and I feel like this dude:

I can’t imagine what it will feel like when I hit 40. If this site is still up then I will let you know.

My wife got me a very cool electronics project that I’m tempted to post about today, but I think I will hold off until it’s all together and working. In other news…

I finished up my Baby Pac control panel:

I couldn’t decide whether or not to paint the bolts black. Many of the pictures I saw online showed black bolts, but they also looked like they had refinished control panels. I saw some with unpainted silver bolts, and most of the bolts on mine showed no sign of paint (just rust)…except for the bolts along the top that hold latches in place:

Those bolts look to me like they were painted half black to line up with the black stripe at the top of the overlay. I didn’t bother doing this, and I went with unpainted shiny bolts for the whole thing. Here are some glamor shots.