Hardware Hacking
Peter got an Arduino board for his birthday. An Arduino is a tiny standalone computer that can connect to all sorts of input and output devices. After the obligatory blink sketch, he put a...
Author: Mike Garrity
Field Trip
Peter has a big field trip today. The entire 6th grade is going to Nubble Light. It’s pouring buckets today. Can you imagine shepherding a couple of hundred twelve year olds along Marginal Way...
Construction
They’ve been replacing the water mains on our street for the last couple of weeks. This is what it has looked like around here lately starting 7:00 AM weekdays. They seem to be getting...
Balanced Ternary
Do you have a favorite number system? I do. Knuth said: Perhaps the prettiest number system of all, is the balanced ternary notation. Balanced ternary is a number system where the radix is 3,...
Class of 1984
Chris had her 25th college reunion last weekend. Quite a few of her friends were back in town. Here’s a picture of her with her friend Ellen at the big Saturday night gala. And...
Hello Again
Peter hasn’t really been posting much on his own, so we’re adding the rest of the family as editors. Hopefully that’ll result in a little better traffic. Here’s a picture of the kids at...
