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Libertarian curmudgeon and author P.J. O'Rourke muses about fatherhood at 50, the politics of cigar smoking, and why economics is funny.
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I really think cigar smoking does make you smarter. Or maybe it just makes you sit still long enough to be smart. Or maybe it creates such a big stink that nobody comes around to bother you while you're trying to be smart. Anyway, it works," says P. J. O'Rourke, as he settles back into an Adirondack chair by a small pond in rural New Hampshire, a place he lovingly refers to as "Cutechester." The satirist, humorist, raconteur, ambassador without portfolio and all-around swell guy deftly lights up a Montecristo No. 2 and stretches his legs as the blazing heat of the day gives way to a much cooler twilight.
The tent cabin next to his pond has a chic boys camp decor--more Ralph Lauren than Ralph Kramden. It serves as the tranquil setting for a Dewar's-and-water, a good smoke and a long, complex conversation at the end of a day spent mucking out the pond and making the final revisions on his latest book, Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics.
Looking every bit the preppy ruffian in his trademark khakis, button-down oxford cloth shirt and Bass Weejuns, the cigar in one hand and the Scotch perched precariously on the armrest of his chair, O'Rourke explains his take on cigars and the editorial process. "I think everybody loves to alter their brain chemistry--even if it's only by being full after a meal or that great feeling you have after sex or feeling tired after a day of exercise. All those things alter your brain chemistry and so, of course, do all drugs. But you can't work. I don't think anybody writes better being stoned. Fitzgerald may have thought he did or John O'Hara--but they were kidding themselves. Nobody gets drunk and writes better. Faulkner would get so Faulknerian you don't have any idea what he is saying, which is not much. And the old hippie drugs were even worse. The only two drugs that seem to lend a certain amount of mental organization are caffeine and nicotine. Of course, you can't drink too much caffeine or you get to be Mr. Jumpy Pants."
Taking a puff on his Monte, he thinks for a moment while the stillness of New Hampshire reverberates from his raucous laughter--which is somewhat south of a giggle, and every bit as infectious. With his trademark earnestness splashed with bits of irony and a voice that has been informing, engaging and needling us for more than 20 years, he continues. "There is a lot of thinking that goes into writing, at least there should be. And I find that smoking is the only thing helpful. It gives me something to do when I'm staring out the window trying to sort pieces together. It's sorta like doing a jigsaw puzzle. And I find that cigars are very good for sort of contemplating the jigsaw puzzle and sorting through and finding the pieces with straight edges that go around the sides."
The only son of a car salesman and a grade-school clerk in Toledo, Ohio (he has two younger sisters, Delphine and Cathleen), O'Rourke attended Miami (Ohio) University. It was the mid-1960s when he stumbled into his profession. "I decided to be a writer when I was in college," O'Rourke recalls. "It was a completely arbitrary decision. I was between my sophomore and junior year and I wanted to be something else besides a college student, because I thought that being a college student was so dull, so bourgeois, so predictable. I wanted to be a race car driver, a soldier of fortune or a rock and roll star. But I didn't have a race car. Soldier of fortune, I guess I could have done, but they wanted me to serve a stint in Vietnam first. I must not have been that enthusiastic about being shot at or I would have volunteered for Vietnam. Anyway, I thought, well I don't have the equipment or nerve or skill for all these various other things, so I'll be a writer. It was the '60s--there was no quality control on anything. If I wrote, who's to say that I wasn't a writer?"
Ever practical, O'Rourke devised a seemingly foolproof method for crafting his first novel. "I looked at a bunch of novels and I figured out how short something could be; about 50,000 words is the minimum. Of course, I would have been better off if I'd have read those novels instead of just counting the words. And then I took my summer break, the summer of 1967, and I divided 50,000 words by the number of days and wrote exactly [that number of] words a day in this formless, nonsensical piece of self-referential, indecipherable fiction, and at the end of the summer, by golly, I had a novel. It really stank."
Writing truly forgettable fiction has never prevented anyone from having a career as a writer. O'Rourke won a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, enabling him to attend graduate school. Once again, his choice had a logical, if slightly off-kilter, rationale. "I decided to take writing seminars at Johns Hopkins, because basically that was the best-sounding school that I could get into, and the seminars were so desperate for money they'd take anybody, no matter how little talent they had. By the time I got done with graduate school, I realized that I was 23 and had no job skills whatsoever. I guess I was a writer--that's all I'd done--so I started to write for a little underground newspaper in Baltimore called Harry. They had all these underground newspapers--anti-Vietnam War, anti-capitalist, pro-drug stuff--and they were all very solemn.
