A Tech Goddess

I think I've found my hero.. ah, a heroine actually. She lives in New York City and her online handle is ladyada.

I came across her work first on the site Instructables. She has developed a small battery-powered USB charger for an iPod she calls a MintyBoost Kit.

One submitted comment summed up my feelings well; "Every engineer should be required to include a start-to-finish writeup like this with every product. The thing is, I doubt they could."

Her design, writing, planning and general execution skills are top-notch. She's even gone as far as making the parts, with PC board, available as a kit you can purchase online at her site AdaFruit!

I'm gushing because she has done everything I've dreamt of someday doing on this site. Take a look at her work, the attention to detail, the carefully preplanned photographs, the great answer to submitted questions.

I'm fighting to feel inspired and not discouraged. She has set a rather high bar of quality. It will take a long time, but I'll see what I can do.

Under the Weather

I wanted to make a quick entry and apologize for having added nothing in nearly a month . I believe I did fairly well in my mad dash to complete all the labs and homework in my electronics classes. However I ended up not getting much sleep and putting in a lot of hours. This may help explain why I may have picked up this very nasty cold that I've yet to shake completely.

Being under the weather for this long will probably require me to drop the class I was planning to take over the summer. So there might be a delay in my certificate and/or degree completion date. Early in the fall I'll work out the details with a counselor.

This will give me a little more time. While reading and browsing I have come across some interesting people and new products. I promise to bring them up soon.