Been a minute
It's been a few days since I sat down to write anything. I'll be honest my routine had taken a small hit due to external circumstances. Today was a good change, managed to do a few things I normally do. I do enjoy my routine quite…
Backyard treasures
These apply to anywhere you are. I've heard that location determines to a great degree, your success. Yesterday I had the realization that, believing this has been setting me back. I was blown away by how much a company I have been contracting for was making. In the…
I complain way too much
Mostly it's in my own head. Mostly around my befuddlement of why people are the way they are. Not all, but quite a lot. The worse part is that I know it's pointless (to complain). Even worse is some of these realizations only came to me…
A desire to work harder
About six or so months ago I was totally stuck in life and work without knowing what the next step forward was. Everything that needed to be done looked like mountains. So I had a realization to do the bare minimum. The easiest thing I could do. To my absolute…
Getting out of my own way
Not proof read. Written two minutes before going out for a couple of beers with a friend. Not sure if I have written about this before, but this morning during the workout with my friend, she mentioned how a simple switch in mindset over the course of the last few…
Encoding for fun
This morning I finally finished the encoding part of the base 64 encoder that I was writing just for fun. It was a lot of fun, it was the first time since I have been programming that I got to do some bit manipulations like shifts and working with hexadecimals.…
Never been so excited to see blinking LED's
Took a bit of time to setup but I've successfully run my first embedded program in Zig. It's a simple program that blinks the LED's but I was pumping my fists in the air for a good five seconds. The smallest things can give…
Embedded programming time
This is something I've always wanted to do, but never did anything about. Probably because did not know where to start. Recently I came across Micro Zig which was the push I needed to finally commit to it. Mainly because it narrowed the hardware for me. I'…