There comes a time in ones life where the events leading up to an event overshadow the event.

Tonight is one.

Obama is President and his vision of unity is our version of the moon landing.  Here in North Portland I hear fireworks and horns honking.  More so I feel the a weight lifted off of the the shoulders of Americans.  Now our time is upon us to to show what are willing do to sacrifice to solve our problems.

This day makes me smile in a long time for my Country.

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Yesterday I biked down to City Hall to turn in my application to be on the CRC.  While on the steps talking to D on my cell phone Les was walking in.  I only had time to say ‘Hi’, but it was really good to see him.

On the way home I stopped by Free Geek to get some shielded cable and DB25 connectors for the CNC machine.  Free Geek is such a wonderful resource and maturation of Open Source.  It was nice to see all the Ubuntu CD’s gone and the thrift store full of people recycling.

I the rest of the night soldering a protective circuit for the limit switches and getting the pinouts right for the shielded cable.  I was listening to Countdown on MSNBC with Micheal Moore really resonated with me.  People keep their jobs because of health insurance.  I have known many people that loath their jobs and\or employers… yet keep their job only because of health insurance.  His premis was that this stifles people by locking them in a job that they do not like and away from occupations that they could excel in.

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Today was really good.  I feel as tough I have got the garage all set up.  It feels like a really work shop and now that the computer with the real time kernel and wifi is up and running.  It is on to the the finishing the CNC machine.  The belt drive system is so cool and takes a time to fine tune… but I did build it all myself.

It was really cool to explain to my housemate what drives me.  I can see a cool plan.

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