"The thing that's forgotten about the '60s, because it's so clownish-looking in pictures, was that in the late '60s, very serious, solemn, save-the-world 18 year olds high on dope were going to reform the entire world and tell all the people who lived for the past 5,000 years what they were doing wrong. A very silly period. We were having a lot of fun and we thought that these underground newspapers didn't quite adequately reflect all the fun that we were having growing our hair long, making our parents mad, getting laid constantly and smoking a bunch of dope. This was great! We were having a ball! We knew that the bill would come due someday probably, but for the time being we were having a lot of fun. So we started to do this hippie-dippy sort of newspaper, but it was funnier than most of them. We looked sort of askance and we made fun of ourselves, the way we and our friends were behaving."
Eventually, the siren song of the New York literary world beckoned O'Rourke. Well, sort of. "I decided that if I was really going to be a writer, I'd better move to New York," he says, pausing to take a puff of his cigar. "Actually, I finally 'decided' to go to New York when my girlfriend kicked me out of her Saab in New York on the way back to Baltimore. I had a friend that knew some people at National Lampoon and I went up and pitched some story ideas. That's how I began writing there, but I'd admired them from afar."
He joined the staff of National Lampoon in 1973, ascending to editor in 1978. Who could forget the infamous parody of a 1964 high school yearbook, which he edited with the late Doug Kenney. Or the "Dacron, Ohio, Sunday Republican-Democrat" newspaper spoof created with John Hughes, who would, in a later incarnation as a filmmaker, give us Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Pretty in Pink and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
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So I decided to take on a 5-item Challenge for the months of January, February, and March. This challenge allows me to buy only 5 items for the next three months including accessories, but not including necessities like underwear and socks and items purchased with gift cards (thank goodness!). There is no price limit, but I obviously want to do the best I can in the savings department. This will hopefully cut down on my spending for the next three months while putting a lot of thought into my purchases focusing on needs vs. wants and paying close attention to the quality of items.Did I make it? Well, obviously from the title of this post, YES! There was one exception made, namely a pair of replacement pumps, but otherwise, I stuck to it. This is what I purchased for the last three months:
The five items:
1. Rich & Skinny Wax-Coated Legacy Jeggings in Red, $88.
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2. Ann Taylor Silk Button Tab Long Sleeve Blouse in Bright Royal Blue, ~$71.
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3. Matt Bernson Waverly Flats in Patrino, ~$132 with cashback.
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4. Theory Gratilla S Trousers in Legal (Black/White) Houndstooth Fabric, $84.
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5. MICHAEL by Michael Kors Flex Mid Pump, $80.19 on sale and with cash back.
|Club Monaco Liz Flare Pant in Dune/Khaki and Alesia Silk Blouse in Almond.
Final item purchased and not included in Challenge because it is a replacement for ruined pumps and not something "new", LAUREN by Ralph Lauren Amelie Pumps, $85.55:
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The total for three months, not including the RL pumps is: $455.19, which comes out to approximately, $151.73/month. Not bad! It's quite a bit less than what I had been spending in months previous (including the RL pumps, the total for three months is: $540.74 or $180.25/month).
Overall, I'm very happy with my purchases. I have to admit, the challenge was difficult, especially in the beginning. Particularly as a blogger, it's easy to suffer from "consumerism". But as time went on, the challenge became a bit easier. I am already very picky about my purchases, but this challenge made me even more so. I tried extremely hard to purchases things that I would get a lot of use out of, and that were versatile. I didn't want to "waste" one of my items on something that I was only going to wear very rarely or was going to fall apart after one or two washes.
I highly recommend taking up this challenge at least once. You might not be successful, but it's the effort and the process that counts. And who knows? You might actually end up with only five items! I, for one, thought for sure I wasn't going to make it (although, my gift card exception certainly helped a bit). You can make up your own rules, but try not to change them mid-way otherwise you're cheating! :P
I haven't decided if I want to do this again for the the second quarter of the year. If I do, I think I will allow for accessory purchases under $15 to be excluded, but otherwise keep the rest of the rules the same.
Anyone tempted to take on this Five-item Challenge in the near future?
UPDATE: Michael Kors Flex Pumps returned after a shoe disaster, so in the end, I have one item left over!

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I think that we have all heard various sayings regarding how important first impressions can be. You only get one shot at a first impression and it often sets the stage for the opinions that are formed afterwards as it pertains to people, products... pretty much everything. Something tells me that the crew at Power A has either never heard of this or has mastered the art of the first impression, because the manner in which their new FUS1ON Tournament Controller for the Xbox 360 hits first-time users is a roller coaster ride of emotions. The entire package looks impressive, which puts you on a proverbial high from the start. Then you pick it up and are dropped to a new low. Finally, after you put it to actual use, you will find your opinion soaring sky high with no sign of it ever coming back down.
