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Here’s LRN2’s artist’s conception of a chainsaw-on-a-pole attack. Pretty gruesome. Detail from this weekend’s Eagle project worker sign.

Good weekend. The Eagle project got done. The trails ended up looking very nice, to boot. Everybody is mosquito-bitten and sore, and a couple of people got into the stinging nettles (Link note: Food violence? You decide!). Otherwise, all’s well.

Sunday was busy, as usual. Some things got done, others didn’t. Nice day, though.

LRN1’s Treo appears to have died. The keyboard won’t work anymore, so the phone is useless. I hated to see him suffering, so I magnanimously offered to give him my Treo. I then ordered an iPhone for myself. No need to thank me, Loyal Readers. It was the least I could do.

I got the newly-price-reduced 8GB 3G phone, which is the previous generation. I would have liked the brand-new one, but didn’t want to spend at least double the money. And I’ll actually be saving money, since, for inexplicable reasons, the iPhone’s data plan is discounted by 25%, while my current phone’s is not. I live to economize.

The MARV remains at a standstill. We can’t get the Arduino to talk to the accelerometer. We now believe it’s a voltage conversion issue. We now have a 3.3 volt Arduino coming that ought to get us back on track. I hope so, anyway. It’s gotten pretty frustrating.

There’s important toilet news today: they float! The toilets, that is. Let’s keep the conversation at a mature level here.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s a rare picture of me, holding a geocache we found at Anthony Chabot. Part of my famous Camping series.

Busy morning – we spent a little more than 6 hours working on the Eagle project. It’s going well. One more morning to go.

Spent most of the rest of the day either napping or working on the MARV accelerometer. We’ve been stymied at every turn, so it’s a little frustrating right now. LRN1 and I downloaded the software for an Arduino-based logic analyzer. Installed it (not very easy, since it doesn’t use the Arduino IDE) and . . . it doesn’t work. Makes absolutely no sense. LRN1 played around with it a little and then moved on to other things. I thought maybe the Mac version just wasn’t working right, so I installed it on a Windows virtual machine. Doesn’t work. Sigh. I need some new ideas for figuring out what’s going on with that blasted accelerometer.

Today’s food violence news: I’m not sure it qualifies as food, but it was certainly violent.

Time to finish. See you Monday.

Here’s an entirely appropriate sign. Picture taken, coincidentally, at a place called Michael’s restaurant.

Well. LRN1 went to the dentist’s office today and it turns out he has a secondary infection. Not a loose suture. I’m assuming the secondary infection was caused by a stray piece of suture in his throat. That’s the only reasonable explanation.

The weekend’s here! We’re working on LRN2’s Eagle project Friday and Saturday mornings. He’s been working on signs, making phone calls, and getting food ready. Getting excited about it. We’re clearing trails in the local state park.

Other weekend plans include . . . ummm . . . not much. The pool and pond filters are pretty clean. The cars are pretty clean, for the most part. I do still need to trim the lawn, so I’ll get that done. And I have a lot of work to do on the MARV. The accelerometer still doesn’t work right. I’ve been looking at the software, but am turning my attention to the hardware now. I drew a quick schematic of the current arrangement and need to verify it’s the way we want it to be. Maybe I’ll take a few voltage readings at critical points. LRN1 says we can get some free logic analyzer software for the Arduino that will help us too. We’re going to get this thing figured out this weekend, by golly.

Also need to make more progress on my talk coming up in another week. I’m speaking in two wards – sitting in for a friend on the second one. One talk, two wards. Easy.

Do my Loyal Readers think this counts as food violence? Fork attack. I think we can all agree it’s at least food-related, anyway.

See you tomorrow.

Here are two of the baby ducks being protected by the daddy duck from yesterday. Aren’t they cute? Looks like the one on the left gets a little more than his fair share of the chow. Part of my famous Camping and Bird series.

Greetings, Loyal Readers.

Normal day. Other than the big company picnic over at the Corporate Ballfield. Free food, decent weather. No complaints.

LRN1 reports he’s still having a bit of a difficult recovery. It appears to me that there may be a bit of a suture that has broken off and lodged in the tissue at the front of his throat. Of course, I’m probably wrong. He’s going to the dentist’s office tomorrow afternoon, so the truth will be out shortly. If I’m right, I propose that each Loyal Reader send me a $100 cash reward for my excellent medical/dental diagnostic skills. If I’m wrong, we’ll forget all about it.

Update: The piece of suture broke loose at dinner tonight – LRN1 retrieved it. Where’s my hundred bucks, Loyal Readers?

I think that’s fair.

Special thanks to LRN1 for his comments on the future of Gardenville. I suspect his suggestions are right and I’m very serious about turning th website into a one-topic blog. We just have to make the commitment to update it on a regular basis. With meaningful content.

LRN2 made travel plans today for a summer visit with his friend Jay. Is Jay a Loyal Reader? Let’s have a look over there on the right. Why, yes he is! Thanks for your Loyalty, LRN21!

We have some highly important Toilet News today: The King of Toilets is nearly ready. That’s gotta be some kind of a nice toilet.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s a duck we spotted at Chabot Park recently. He and the missus were watching their three babies. He looks just a little suspicious of us here, doesn’t he? Part of my famous Camping and Bird series.

Extreme Short Shrift. It was Massive Meeting Tuesday. Drove the Miata today, so there was no blogging from the train, either.

All’s well. The weather has been incredibly pleasant – cooler than usual, I believe, and sunny and beautiful.

Thanks to LRN1 for his comment on yesterday’s post on glowing snakes. They’re cool, but they’re not quite real. The search continues.

So I’ll leave you with some food violence news: When going to the zoo, don’t eat the Sno-Cones. Really.

No comments on my gardenvillesoftware.com questions yet. I’d really like to know what you think.

Much more information tomorrow. See you then.