Temp and humidity are heading back up today. Good day to be working on the TUI project indoors in the A/C!#

Back to work on the TUI project now that the 3 day weekend has come to en and.#

Another interesting article: 'Locked to the Sun and Moon': The startling 1960s theory that Stonehenge was a prehistoric computer#

I use Dave Winer's Drummer for writing this blog as well as doing some cool scripting. I was a huge fan and big user of Dave's Userland Frontier which he and Jake Savin are currently porting to modern OSes codenamed Atlantis. I am really looking forward to seeing it in the wild.#

This is one of the coolest projects I have ever seen being both a Raspberry Pi fan and a musician! It's called Halfmoon Chimes. Check out the article here. Watch the video here.#

I've been watching the increase in people creating cool gadgets using the Waveshare ESP32-S3 1.8inch AMOLED Touch Display so I finally broke down and ordered one! I used to do a lot of "physical computing" with all kinds of microcontrollers including Arduino and many from Adafruit.com. And of course I have worked with a lot of Raspberry Pi projects but it's a "single board computer" not a microcontroller. I loved working with the hardware but have gotten away from it with all of the AI work I have been getting involved with some of my consulting clients. Check out this search on Twitter for ESP32-S3 and you'll see how interest has ramped up with these gadgets. Mine will be arriving in about 10 days hopefully! Can't wait! #

We lost our internet and all of the other services supplied by Comcast for about 4 hours last evening. The wicked storms we had on Thursday seemed to have caused damages in their network. Not sure why it took 2 days for the impact to hit our neighborhood.#

The heat, humidity and rain have finally moved out and today is going to be a beautiful, sunny day with the temps in the seasonal mid to upper 70s. 😍#

Had a great time at the Pirate game last night with the family! They actually won a game (1-0) while I was in attendance! The drone show was really cool but I have to admit I'm still a fireworks night kind of guy!#

We're going to the Pirates dame this evening with my daughter and her family which includes 2 of our grandsons! After the game the Pirates are putting on a drone show which swill be really cool!#

While the latest major update is going through QA I've started knocking off smaller features and fixes to the TUI project.#

I released the biggest update to date for the TUI project to QA yesterday and now I am working on a couple of smaller features while testing is taking place.#

Almost finished with the biggest update so far to the TUI project. I have a couple more items to test then I will release to QA for complete testing.#

Made great progress on implementing the new feature for the TUI yesterday although I did hit a bit of a roadblock on a separate feature that may not be able to actually work. We'll see.#

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit! IYKYK#

It was a good turnout at the BaconBurgh yesterday and my daughter had a good show as well!#

Show day for my daughter at the BaconBurgh in the SouthSide Works Town Square! Should be a fun day!#

It's a grandsons kind of day! First we are celebrating one who is turning 7 today over breakfast and in the afternoon we are going to a soccer tournament for our oldest grandson. In between we are packing the car for my daughter's show on Sunday! Busy, busy! #

Made good progress yesterday on the TUI project and hope to continue on the same path today.#

Came to a somewhat important realization with the TUI project yesterday while working on a feature. I am now combining two features to make the TUI more reflective of what is actually on the box that the TUI interacts with as well as making the TUI more efficient. I hope to finish this update over the next two days#

Finally found and fixed a very elusive bug in the TUI project yesterday. More bug fixing in store for today.#

Lot's of bug chasing today in the TUI project. And hopefully releasing a new test version for the lab.#

Yesterday my daughter's show had a great turnout and wonderful weather! 😀#

Just got back from helping my daughter and wife set up for the Fall Fest on Bigham street on Mt. Washington being put on by Armful of Flowers! Should be a fun afternoon!#

Today I'll be at the I Made It Market in the Mall at Robinson for my daughter's shift that every vendor must work to participate in the shop. I always enjoy meeting and talking with the customers. #

Dense fog this morning that will clear out mid morning and lead to a much nicer and drier day today!#

Very rainy morning and probably the rest of the day! Good time to buckle down on bug hunting!#

Today I will be continuing working on the TUI project adding features and fixing bugs.#

Did a lot of running around yesterday including grocery shopping after returning from OBX on Sunday. Today I'll be getting back to work on the TUI project.#

Got back in town late last night after a grueling drive from OBX. Between unbelievable traffic and storms it was almost a 12 hour drive! #

Took longer than expected to drive to Duck yesterday but we made it safe and sound! Duck Cottage here I come!#

Heading to Duck, NC this morning for a week at the beach with the extended family! Can't wait to go to my favorite spot: Duck Cottage for chai and books! 😍#