It isn't very often that you see a console controller that comes with its own carrying case as well as spare parts and a small toolkit for upgrading and tweaking it. When one does, people take notice, and that is exactly what caught my eye with Power A's FUS1ON. As soon as I cracked open the box I got excited at what I saw. The wired controller is housed in a stylish, protective travel case that both protects the controller and makes it easier to transport. Sitting inside this case, it looks great with its matte black finish and brightly colored and pronounced buttons on the face and shoulders. The 3-meter cord is constructed with a thick, braided design and includes a breakaway connector to reduce tripping incidents.
The controller just looked cool and then I picked it up... and my heart absolutely sank. The FUS1ON is incredibly light and feels like a simple, hollow shell of plastic; for lack of a better term, it felt cheap and I was afraid that if I dropped it, it would shatter into thousands of pieces. The buttons felt very responsive and had great depth to them and the enlarged analog sticks were promising, but it just didn't "feel" right. Thankfully, that was just a temporary impression because the performance that I experienced once I plugged it in was anything but "cheap".
The controller is about the same size as an official Microsoft 360 controller. The face and shoulder buttons are very "tight" and responsive; the triggers in particular can be activated with minimal depression. The directional pad, unfortunately, isn't as well implemented. While it does utilize the cross-style design that I prefer, it is a little too raised from the surface for optimal usage in fighting games. It gets the job done however and it still leaps and bounds above the standard Microsoft d-pad. The analog sticks used on the controller are an entirely different story.
You can see just by looking at the controller that the analog sticks are a bit different than we're used to seeing. The ball-modules that drive their movement is much larger than than most controllers, giving them a much larger range of movement. This really makes precision aiming and fine tuning your movements a lot easier; combining this precision with a higher look sensitivity in shooters like Halo 4 and Black Ops2 makes for a better overall experience. They have a very firm tension and quickly spring back to their centered position when released as well, which is good considering their increased size. The actual pad for your thumb on these sticks is concave and coated with a soft robber, which helps ensure a comfortable experience during prolonged gameplay sessions. These are truly some of the most comfortable analog sticks that I have experienced, and perhaps the best performing too.
Not everything is all sunshine and rainbows in the world of FUS1ON however as the hard plastic design of the controller's body is anything but comfortable. The hard design just isn't idea for long gameplay sessions, especially if your hands are prone to sweating. I found my hands cramping, even in short sessions, let alone when I pulled extended matches online. In reality, this is simply a matter of personal preference and Power A recognizes that too; as a result, they have included a set of rubber-matted grips that you can swap out using the included screwdriver. Replacing them only took a few short minutes and proved to drastically improve the feel of the controller. The difference was so noticeable that I find myself questioning why these grips weren't the default grips.
As an added bonus, the FUS1ON also features accent lighting that highlights both of the analog sticks and the face buttons. The color of these lights changes during usage, spanning five different colors. The lights don't really add anything in terms of performance, but it looks cool when you are playing in the dark. The analog sticks in particular look nice thanks to their increased size which lit up.
Between its overall performance and the added bonuses such as the included storage case, the FUS1ON really turned my initial impressions around. I really thought that this was going to be another, lackluster third party controller, because that is what it physically felt like; boy was I wrong. Every input is uber-responsive and and analog sticks in particular are perfectly designed for the gamer looking to get more out of their "game". There is a little room for improvement in terms of the directional-pad but I have also used much, much worse. This is definitely a worthy purchase for someone who is interested in taking their game to the next level, either at home or on the go.
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LYME, N.H. — When a bad year for feeding followed a good one for breeding, New Hampshire's only licensed bear rehabilitator ended up with 27 orphaned cubs instead of the usual three or four.
Ben Kilham is seen inside his 8-acre forested enclosure with a bear cub on May 12, 2012 in Lyme, N.H.
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In this photo provided by Ben Kilham, some of the 27 orphaned black bears are seen inside his 8-acre forested enclosure in Lyme, N.H. Kilham typically cares for only three to five cubs each winter.
Ben Kilham isn't losing any sleep over it, but the bears sure are.
"They've managed to keep themselves awake," he said. "There's always somebody who stirs up somebody else, and pretty soon, everybody's up."
Kilham keeps the cubs in an 8-acre enclosed forest behind his house until spring, when he works with the state Fish and Game Department to release them in remote locations. Normally, the bears sleep all winter, but not this bunch. For a while, Kilham tried withholding food in hopes that the bears would sleep, but that didn't work.
"They just roto-tilled the pen," he said. "It was obvious that they were seeking food, so we just gave up and started going back once a day feeding them."
