Plans!

Ok, plans for the quarter are coming together. At this point it's looking like I'll be heading out to Boston in early September, hitting the Maker Faire in NY later that month, then driving back to Cincinnati in time to fly out to Oakland in mid to late November.

In other news, my CNC machine is coming along quite nicely. I finally got the electronics back from my friend who's been really sick with pneumonia, and got the X axis stepper motor installed. I wanted to start testing the software, but I discovered that the computer in the shop I'm using doesn't (yet) have a parallel port on it. Thankfully, our driver board also has a USB port, so I'll just bring a cable from home next time.

I also picked up a copy of Makers by Cory Doctorow. All I knew about the book was that it was somewhat of a manifesto for the maker movement, so I was expecting non-fiction. I was therefor quite surprised to read the dust jacket and discover it to be a fictional narrative in a genre that could be described as "makerpunk." I started it last night and it looks like it's going to be quite a ride.