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Day 18

Anybody else track the short stories they like? When I'm reading a collection, I'll put a check mark in table of contents by stories I find interesting. If I think it's exceptionally good, it goes on the spreadsheet.

#books
December 31, 2024 at 4:07 AM
Day 15

(Mostly) finished my microcontroller light sensor project today. Just a few touches left, like a case. Hard to tell in the video since the camera tries to balance out the brightness, but it's controlling the screen brightness based off of the ambient light.

#electronics
#Arduino
December 28, 2024 at 6:11 AM
Day 5

Made slow-cooker chicken. That's the duality of man: one day you take a selfie with the bird, and the next day you eat it.

Turned out pretty good!

(No, it's not the same bird in both pictures.)

#food
December 18, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Day 4

Took a day trip up to St Louis and went to the zoo. I hadn't been to a zoo since first grade, so I'd say I was due.

Met up with ECSTL afterwards to do a little networking.

#birds
#zoo
#stlzoo
December 17, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Day 3

Pretty quiet without all the students. Got my FAFSA filled out and did a little reading: Canin's collection Emperor of the Air. Really enjoying it. Each short story is just a little better than the last.

Started another short story draft of my own, but it's slow going.

#books
#writers
December 15, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Day 2

Braved the rainstorm and went out for coffee this morning. I did some writing on my laptop at the coffee shop, a nice change of pace after a semester full of STEM. I started a draft on a story called "Ectene" about a man who gets injured in a warehouse, among other things.

#writingcommunity
December 14, 2024 at 6:01 PM