Staying awake all winter won't hurt the bears any, he said, and if anything, they are better off having spent the winter in a large group. With just a few cubs, it was common for one to pace back and forth near the fence, Kilham said. But none of the current cubs is showing that kind of anxiety.
"They're just one big happy family, they roam around, play with each other," he said. "They are very, very happy as a big social unit."
Andy Timmins, the bear project leader for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, said officials were expecting more orphaned cubs than usual but were surprised at just how many turned up.
"It was like nothing we've ever seen. A high year in the past was maybe, seven or eight bears," he said. "It was a very challenging year, for sure, and we're not done yet. I'm absolutely positive there will be more showing up this spring as a result of these conditions last year."
The increase in orphaned cubs can be traced to a two-year swing in the bears' food supply. Younger female bears often don't give birth during leaner years, but with an abundance of beechnuts, berries and other food in 2011, there was a baby boom. In 2012, however, dry conditions meant food was scarce, and bears were forced to venture into backyards for food. Sows that foraged for food in chicken coops and beehives ended up getting shot by property owners, leaving the cubs behind. That's how 16 of the 27 cubs ended up with Kilham.
"The big wave of them came in June and July as a direct result of females getting shot in chicken pens," Timmins said. "It was just bang, bang, bang, with calls coming in from people saying, 'I just shot a bear, come and pick it up."'
The state has a program to help landowners install electric fencing to protect their coops, he said, but many are unwilling to use it. And the law is on the side of property owners.
"We bend over backwards to help people with that problem, and we'd like to see a little more tolerance out there among the public towards wildlife that might be attracted to the chicken pen," he said. "It's an easy fix."
Kilham agreed.
"Once the bear's in your chicken coop, the damage is done so there's nothing gained by shooting the bear," he said.
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Spanish golf great Seve Ballesteros dies at 54
May 7, 2011 MADRID (AP) — Seve Ballesteros was a genius with a golf club in his hand, an inspiration to everyone who saw him create shots that didn't seem possible. more »»
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April 7, 2011 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger will marry a 26-year-old physician's assistant whom he said he met during training camp in 2005 and has been friends with ever since, the Pittsburgh Steelers... more »»
Random Acts of Senseless Sporting
March 28, 2011 Please get better, Tiger. Golf needs you. more »»
Revealing The Ghost
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Pavlik can turn the tables on ex-fans
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Stay quiet, and maybe they'll lose
January 15, 2011 No team feeds on the hatred of its doubters more than the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's like they know. It's like they can hear it around the country and then they somehow find a way to come back. more »»
Predicting the Sugar Bowl
December 26, 2010 Look, let's not beat around the bush. I don't like Ohio State football. I just don't. more »»
Bombs over Idaho
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I've read two books in the last days. Both are related to Formal Languages, Automata Theory and Compilers. This will be another review article.
Of course, the first book is the famous Purple «Dragon Book»: «Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools» by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman. An interesing lecture about compilers explaining everything related to their construction and their internals. Though I skimmed a big part of the book (being interested in only several chapters for now), I know that I will find there almsot everything I need if I want to build a compiler. And this is what I have to do: to build a compiler in Python for the Verilog language, before even taking the class dedicated to compilers. I will post several articles as I work on it.
Nevertheless, things are somehow easier in python, because of its modules who are doing a lot of job behind the scene making everything to run smoother. However, understanding Formal Languages and Automata Theory is still a must. Luckily, I took this course in the past semester and I got very addicted to it. Expect to see some more posts related to this in future.
It was that course and that attraction which led me to read the second book (in fact, the first one from the two if we sort them by the date I've finished reading them). this time, I've read it completely. It is the «Cinderella Book», «Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation» by John Hopcroft and the same Jeffrey D. Ullman. Starting with the Finite Automaton and going toward the Turing Machine and computational topics such as decidability and complexity, this book is a must read for every one in the IT. Explaining everything as simple as possible, giving simple and hard exercises, some of them really blowing one's mind, the authors of this book have done something really remarkable.
I'll be leaving now. I have to expand the Strange Turing Machine from the last post, to write that Verilog compiler, to learn for the next exam and, maybe, do some other personal projects. I'll be back.


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Description: The Weather Shield is an easy to use Arduino shield that grants you access to barometric pressure, relative humidity, luminosity and temperature. There are also connections on this shield to optional sensors such as wind speed, direction, rain gauge and GPS for location and super accurate timing.
These Weather Shields utilize the HTU21D humidity, MPL3115A2 barometric pressure, and ALS-PT19 light sensors and relies on the HTU21D and MPL3115A2 Arduino libraries. Each shield comes with two unpopulated RJ11 connector spaces (for optional hook up of rain and wind sensors) and a 6-pin GPS connector (for optional hook up of a GP635T GPS module). Finally, each Weather Shield can operate from 3.3V up to 16V and has built in voltage regulators and signal translators.
