I don’t consider it appropriate to post those pictures without their express permission.

I worked on a few projects without actually finishing anything, but since we got a printer today & I was finally able to play around at www.papercritters.com,  Thing 14 is these guys:

I didn’t make them, just printed them out & stuck them together - it took so long to choose, they’re all cute!

Result of one of yesterday’s experiments, + a quick gift for my husband - Kew is our name. I think my things are getting smaller - by the end of the month, I’ll be stringing three beads together and calling it a project!

FYI - for those who like to color, you will find this site quite interesting: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/artists/coloring/

Today, a photo. It was bright and clear, so I snapped a photo while walking by the Empire State building:

cross-posted to lekkercraft.

Thing a Day 13

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“Edge”

Inktense Colored Pencils on Moleskine.

Day 14 was a wash. (although there’s one hour left). Vday, Arts League meeting (I’m on the board), catching up on articles leaves little time for the fun stuff..

Just a little doodle for the occasion!

I wanted to make some sort of Aspergers related design so this is what I came up with for now.

Today I attempted Red Velvet cupcakes. I hadn’t heard of them until recently. They have a pretty interesting history it seems. I underestimated how much red food colouring I would need…so they ended up a pinky brown colour.

My bf is a fan, I however was not. They weren’t sweet enough for me. Mind you the icing was tasty.

For day 15, I will try my hand at Calligraphy!