Technically homeless, in a hotel waiting to meet with the realtors in regard with the property I was going to acquire…

They keep BSing me about this and that with stupid constraints and whatnot, so I really need to get some lawyers down there first.

What also sucks is that they have to make sure the owner is available for the meeting otherwise it’ll be a futile exercise.

I’m trying to get this over with ASAP but it seems to be out of reach.

The biggest issues right now are having my pets living in a friggin’ vet store, which by the way they won’t be able to keep ‘em for longer than a few days, borderline Saturday. In fact, it took half a day of calls and walking half the damn town to find a place that would keep them in such a short notice (met with a clerk at night, they were closed but the guy opened anyway and told me to come back at the morning.

I had to get to downtown to seal the deal at 11AM, woke up at 7 or 8AM if I recall after going to sleep at 3-4AM — slept on the floor, wasn’t comfy but hey it helps with the back pain at least! — and I still had things to do at “home” before I left for good, however the pain from moving everything the day before was just too much to bare so I had to leave a few untied knots here and there; which I’ll have to deal with today or tomorrow.

Right now I’m using the shitty hotel’s WIFI, which is also shitty — obviously. The password is bosh780 by the way.

What really, really bothers me aside from all this crap is the price, they charge premium for an “apart hotel” room that I would never ever take if it wasn’t for the fact that every other place was fully booked.

I mean seriously, there are no facilities at all, the breakfast was a-ok but if I had to choose, I’d rather sleep in a car; which by the way is at the shop right now so yeah…

Anyway, f*** real estate agencies, in the arse with a machinegun.

See ya.

Well, it’s no secret to some — I’m moving out — And this means I’ll be away for a while. I’ll try to get online as soon as possible (not that any of you care!) and start posting some of my drafts right away; I have quite some interesting notes to share. However I’m not sure about the Internet providers and the quality of service at the new place, I may even have to resort to “stealing” WIFI while I figure out the ISPs.

It’s worth noting that right now the site has a low priority as well, I need to figure out how to get the massive amount of stuff I own moved from point A to point B without getting stuff damaged or stolen in the process. I also need to deal with a lot of paperwork and this requires a lot of time and dedication, so that’s where I’ll be focusing for the moment.

Hopefully I’ll be able to start with some nice weekly video entries as well once I’m half settled down.

There are lots of things that need to be done in the new house and I would like to share the process with everyone. Not everything is going to be electronics related, but I reckon some of it will be

Either way, have a good one!

Gus

PS: Shit this whole thing is stressful. But if it were easy it wouldn’t be worth it.

What’s new:

Several packages were revised and new parts added, specifically two of the msp430 microcontrollers I use the most from the G series. And several ground related symbols. (supply symbols yet to come!)

You may visit the original post for a list of parts and download links.

Minor modifications:

• Several SMD footprints had their silkscreen redesigned with rounded corners and more accurate outlines.
• I added the package type and size at the bottom of each DIP IC footprint, for now it seems to be a good idea — we’ll see.

New parts:

This is my personal Eagle library, it has very few parts at the moment but it will grow as I work on different projects, so stick around if you want the latest version. You are free to use it for your personal projects. Contact me for details.

The devices currently in the library are:

• ICL8038
• LCD3510i
• LM4040
• LTC1144
• MAX4580
• MMBT3904
• PIC18F2520
• REF50XX ( REF5010, REF5020, REF5025, REF5030, REF5040, REF5045, REF5050 )
• TL431
• OPA209
• MSP430G2553
• MSP430G2231

Something to download

You can download the lib from here: eaglelib_gushh_v4.zip.

If you find any errors please let me know, however I have used this library for my own projects and so far I haven’t noticed any boo-boos. On the other hand I am not responsible for your own mistakes and cannot held accountable for any losses. Use it at your own risk

Enjoy.

I remember being on Freenode last year when the network almost crawled to a halt, it so happens everyone was flooding a channel called #sparkfun. I’ve been hearing about this so called “free day” for a few days but I disregarded it. During the event all I remember is:

1. People were frustrated, extremely. I think someone may have jumped through the window and onto the lawn, on the first floor. Where they were bit to death by ferocious red ants.
2. You couldn’t access their website, the server just decided to end it’s life by booting up Windows (just kidding you guys!)
3. There was almost nothing on stock, the moment the site went back up I remember seeing a tumbleweed going by.

This year though, it was different! — Yes, even though the site crashed and everyone jumped through the window -again- they changed the concept into something a bit more “manageable” and generous. This gave everyone a fair chance (Yeah… If you were American) and overall it was fun since you had to answer very hard questions — The type you’d get Stephen Hawking on the phone for. The fact that some of the money went to a charity is also quite reassuring.

I must admit I wasn’t obsessed with the F5 key and I wasn’t even trying. Truth be told I had a meeting with the torpedo department that afternoon and when I came back I managed to login, click on the survey button and answer a whopping four (4!) questions before all the greenies ran out.

Later the other day I found out that’s pretty much when the second server came back up (was it ever up? you bastards!) and hence why the requests were being processed IN A TIMELY FASHION.

So anyway, thanks SparkFun for the fun moment! — I don’t like the fact that you left my country out of your “money per country” list, I resent that. In fact you’re dead to me (after I receive my order, that is).

Just kidding!

PS: I know what you’re doing, It’s a clever marketing campaign. But I won’t tell anyone, promise. Well maybe the cats.