Note: The Weather Shield comes as a stand-alone board. Headers, connectors, and additional sensors will need to be purchased separately, check the related items or wish list below!
What the purpose of the milled out channels in the middle of the board near Humidity and Pressure?
Maybe isolation for the temperature sensor? This may keep the heat generated by other components on the board away.
Close - it's isolation specifically for the HTU21D humidity sensor, but I'm sure the temp. sensor benefits too. The HTU21D datasheet recommends this pattern for ventilation slits, along with clearing copper layers (which has been done, based on the picture of rear of this pcb).
Btw, its not 100% clear based on the pcb picture, but it seems D6 may not be grounded (due to the gnd fill being pinched off by the through-hole connector). However, D6 is for neg. volt. protection on 'RAIN' and not critical to operation.
I've been considering putting together a weather station - this is a nice collection of sensors on one convenient card, may finally give it a try.
You had me a little worried about your 'D6 not grounded' comment. I double checked the layout and the diodes are correctly grounded. It's a bit hard to explain but the ground pour does go underneath the 2nd diode.
My temperature will only show up as "tempf=-1766.2". The humidity is working however. Anyone know what could be the issue here? Any help would be fantastic.
So I have both the old weather board and the new weather shield and while my opinion is unencumbered by the thought process, here it is.
I know Sparkfun is updating the weather board but I like the shield better. Having an Uno underneath is less of a burden and it does make the whole process of development simpler. My suggestion would be to add a second shield. Take the current Xbee shield (which I love) and add LIPO charging circuit, an I2C RTC, and an SD slot. This would take the current shield and make it easily standalone. Xbee for wireless, LIPO for remote power, the clock and shield to store data if the wireless link drops. The Weather board will end up pretty dense pretty fast and having 3 boards isn't a big deal.
Just my thought
Can the GS407 gps unit be used with this, in place of the GP635T?
Sparkfun, What is the minimum number of pins required to use this shield and get all of the data from it? I am looking at locating this away from my Arduino in a separate enclosure and connecting it via an 8 conductor cable and RJ-45 connectors. Will 8 conductors be enough or will I need more? Thanks.
A sensor that measures Solar Radiation in W/m2
A sensor that measures Solar Radiation in W/m2
Is there something for Solar Radiation Sensor?
How accurate does this read the temperature? I thought I remembered reading + or - 0.3 C, but that seems like a big error.
Im looking to connect this to your weather meter (so far so good) and transmit wirelessly to a raspberry pi. However, I would like to connect this straight to an Xbee, without the Arduino. Basically keeping it even simpler. Is that possible?
I got the idea from the Wired (http://www.wired.com/design/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Sparkfun-Weather-Board.jpg) but that's using your old board.
Of course, otherwise I would simply have to go with an Arduino, but it's another thing to program and maintain that could break when the -20c winter comes :)
Just got my weather shield, but forgot to order headers. (In my impatience) I slapped on what I had, forgoing VIN, and pins 8 and 9. It took me a visit to the schematic to figure out why I was getting bogus values without VIN connected, but now that it's working I've still run into some interesting issues with the example sketch on the Leonardo:
Any suggestions?
Edit: Guessing that this is an interrupt problem, further inspection of the datasheet reveals that the anaeometer is supposed to close a switch once per revoluion, but checking it on a multimeter it's actually a normally closed contact that opens when the magnet passes. Did I get a deffective/different anaeometer, or is this just an interrupt issue?
Edit 2: I isolated the issue to interrutps being fired whenever working with the I²C bus to read the barometer, etc. The Leonardo uses pins 2 & 3 for I²C, so an interrupt gets fired every time data is sent. As a work around in software, you can detach the interrupts for the weather sensors before using I²C data, and reattach them when done.
I am using this with the weather sensor kit. Mostly working, but I noticed that with the rain sensor, i'm getting some false readings. It seems to be worse when the units are outside, but I get them inside as well. I left it running indoors for 12 hours today and measured .03 inches of rain, yet the house was quite dry. :-) When the sensors and arduino were outside (arduino was under an enclosure and on a covered patio) the number of false readings was much greater - every few minutes at some times. Any clues?
I managed to catch some of these interrupts on the logic analyzer. Very short duration drops, like less than 100 nanoseconds. Changed the interrupt handler in the sample code to confirm the pin is low. Seems to work better now. Maybe the pull-up just isn't enough at times? I found the same problem with the wind speed by the way. Taped it in position and still saw occasional clicks. Much less of an issue there I think since it takes so many to get even 1 mph of wind speed.
