Today I present a directors cut of our photo from Peru. The pictures below go through out travels through Cusco, the Urubamba Valley (also known as the Sacred Valley), our hiking the Inca trail, visiting Machu Picchu, and our stay in Aguas Calientes.
January 25, 2011
January 24, 2011
I Graduated
It is with great pride today that I announce I have officially completed by Bachelors Degree of Science in Marketing from Saint Mary’s University. Yesterday I participated in the graduation ceremony for my family as I am not a ceremonial kind of person. Below Amy and I are pictured with my degree (tan parchment paper with gold seal), and the recognition I received for best undergraduate paper on my team’s senior project. My two colleagues and I were recognized during the ceremony for our achievement.
I want to specifically thank Amy for all of her support over the past two years as I have completed my bachelors. I could not have done it without her love and support.
Nathan and Amy with Bachelors in Marketing and Best Paper Award
January 17, 2011
Life Is Good
I spent my day off today diagnosing a bad fuel pressure regulator on the Cadillac. Looks like we may start getting better fuel economy now besides not having the occasional stall. Amy spent her day at work.
I made us some delicious spicy chicken with rice, and then we retired to a movie. Now I am studying more about Arduino on how to make the temperature monitoring tool I want to build as Amy practices on her guitar. She is playing her first real song…she is awesome.
January 14, 2011
First Arduino Project
Last night I finished assembling my first Freedunio Arduino. Since I pretty much only have the parts for the Arduino, there was not much I could build on the project side. That aside I built a blinking light that also report out via serial-usb how many times the light had blinked. The video below shows this amazing light blinking and information being reported to a terminal window.
Arduino is electronics protoyping platform for hobbyist interested in creating interactive objects or environments. In plain english, it is a platform for creating electronics and writing software for the hardware.
