Things have been quiet on the blog-front, since things have been busy on the work-front. Today was the big installation day of a new software application that I’ve been developing over the past several weeks. The installation went smoothly and we’re now in “pilot” mode. (Looking for bugs, making sure everything works, getting feedback from the users, etc.)

This was an interesting project because my Windows code interfaces with an embedded microprocessor device. Basically, the embedded devices monitors a bunch of sensors (part of a security system). My code talks to the device, and keeps a history of comings-and-goings. It’s more interesting than it sounds!

The cool part is that I can use this new knowledge to built some neat-o type stuff. These controllers can handle 24 devices per board, and you can have many boards. So, for example, I could have a computer control dozens of different lights to create cool lighting effects (a big hobby of Evelyn’s).

Other than that, we continue to look for land/houses. One we’re interesting in has come down in price quite a bit, but two things are causing us to have second thoughts. First, it’s far (over 1 1/2 hours) from the Observatory. Second, the general state of this island makes one a more than a little adverse to droping serious money on land. (However, for better or worse, this island has been screwed up for a long, long time. So, it’s not like the current nonsense happening in San Juan is anything new.)