The world as I see it

The first thing I notice is that it is dark, very dark. The next thing I notice is a beeping in the dark. It is incessant, not loud, just constantly sounding again and again. There may be four or five different sounds. I try to stir, but I am restrained across my chest. I feel like I am sitting. My knees and hips are bent like I am in a chair, but it does not feel quite right. Then it hits me, I am weightless. That can't be good. It is still dark, even after I open my eyes. My arms seem to be free so I swing my left arm up to my face, but it hits something hard, a helmet; and the visor is turned up to block all light. The control should be right here by the seam. How does that mnemonic go? “LUDD - Light Up, Dark Down” My fingers seem to know this instinctively as I dial the visor down a click or two. Still nothing. Another click down and the room starts to show. It looks like a single ship cockpit. That would fit with the weightlessness and the restraints. I...

 I created and submitted an Arduino library called MyDelay. This library is designed to simplify using the builtin Arduino mills function without all the setup. The IDE team accepted the library and now you can find it in the Arduino IDE under Timing. The GitHub repository for the library is here . From the read me file... To start create a MyDelay variable. From here you are able to set a delay time, a delay time, a function to run and a repeat count or nothing at all. To check it if the delay time has past, call the update function which will check time and run the set function. Using the start function, you are able to restart the timer for delay. The stop function will terminate a timer before the repeat count has been reached. This allows you more control over when and how often a delay with trigger. The delay time can be change using setDelay using a time in milliseconds. Written by Marshall G Gates MIT license, check license.md for more information Based on noDelay libr...

Here is an Arduino Tutorial that I wrote for.   Electro Maker .  It walks you through setting up a door lock with a 16 key keypad.

Here are some more alliterations that were left over from the first one. Alliterations II Clever cats creep carefully. Casually crouching cannibals cast creepy crosses. Cryptic cops chide chattering children. Casual caresses clearly create conundrums. Dark damsels drop delicate damask drapes. Dotting dotty dodgers drink diligently. Daffy dithering ding-bats drift downward. Dank dark dreary dingy dim drab dirty demented dungeon. Many mangy malcontents mark mighty marble monuments. Merry men make magnificent meticulous medallions. Mighty marvelous mirrors magnify minor miracles. Most melodies make mellifluous measures meaningful. Strangely scintillating silver strands, stream supercilious songs skyward. Sharp scimitars slay small slights. Slippery sequins seem so sanguine. Surreal sand stones, shape soft silhouettes. Dainty doilies drape directly down. Laughing leprechauns leap lethargically, losing loot.

It all started with a small descriptive pieces. One of these showed up in it and all of a sudden I had to write one for every letter in the alphabet. Alliterations All allegories aside, anything appears around arboreal areas. Beauty brings barely bearable breaks before blasting beyond bounds. Clearly, cleverly crafted curves can cause curious creases. Dreary dappled days denote decreasingly dark draught drinks. Elegant edges effortlessly encourage extremely engrossing epiphanies. Fabulous flying freaks frighten feigning first-found forest friends. Glorious glowing gowns gather great gregarious geese gaggles. Happy howling heathens hop high, hearing heretics hit home. Iridescent ice is intrinsically intelligent inside illegible inane inadequacies. Jealously jeering jumping jacks juggle jelly jar jumbles. Kite kitchens keep killing kings. Laughing loudly leverages liquid loveliness lingering longingly. More melancholy methods m...

Heh, bad programmer made an empty post.

I just realized it has been almost 5 years since I last posted here. I will attempt to do better going forward.