Hmm, this is very interesting. Thanks for coming back to tell us what you found. I have seen one or two rain gauge 'measurements' on the station on top my house that don't quite match to conditions. I'll see if I can replicate the short pulses you're seeing.
I have a La Crosse WS2310 that periodically tells me wind is 100+ mph (When dead calm) - it looks like this uses the same sensors. There are some things you can do to reduce sensitivity to noise. The long wires pick up noise from lightening etc. Took a while to find the link again. http://www.lissproductions.org/wuhu_manual/2011/11/26/lacrosse-23xx-wind-sensor-modification/ Reminds me that I still need to do this.
The status LEDs should be labeled "Blinding Blue" and "Is It On? Green" since the mcd ratings are not matched. =P Or is that so the light sensor can measure the dark? I feel the ambient light sensor circuit needs some work… Mine reads 0.00 right now sitting above my monitor in very softly lit room. I'll probably grab a few to experiment with an op-amp.
I wish I looked at the schematic closer before purchasing; the Wind pin-out is not compatible with the Davis anemometer I already had lying around.
hi, i am interseted in using the weather station (and the weather board)with the arduino ethernet shield.Is that possible to happen and how it will be the best to put together the three boards (arduino+ethernet shield+weather board) I mean which comes first is it of any importance?if you know any tutorial regarding that I would be grateful too thank you in advance!
I suggest putting it top most so it is more exposed to the environment. I used these longer non-stacking pins on my boards: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10158
How can I get the sensor library files that are needed to run the example program for the Sparkfun weather shield? Looks like I need 3 libraries, HTU21D, MPL3115A2 and maybe ALS-PT19.
Have you had a chance to look at the hook up guide? All the software is over there. If you just need the two humidity and pressure libraries you can grab them here.
I tried to use the libraries in mpide because i use chipkit of digilent, when i compile the program show me problems about wire.h can you help me please to solve this problem?
Below freezing I got some strange results using the example code. It appears that MPL3115A2.cpp does not take into account the 2's complement nature of negative numbers used by the device; (see Application Note). The following shows additions to readTemp() which appear to fix this:
word foo = 0;
bool negSign = false;
if(msb > 0x7F)
foo = ~((msb << 8) + lsb) + 1; //2's complement
msb = foo >> 8;
lsb = foo & 0x00F0;
negSign = true;
// The least significant bytes l_altitude and l_temp are 4-bit,
// fractional values, so you must cast the calulation in (float),
// shift the value over 4 spots to the right and divide by 16 (since
// there are 16 values in 4-bits).
float templsb = (lsb>>4)/16.0; //temp, fraction of a degree
float temperature = (float)(msb + templsb);
if (negSign)
temperature = 0 - temperature;
This affects pressures also, if there is a negative value.
Note that -999 results indicate a timeout. In the cpp, the timeout values have been increased versus other examples.
Also, there was question about the Ethernet shield. It's fairly easy to combine this code with the Arduino BarometriPressureWebServer example. But, keep in mind that the Wiznet W5100 is quite hot and very close. It added about 10F at room temperature.
It's 1.1 degrees Fahrenheit right now. Sorry about not knowing how to use GitHub…
(headsmack) Thanks D.D.G.! I forgot to test the sensor in the freezer. I've pushed your fix to github and the tutorial. It compiles but I haven't been able to get the sensor to negative temps yet. Please double check my work and thanks for helping out!
Nate, I think the library is over with the breakout board on github. I added it to the shield example and it's working fine… in my freezer.
Got this board and ordered the anemometer/rain gauge. I'm trying to make this wireless, but I'm somewhat of a newbie. I was hoping to use XBee (series 1), and I have the parts needed, just having trouble on the software/comms side. The Xbee tutorials seem to use a much older version of the X-CTU, and I can't find how to set up the XBees to my network. Is there a better way to do this, or someone willing to help dumb-down the XBee comms for a newbie? Thanks!
It sounds like you've had a look at our two XBee Quickstart and Getting Started tutorials. I didn't realize there was a new version of XCTU (133MB, really Digi?). We'll try to get the tutorials updated soon. If you're just looking to get weather data out to the world you may want to checkout the XBee Wifi Guide or the Electric Imp.
Brain freeze the units are good. I mistook psi for in" of HG when comparing. (I wish we would just move on to SI units like the rest of the world) Ken
Cool Board, I am having fun with it so far. Working to make it solar powered and log to a SD card to "duct-tape" to a hang glider.
I am getting a nonsensical value out from the pressure sensor. 94967.75 What units are these? The data sheet claims Pascals. I am at about 610m. The altitude reported is 548m (in altitude mode). This is much closer than the pressure value reported yet is not corrected to known weather pressure conditions. Raw pressure would be more useful to me in my application.
