Chris Elston

Early Christmas present from my friends out west. Thanks for the loaner hardware! http://plixi.com/p/61709224

Lunch with Brianna was fun. http://plixi.com/p/61555845

Had a terrible time yesterday but today I feel much much better. Gunna try and have lunch with Brianna.

RFID (radio frequency id tags) have their applications in the industrial world, but not your credit cards. See why...http://trunc.it/cyhft

feeling a lot better today, no stone yet. Doc checked me over and said c-you in a week. Really!? A week!? Doc said the Italians wait a month

I missed 2010 Thanksgiving due to a kidney-stone attack. T-Day ER nurses are nice though. Still trying to flush that rock out of my system..

if an FLL team is invited to World Festival, does anyone know what the FLL team registration fee is for World Finals?

Thunderbirds is going to State! Proud of them. http://plixi.com/p/58142257

I see colored squares in 0.10 second increments. some are on. some are off. some fade with intensity. I see squares in my sleep...

At the circus with Brianna. Pretty neat show. Better than I thought. Lions are next. http://plixi.com/p/56714641

That dude at the TSO concert really torn me up...

I did not know we could reserve restaurants in FT Wayne online at opentable. Nice! Few of them here: http://trunc.it/c9bhm

2010 Christmas light channel mappings. DONE! Amperage calculations. DONE! Now the long, exhausting part...programming THE lights...

NASA grant submitted: CHECK! done.

just watched the first two episodes of Dean of Inventions. Great show. http://trunc.it/c5lr6 Permanently now DVR'd.

I receive 2-3 calls a week through the 800 number on mrplc about PLC repair work that I don't advertise for. I should start doing repairs...

CAGE Match was awesome! Felt good helping out a new rookie team 3494 from Bloomington, IN. They drove our robot and was a great beginning.

I tried to cut a zip tie with these side cuts. Didn't work out for me so well. http://plixi.com/p/49390923

due for a new phone, might hold out for the Droid Pro in Nov 2010. http://trunc.it/bopsj

110.55 amps calculated for the 2010 Musical Christmas Light display this year at Memorial Park (Lover's Lane) area. http://trunc.it/biabl

Great turn out at Purdue FIRST forums. http://plixi.com/p/48320308

Landed at DFW. Did pretty good in UTAH. Lots of nice people. Hey wasn't Cammie here last week?

Salt Lake City seems like an interesting, quite area, nestled between two hill/mountain ridges as noted by airplane north to south approach

Hmmm. There are no steak knives in the Outback at the Cincy Airport after security check point.

my carry-on luggage has seen its last flight. Lori got me a new one for tomorrow. I think my old one has logged over 100K in flier miles.