Catch up From the Holidays

Something that can always be counted on toward the end of the year is an almost complete halt of my own research projects that I do in my spare time. I am really thankful that I was able to finish the RC Car project before finishing up the National Museum of the Pacific War and returning home for the holidays. The lack of posts on this site are because I have not been doing much of my own research during the last month. I got to spend ten days at home with my family; which was a much needed break. I am really thankful that my holiday plane rides were uneventful and on time this year.

When I flew home last night, going from Cleveland to Providence there was no cloud cover and I could actually see all the lights of the cities as we flew over them. Its really miraculous to fly over the U.S. at night and see so many lights. I cant imagine how many total Amps are being consumed at any one time when considering automobiles as well. My pilot on that flight was a bank happy guy. It was good that I am no longer a nervous passenger because he was banking so much on purpose I am sure it made some of the other people on the plane nervous.

While I was home; I introduced my little sister to a free PC game called Cave Story that I discovered a few months ago. Apparently it was created by Daisuke Amaya over the course of five years. To think that a single person did the programming, art, writing, and music for this game is insane. It has some of the best music I have heard in a long time, multiple endings, and tons of secrets. He did an extremely good job. You can get an English patch for the game if you look around.

I am excited to get back to the usual routine after a nice vacation.