Ashley and I went out tonight with a few people, and our friend Robby. He’s in town for a little while from LA for his birthday. We went out to dinner, and then hung out at a club for a little while, nothing too crazy.

I’ve been working on a real project these past couple of weeks. I’ve read and learned more about CANBUS and ODBII than any sane person should. I’m pretty sure I won’t have any trouble interfacing it with OS X, dropping the serial data into QC, and building a HUD around it. I’m pretty stoked about it. There is a slight issue of interface control, but we’ll see what we can do about that. I’ve got to prototype a javascript patch that will hopefully double the physical controls that I’m using by detecting a short press, or long press. I’m not sure if I’m technically allowed to post development screen shots, but I will if I’m able. I’d like to turn this into something good. The ‘94 Camry will be the first test subject once I get it fleshed out a bit more, and pick up the appropriate USB adapter for ODBII.

Other than that, things have been pretty quiet. I’ve been having some trouble sleeping at night due to ye olde gallstones. People keep telling me to get it remove but… I dunno. /shrug.

I’d like to buy a new Mac soon, but I just don’t see it in the cards. I was hoping to pick one up from auction, but people don’t seem to understand that the point is to keep the price low. So they bid 10 or 15 times when something is first posted, driving the price up.

Work is going well, trying to drive innovation and productivity. I never thought I’d be where I am today, but I’m happy with it.

Welp, off to bed, and hopefully laundry tomorrow.