circuitI’ve had two projects as of late. My number one project lately has been developing this website. It has been a blast, and I still have a whole lot more to do. The idea was basically to make a website to massage my own ego. Not that I think anybody really cares in the general populous about some schlep from the Philly area who now lives in Maryland (by way of living in North Dakota for a couple years). But it really isn’t about you is it. Its about me, on a few levels. One i can write stuff for all to see, and for friends and family to read up on my whereabouts. Its also, more importantly, a way for me to experiment and learn more things about web development, which really is my main focus here. Computers are my thing, and I am always trying to learn just about everything. I think I suffer from a short attention span or at least a thirst to learn a little about EVERYTHING. That would explain why I have Computer Science degree, but i also almost had a History minor in college. Plus i was a class or two away from a Math minor. (probably if i hadn’t taken so many history courses i would have had that Math minor… but who wants a math minor ick?!) Past just schooling I’ve taught myself a lot of things. I’ve taken up over the past few years, learning how to play guitar. Plus I dabble in manipulating sounds. Sure yes I am a technology person, so most of my interests center around that. But I do other things, like I love golf, racquetball, and biking. I also take time every so often to sit down and try and better myself as a writer. I write everything from short stories, to more lyrical type pieces. (maybe if you’re lucky i may get up the courage to post some of that on this website. Some of it I think is pretty good, in a way i almost don’t believe that i wrote it). I guess ever since i learned the idea of “renaissance men” in my schooling, I think i’ve kinda keyed into the spirit of that, and I try and be as well rounded in my skills as I can be.

This in a round about way brings me back to my original intentions for this post. My project of late, of which started before the website, but has taken a back seat for a short while, is to build some electronics. Like get resistors and a circuit board and all that jazz and solder something together that works. First being a theremin. Why a theremin? Because 1. they’re kinda cool. 2. I can do it with 30 bucks of radio shack parts. A pretty cheap investment for me to learn more about electronics building and soldering. After that I want get some kits possibly from PAiA, which sells a lot of interesting build it yourself electronics gear. Since I’ve gotten my website to at least a level where it doesn’t look totally like i left all the default look on everything, I think i’ll take a break from the site for a couple of days and hunker down on the electronics projects.

If you’re interested here’s the website that has all the plans for the Theremin i want to build: http://www.oldtemecula.com/theremin/limited.htm.