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I hadn't originally intended for the LJCK to become anything like a blog, but it has occurred to me that there are some instances in which a blog-esque platform might be useful. My intention, at the moment, is to use this namespace as a way to document little bits and pieces of projects before diving into an entire project page. It may not look like it, but it actually takes quite a bit of information to put together an entire one of those pages. So, my plan is to use this as a bit of a "scrap bucket" to get things together before actually getting an entire page together.

How well it works depends a lot on how much I use it. As such, it will stay very much pushed to the side for now.

Before I end this post, though, I'm going to go ahead and list a few things I want to work on sometime soon. Some of these things may evolve into full project pages, if I see that much potential in them. There's a lot more than this, but while I'm writing I thought I might just spew some stuff for a while.

  * Learn the Launchpad Stellaris platform a bit, at least as much as I know the MSP430
    * Mostly, I want to be able to replicate everything I've done on the MSP430 on the Stellaris. This will undoubtedly be a very extended project because much of what I've done with the MSP430 involve very complex libraries that I can't even imagine rewriting.
  * Get my amateur radio license. I'm actually incredibly close to this. I've been practicing the tests quite a bit recently, and have been studying all the wonky FCC rules.
    * Get a HT! I'm most interesting in dual band HTs that allow "a little more" than just 2m/70cm - the UV-5R is a prefect example. Amateur bands and GMRS/FRS? Yes ma'am!
    * Get an amateur plate. I grin every time I see one of these on the road, and would love to have one of myself. Only $10 in NC, too!
  * Shoot some IR film. This requires an IR filter (incredibly expensive) and a film camera that doesn't use IR for tracking, so it may be a bit, but I will absolutely do it!
  * Get my CCW. Have to get a pistol worth carrying first, so this is way off, but I like the idea of being licensed for as much stuff as possible.
  * Buy a GMRS license, while we're at it. $80 though - eef.
  * Rig my XM radio in the Volvo
  * Possibly replace the HU in the Volvo with something a bit more practical
  * Learn how to do viewshed analysis. Easily one of the most powerful GIS tools out there, and one I am very interested in.
  * Put together some sort of ultimate outdoors equipment loadout - I'm talking all the fun toys (HT, GPS, etc) as well as real survival gear. I am very interested in doing some real outdoors stuff this Winter. (As of Oct 2012)
  * Do some mapping with a trimble. This means either buying my own GeoXT or seeing just how much I can get out of the borrowed unit from ASU's ghy dept.