Dear Diary,

Well, still no new code... I'm truly sorry. I feel terrible. Really. I promise I'll try to make more of an effort this week to get some done.

It's hard though. There are just so many fun things to play with on the hardware side of things that it's difficult to want to sit down with the lappy and actually think. Fiddling and building is so much more entertaining.

Not to mention the fact that dear old Radio Shack is having a sale right now. Yup. Everything that's already marked "clearance" is an additional 25% off that(!)

So, gone is the idea of using the 4x20 character LCD, instead there's a nice, shiny, new (old, discontinued) SeeedStudio touchscreen LCD. For $11. Yup, eleven. Well, eleven and sixty cents. Still.

Oh, and the bluetooth module and knockoff arduino pro minis showed up from China today. So there's more stuff.

Plus the new pile of hard parts to futz with arm construction. And getting that was a hoot. I finally found the tubes I was looking for on the plumbing repair aisle at Lowes. I guess I was taking too long looking at stuff, the guy that works that area finally asked if I needed any help finding something. I said "No, I'm just trying to invent robot parts." He stared blankly for a couple seconds and then walked away. Funny stuff.

Anyway, here's a quick pic of some of the new bits (there are actually 5 'duino clones, one for kiddo.) (Speaking of kiddo, he got the netduino starter kit at RS, for $15, and a propeller quickstart board for $6. Good stuff.)

Okay, now it's time to cook dinner. Then maybe I'll try to devote some time to writing.