The Road Ahead

I haven't been posting much lately, simply because I haven't been programming much in my own time the past couple of weeks. I packed away my microcontrollers because I move in to Drexel next week!

Besides work keeping me busy, I have also been trying various distributions of Linux from live CDs/DVDs. I went a little overboard, I can choose a different operating system every day... for two weeks in a row! Yet it is a good to see the various distributions and evaluate which ones are best for me.

Probably my favorite so far is Xubuntu. More light than Ubuntu, and the particular version of Xfce makes for a nice clean desktop interface.

As for programming, I have no idea what I will be doing next. I need to focus on transitioning to college first, then I'll choose something to work on.

Some possibilities:

• Try out the Adafruit Neopixels I bought
• Try out new I2C sensors such as an IMU (position sensor that measures acceleration, rotation, and orientation with respect to the Earth's magnetic field
• Try again at making a serial library
• Try using bluetooth to control a single-board computer (BeagleBone Black or Raspberry Pi) from an Android phone
• Or maybe something else entirely!