Today is my last day of summer, so I thought it would be fun to reflect on what I've done to update the site this summer. I had lots of plans for the site that I know weren't fulfilled, but I know I didn't completely neglect it either. There were 5 media updates (3 photo, 2 flash) so that isn't very good. I STILL haven't added the new media sections (Traditional Art, Director, Video) but I swear that I will!!! I even have things for all sections, so when I get around to it there will be a flood of media. I really should have done that this summer... too late! I added new news sections to keep my "blogging" off of the main page and to give me a place to spill some code out for easy access / your enjoyment (ha). I added a project that I didn't do any upkeep on or really even finish. So overall I'd say this summer was a failure. I guess Torpedo Attack is pretty fun though. Oh, and I've started work on a pretty cool guest book that no one will sign.

Feel free to make fun of me for not updating my site enough in the comments, maybe it will motivate me to get some work done if people actually want to see some more media & maybe another style. Hopefully this school year will be good to me.

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I didn't really go to Rummage-O-Rama, but I did go to a 50% off estate sale. I wasn't expecting much, but there was a lot of cool stuff there. For starters, check out this is awesome 23 book encyclopedia set, "The Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia".

This contains detailed information on everything from an Abacus to Vladimir Zworykin. The best part about it? It only cost $2.50. I'll never be bored again!

Next up is some old half-broken electronics. A tape player, part of a radio, and an early digital clock. I'm planning on salvaging these for parts to a new Candle. These were marked as $0.25 cents each, but were given to me for free.

And finally, there is a box full of misc. crap. There are some electrical components, lots of razors, some screw drivers, and a bunch of other fun stuff. I mainly picked it up for it's organizational capabilities though.

This box of crap cost me $1.50. I also picked up a wire stripper for $1 and a cigar box full of some wire for $0.25. A lot of quality stuff for $5.25, and I thought Woots $5 bag of crap was good. Speaking of which, Dujodu.com has made an appearance in Woot's new Woot Banter community page. Woot rocks and despite popular belief they won't scam you, so check it out.