writ. dodging classification

well till i am less lazy and decide to just make a webcam widget thingy on the sidebar .. i’ll just have my post .. for my working webcam now.

Yes, what some have been waiting for, I have put up pictures of my new car. Located here:

http://iammikesdomain.com/imagery/Z4

For those who have not heard about it. Here’s my official blog announcement! YES! I bought a BMW Z4 just 2 days ago, on the 31st of August. I’m still getting it through my head that I was really able to buy such a nice and cool car. I really have liked these cars ever since its predecessor, the Z3, came out. Its so sweet. Now I did buy it used. Its about a year old and had 7000 miles on it (Barely even broken in!!).

This week has just been getting better and better, even besides buying a new car. I guess somedays your Karma just needs a kick start. Alot of things seem to go really good sometimes. Maybe its just a state of mind, but hey whatever it is, things are going great. Who knows, maybe other things will come to fruition just as my car buying has this week. We’ll see!

Ok stop reading this and go look at the pictures!

I’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.