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Coming in the next week....
[update]This site is now located on the new server.[/update]

• Server move: new host www.durangogeek.com
  
• Blog upgrade (maybe): geeklog (custom coding my own is .... re-inventing the wheel). I say maybe because GL is a pain to use. So is Word press. Ug.
  
• A new look: due to geeklog. It'll probably be pretty much the same.
  

I have recently published a website I have been working on for a friend that owns a ski and bicycle rental shop here north of town called Cliffside ski and bike.  Check it out and let me know what you think of it.

Yesterday I was able to get my first common-anode, common-cathode led matrix running successfully.  I Used the Arduino 0007 my school purchased for me to experiment with and a Dallas Semiconductor Maxim 7219 Serial LED controller.


I shot a video with a hacked CVS camera and uploaded to Google videos:

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Maybe I'll post my notes on figuring out the Maxim chip (It took me about 2 hours....but then again I wasn't really trying for the first bit).  Maybe.

Honestly its kind of a long story. 

Nevertheless I am not going to be spending a semester in Heidelberg, Germany as I had planned.  Hopefully someday I will get to go but I don't think that it will be during my time here at college.

I have lately been spending a lot of time browsing around websites such as Make diyhappy and hackaday.  I really like creating and hacking things together so I feel like the things on these websites are chock full of content that I just love to read.

This weekend past and today have been seen alot of updates and changes for Robert Carpenter .net.  A short, but sweet list:

• Moved Servers. I moved the site from the ever stable and generous http://spitfyresolutions.net to http://numatekwebhosting.com.  The largest reason is that I have been meaning to quit free loading off of my friends hosting busisness for quite some time now, and since I am employed with Numatek, LLC., I get free hosting there too. You may have seen the site down intermittently over the past few days.
  
• Updated the look and feel : v2.0.  I have been meaning to ditch the dark green theme for quite some time now, but it was simply not a priority.  I think that the lighter colors provide a better look and feel as well as increasing the useability and accessibility of the site.  I pulled the rotating header background in favor of a single static image -- a stunning one at that [Artists profile on stock.xchng].  I wish I could say that I took that picture.  I also updated the header text with a little bit of transparency.
  
• Added Functionality: Guestbook.  I finally took the plunge and added a guestbook.  I have been resisting this for years.  Nevertheless I believe that it might prove usefull this fall while I am away in Germany.  Alas, my guestbook is empty now.  But take heart!  Someday my guestbook will have little notes of happiness from friends.
  
• Added Section: Downloads.  A page where I am going to post my programs that people are free to use.  Its small and only has four files as of now, but they are usefull little buggers!  Feel free to download and use at your own will/risk.  Try not to take over the world with them -- I would probably have to hire a lawyer.