Official Nerd-dom Achieved
Today I officially became a nerd. I was called by that name on occasion in middle school, but the truth is that while I possessed the dorkiness of a nerd, I couldn’t do any of the cool nerdy things that a true nerd does. Today, I graduated, by making this:
Now, to be fair, I am not a high ranking nerd, I have a long way to go before I make a fridge that can retrieve a cold beer and throw it to me from across the room while I lounge on the couch (and it will never happen wearing a Dook shirt). But this is what makes me a nerd (note the italicized terms): I built a circuit that uses three TIP-120 transistors, a 24vdc power supply, and an Arduino micro-processor to individually control the lights on top of my homemade communication tower. I wrote the code to make the lights flash out my wife’s name (as a test) in Morse code, which I then uploaded from my Mac to the board. All that, and I know what it means, too.
GIERSCHICK wrote:
Wow, I have no idea what you’re talking about, but I like how you’ve arranged everything on your board.
Posted on 26-Feb-08 at 10:41 am | Permalink
Wayne wrote:
We, of the world of nerds welcome you with open arms and applaud your use of circuits, arduinos, and plywood in one grand gesture.
May your code always compile.
-W
Posted on 26-Feb-08 at 12:16 pm | Permalink
Kari wrote:
That is pretty impressive! I would have no idea where to start. It is ok to be a nerd, my husband is, come check out his website at http://dom.sanculi.com
Posted on 01-Mar-08 at 12:27 pm | Permalink
Albert wrote:
Are you going to have a Morse Code key etched on the windows so that viewers can interpret, or is the artist’s message archaicly encripted for only the aesthetes and old marriners to decipher?
PS- Cool tower. Any model airplanes make a fly-by?
Posted on 08-Mar-08 at 1:58 pm | Permalink