An important activity for me at this point in my life is the ability to create. This means making tangible “artsy stuff” that didn’t exist until I make it. The process of taking various materials and using my abilities and thoughts to make them become more than they were or something different, is a...

I just posted a new "Ramble" as I call it. It a short reference I use for writing rambling or somewhat wandering comments about something or nothing in general. Hence the meaning and use of the ramble term in "Ramblin' Dan". Here is the link: Follow The Dream. This post was the result of a little bi...

Wow! Getting back into micro computer code writing is harder than I remember. Perhaps my 70-year-old brain cells are slowing? Haw! Good excuse, eh? I will go with that for now. The problem is I am starting all over and am finding it impossible to just pick up where I left off. No real surprise. It’s...

That's just me, scratching my itch. I dug out my Parallax hardware which includes a "Basic Stamp" and a "Propeller" microprocessors. I at one time had them talking to each other through the "XBee" RF modules. All part of my "Remote Conning" or Radio (computer) control for model boats. It's going to ...

I have been actively converting my workshop CNC computers (3) over to LinixCNC. I have been keeping them off my network as Windows updates will and have killed several of my CNC runs. Windows 10 now being very nasty about doing it.. The LINUX OS has so far never been an issue. So I leave them networ...