I got some of the things that I had planned for today actually done… or my accounts are almost done, and I have done some work on a consulting job… So if I am going to spend a weekend at home working then I may as well do something useful. The consulting job is cool, but unfortunately I cannot say much about it. The client has asked me not to say anything for commercial reasons.

What I can say is that I purchased a new digital multi-meter for this project today… A meter with an RS232 interface so I could get the measurements that I am making into the computer. And tomorrow I need to write some software for the software part of the project… Actually, that does not sound sensible. I have done some hardware already, and tomorrow I need to work on the software.

And apart from working this afternoon I also spent some time watching a SciFi show from the UK called ‘A for Andromeda’ which is a sort of mash up between ‘Contact’ staring Jodie Foster and something else… Basically, what happens if aliens send us a message, and it describes a machine to build… and then what if the machine is not good for mankind… It was not a scary show at all… More of a thought piece…