I don’t often make New Year’s resolutions, but I sort of made one this year – I wanted to finish some projects that’ve been going on forever, notably, the robot arm (3 and a half years and counting) and a sweater (7 years plus).

It was a lofty goal, but at first I thought I could get the robot arm up and running in time for my birthday. In the last 3 months, I’ve made a ton of progress, but it won’t be ready for the party this Saturday.