Some cool cloud lighting
This was an interesting picture – there is a shadow on the upper clouds created by the lower cloud and the sun. Not a configuration I see often.
A VGA interface with simple logic
While working on a cool retro super computer project with Christopher Neil Bradley I wanted to add a VGA interface to our board. I designed one on a proto board that has both a 640×480 graphics mode as well as a character mode with multiple font support and a neat way to do a cursor. A fun little side project. For the actual PCB one I’ll add a 256 color pallet.
An interesting light exhibit
While in California for Audrey’s horse show we stopped by an interesting artistic light exhibit. It was apparently built a few years back as a temporary thing but was popular enough that it was made more permanent.
The lights in the fields were using fiber optics that came from small transmitters, and all of the power for the lights comes from batteries charged by solar panels. An interesting use of fiber.