The values change with altitude with sensitivity that seems to be within the 30cm.
Thanks for any comments or ideas Ken
Sounds like you got it figured out. The pressure sensor outputs readings in Pascals. Check the example sketches and let us know if you run into any other problems.
I'm using this shield with the freetronics EtherTen Aurdino clone and it came right up using the provided libraries. I have noticed that the HTU21D always reads 1°C higher than the MPL3115A2, and both seem to read a bit warm. I guess I need to calibrate them and adjust the readings in software…
For anybody else using this with the EtherTen, you can cut out a slot in the weather shield where the RJ45 jack protrudes. This cuts the traces to the dedicated I2C pins (for R3 arduinos) and the serial wires (for GPS). You don't need the I2C pins with the EtherTen, and if you need to use GPS, you can add the serial lines back with a couple wires. This allows the weather shield to seat onto the EtherTen without extra spacers. The only negative is that it places the sensors about 1cm closer to the warm chips on the EtherTen. Also, it voids your warranty and removes the SparkFun logo, so I guess those are negatives too ;)
I have noticed that the HTU21D always reads 1°C higher than the MPL3115A2, and both seem to read a bit warm. I've got exactly the same behavior. Have you got any fix / explanation to this discrepancy ?
Sorry, I don't have a good reason why one sensor may be higher than the other. Calibration is really going to be required if you need to get 1°C accuracy.
Unfortunately, no. I'm just using the MPL temperature, since it seems to agree with other thermometers.
Will this work with the ethernet shield too ?
I am using this board with the Ethernet Arduino (not shield, https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11229). The SS for the SD card on pin#4 conflicts with the GPS TX. So I pulled out the header pin and hardwired #4 to #9 on the Weather Shield. Works fine.
Will this work with the Yun?
Just got a Yun and the weather shield this week. Out of the box they will not work but with some simple changes you can get most of the features working.
I was looking to record temperature, and humidity, and I now have this working with the Yun and the weather shield.
As noted here the two wire interface on the Yun is on D2&D3 as opposed to the UNO which is on A4&A5. The temperature, humidity and pressure sensors on the shield are wired to A4/A5. So for now I have jumped A4 to D2 and A5 to D3.
Second, the weather shield wants power via VIN which it regulates to 3.3V for the pressure, temperature humidity sensors etc. Unloaded there is 5V present on VIN on the Yun but as soon as you plug in the shield it goes away. Simple solution is to jump 5V to VIN (I am powering Yun via USB). Note there is a warning about VIN on the YUN spec sheet.
I now have the example code running, but I removed all of the code related to wind, and rain because of the jumps I made above (Wind and Rain are on D2 and D3).
Thanks your post gave me the key piece of information that I needed to get the Yun working with the wind, rain, pressure and humidity sensors. I used a soft I2C library( https://code.google.com/p/rtoslibs/downloads/detail?name=DigitalIO20130221.zip ) so interrupts are no longer an issue and ported the libraries that Sparkfun provide for each of the sensors. Anyway incase someone finds this useful I have posted the code here: https://bitbucket.org/craigspry/weatherstation/ This has only had a very quick test, 5 minutes on my bench, so there are probably lots of bugs lurking in the code. To get this to send back weather information you need to send a W over the serial line.
I started testing this unit, and I was able to get the Yun to output data from the example code. But, you can't use the rain or wind sensors. The rain and wind sensors are on D2 and D3 because those are the interrupt pins on the ATMega328. While they are also the interrupt pins on the ATMega32U4, they are also the I2C pins on the ATMega32U4. Because the sensors on the board are I2C, this means there is conflict with the Rain/Wind sensors. The logical resolution would be to connect the rain/wind sensors to the ATMega32U4s interrupts, but, the ATMega32U4 only has them on D2, D3, and D7 (and the hardware serial lines which are not available on the YUN). In other words there just aren't enough free interrupt pins to use the rain/wind sensors. If you aren't using them it should work though. Keep in mind that the shield will short A4/A5 and D2/D3. Also with the Yun the Ethernet jack is tall enough that no shield will fit on it well. I would just get an extra set of stackable headers.
I'm attempting to use a soft I2C library(https://code.google.com/p/rtoslibs/downloads/list) to get this shield to work with the Yun, but I'm noticing some odd behaviour. Here what I have tried so far. Firstly I got the the MPL3115A2 breakout board working with this library, basically converted the sample sketch with an Arduino Duemilanove. Then once that worked I got the humidity sensor to work and did a simple sketch that read from both sensors and plugged in the weather shield and it worked, much to my surprise. I also tested this with a Uno.
Then I repeated the same process with the Yun, the MPL3115A2 breakout board worked but the weather shield did not, with Simple humidity/pressure sketch or the weather shield sketch. The other odd thing I noticed that the rain and the wind interrupt had to be swapped to read correctly.
