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The east coast storms have settled and the Potomac is raging! Just check out the gauge below at Little Falls.

It was 8 ft yesterday and Dead Cow came in. Here’s a photo of a friend from a while back. Gonna ask my friend if he took any photos yesterday.

Happy Paddling
-J

Well I have to admit, I am a Linux noob. I can’t get anything to work. I’ve been trying to install, use and get into the whole Linux scene for the last 3 years, and it is one of the most painful and frustrating experience. And this is coming from a guy who programs microcontrollers and device drivers. Using software should not be this hard!

WTF is with the .conf files. What era are we that Linux still uses this pathetic desktop environment (Xserver is a joke, at least the Linux implementation). The end result is that no one wants to use Linux. Heck I don’t want to use Linux, and I program for a living. This is completely f*cked up.

Anyways, I got a Portwell box a few months ago, and I never knew what to do with it. I think I’ll try to compile my own kernel and attempt to install it on the box – cause you know, it’s so freaking easy to use Linux.

I’m gonna go hit my head on the wall for a few more hours.

-J

I hate being sick. I hate it even more when you know where the infection is and just have to wait for the immune system to do its job. Last night the infection was right in my sinuses. Now it feels like it is going down my throat. Hopefully it stops there and I don’t get bronchitis. The thing I hate the most about it is that you can’t get any work done. You gotta stop to wipe your nose ever 2 minutes. There’s probably snot all over my microcontrollers now.

-J

I’ve just completed another section in the PCB fabrication tutorial. It talks about the basics of what is needed to be understood before a PCB can be made. Check it out here.

-J

Well, the day has come.  I know half the world has been waiting for this day, but it’s here.  We are all snowed in on the east coast, so I guess I have no excuses for keeping this unfinished.  The PCB fabrication tutorial has started.  Right now there is only an introduction, but a lot of ground work (taking photos and showing steps) has been completed for the tutorial.  I’ll be doing the write-ups very soon.

Enjoy the first part of the tutorial for now, here.

-J