Anna & Rif made some tasty dinner last night: spelt elbows (spelbows?), homemade pesto, mozzarella & tomato salad and to-die-for individual chocolate cakes. I left full and happy.

Some more work on the coffee table is due this weekend, as is some frisbee. Also on the list of things to do is visit the Somerville Open Studios. Perhaps the weather will see fit to cooperate.

It’s spring! At least, every other day is spring. The other half of the days are blustery, cold and rainy. I guess in Boston, that qualifies as spring.

Using the info I got from AR2 robotics, I powered up some of the servo motors from the robot arm – they run great! There’s still lots of work before I’ve got a functioning arm, and even then I have to figure out what good it’ll do.

In the meantime, there’re quite a few other projects on the docket, including a knitting device for my aunt, the optics machine for my dad, Rif’s piano bench, and my coffee table. Yikes! It’s gonna be a busy summer.

Check out pictures from this weekend’s frisbee escapade here.

I also added some new pictures to the robot arm project page. I’m trying to figure out what parts of the old controller electronics I need to keep and what can be junked. Needless to say, I’m not gonna junk the sweet instrument panels. Those’ll make a great halloween costume or party conversation piece one day. Or they’ll just take up space in my garage. Whatever.