Near Future

I have just ordered a (hopefully better) Absolute Orientation Sensor with 9 Degrees of Freedom (or DOF for short) from Pishop.us, and other things, like adapters, wireless accessories and ... something else. Anyway, it's going to take a couple of days for it to arrive, which means I to find need something else to do in the meanwhile, which brings me to my next update: I'll be learning OpenCV. I've heard about it a bunch since as a Python developer, images and GUI were always a sketchy thing, so hopefully they won't be anymore. See you in the future!

Defective Sensor

I was really excited to finally get the MPU9250 sensor from Amazon after they have screwed up my order big time. Then I spent 2 days trying to figure out my accelerometers didn't work. I've tried everything. And when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING . All of the possible tutorials, all variations of the sensor, all of the discord discussion servers, even tried on Arduino. GEE-ZUZ! Basically, the sensor turned out to be defective. :) Update: Drove to MicroCenter since they claimed to have potential replacement sensors, which as you can probably guess weren't there. The whole store was a mess, looked as if employees were raiding the store.

Update

Nothing much happened on the longboard side. Since improving the blog capability, I am still waiting on the new MPU9250 sensor which Amazon keeps me trolling with by changing the delivery time and date. On a different note, I have finally opened up a bit to veganism and its arguments, which haven't exactly convinced me yet, and I believe to have found some logical flaws in them, but the fact of the matter is, that it should only take 1 good argument to be convinced, and they definitely seem to have some potentially good points to be considered, like for example contribution to Climate Change, arbitrary elements in human-animal distinction, and a moral question of minimizing unnecessary suffering. So yeah, something to think about. I have also done my first Pull Request to someone else's big project, which is cool. What else..? Oh yeah, Andrew Yang now has a podcast, so check it out! The format is still a bit strange, but the content seems promising.

Wow?

Wow Did that just happen?

1. Coffee
2. Tea
3. Milk

Potential Breakthrough!

Just purchased a new sensor MPU9250 for the board which I think will solve the problems of rough terrain and such because it has an additional built-in compass which would give me 3 new dimensions to work with. I have also FINALLY purchased an Hdmi Mini adapter in order to program like a human being and not over ssh every time. However, this means that I'll need to install full Raspbian Version and not the Light one, which means that I'll need to move and reconfigure the system from scratch. And while this thought is terrifying, I have realized that going over these "high activation energies" (chemists in the audience will appreciate) is almost always worth it because they free up possibilities, and make it easier for good habits to form. Cheers