I was over at my sister's place for dinner tonight. My niece was a bit unsure how this giant of person was, but after a while she was able to give me books, climb up the couch and sit on my lap, and whisper at various pictures "puppy". Oddly the squirrel outside was also "puppy".

When she was a bit leery about my presence in the house my damn computer scientist brain took over and attempted to map and analyze her movements. Why did she do this and not that? Why did she walk up to my knee cap and stare at it to only peek up vertically at me? I am certain with more observation I could map out a basic interaction map for her brain. Start now on the ground floor before things become too complex!

After that fun evening I snagged a foursome of AA batteries I set off tonight to do more science. I was able to successfully wire up my BASIC Stamp Board, feed it commands from my PC via USB, and with two resisters I was able to get two LEDs to turn on, off, and pulse at various speeds.

SCIENCE!

Tomorrow I shall see about calibrating those servos and get some wheel action going.