So can anyone here shed some light on why this may be so?
I can share the code if anyone is interested, once I've tidied it up.
*UPDATE: I got the Soft I2C to work with the weather shield and Yun when I plugged the 5V pin from the Yun to the Vin pin on the Yun, not too sure why this works because when I measured it they were about the same voltage. I will wire up the wind and rain sensors when I have time and report back if they work.
Thanks for the research…much appreciated.
I would also like to know if it works with a Yun. Or what I would need to adapt the weather shield to the Yun. Thanks in advance for any help or tips! (no guesses please, I am interested if someone has actually done it, I know you guys can make anything work :-) but I would like to have a little head start and know the Yun and weather shield really play well together :-).
PS: FYI I noticed today (Dec. 11) the GPS module and the rain/wind sensor package are on backorder :-(.
I haven't tested the weather shield on a Yun but it should work.
From Arduino's site: The Yún's 32U4 functions in the same way as the Leonardo, except you cannot use Serial1.
The weather shield works swimmingly with the Leonardo so it should work just fine with the Yun. The major interface pins are the I2C bus. Everything else is just GPIO. The ATmega32U4 on the Yun should work well.
Hardware wise it might work then, but what about conflicts with the bridge library. Can it please be tested and let us know if it actually works?
Any feedback yet? I know the I2C pins are different on the YUN/Leonardo vs Uno etc. Sparkfun have you guys tested this on the YUN? If it work I want to order a few!
Does this require a 3.3V Regulator on the Arduino Board?
Nope. The weather shield has a 3.3V regulator on board.
Temperature sensor?
Oh nevermind. :).
Yep :) Both humidity and pressure sensors have a built in temp sensor.
Let's see now - The light sensor is buried on the board. So if we are in an enclosure (ventilated) there is no way to determine the light outside the enclosure. Is there any way to remote the Light sensor? Other than that it looks like a great board. I will be ordering one soon.
I agree, many of the sensors are directly on the board. I was planning on using this in an environmentally stable enclosure (no light, controlled temp, weather proof, dust proof, etc). It would be great if this board had the sensor connect via connectors, so that I can locate the sensors outside, while the shield, arduino and other electronics are safely inside. Looks like I'll have to build my own version and use this board to prototype the software with.
Another thing that I noticed, the weather shield and the ProtoShield (DEV-07914) both do not fit on the Arduino Uno, Arduino Ethernet Shield, or the Arduino Yun. They all make contact with either the ethernet connector metal case, the USB-A port, or the USB-B port (on the Uno) and cannot be fully seated on the headers. I presume metal around the ports are all grounded and would therefor ground this shield and the ProtoShield (leds, resistors, and switches). Not sure which Arduinos the shields will fit on.
EDIT: (SOLVED) I inserted an additional set of stackable headers (PRT-11417) between the Arduino Board and the Weather Shield. Additionally, I'm going to use the weather shield as is, since it has the pressure sensor, rain and wind connectors, etc already, and they will work within the enclosure. The on board humidity and temp will give me data for temp within the enclosure. Then, I'm going to add an additional board on top that will have a RJ-11 connector that I'll connect additional temp and humidity (for inside and outside of my greenhouse) via I2C to multiple HTU21D Humidity Sensor Breakout (SEN-12064) boards.
I was about to set out on the project building comparable functionality out of the Arduino FIO (need XBee to communicate the data points), so this definitely looks like a product that could save me some time. However, like the prior poster, I'm at a loss as to how to weatherproof this board and its enclosure.
I use a weather tight box that opens on the bottom. I cut an opening on the bottom and covered it with a screen. This fits inside my solar shield (from Ambient Weather) which makes it weather proof and alows the temperature and humidity to be read. This way you get double protection.
You could always add a light-pipe ( or possibly fiber optic cabling ) that extends to the outside of your enclosure. You can always handle the variances in software.
That sounds like a good idea. Fiber optic will transmit the light with little loss. A multi fiber bundle would get even more light.
Thanks john
How about a transparent box? - you get the bonus of a cool view of all your gear. This will also help in early detection of moisture issues.
Clear box would be really bad idea since the light source would be the sun and that would obviously cause the temperature sensor to not give accurate results.
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Buttered Corn And Noodles
Author Notes: Summertime comfort food, perfect after a day of digging in the dirt and planting things and swimming ... - aargersi - aargersi
Food52 Review: All the commenters on this recipe are right—it's wonderful! A perfect summer pasta that is light and easy, but still very satisfying. Be sure to use perfectly ripe corn to get the full effect of sweet corn with smoky bacon and a pop of scallions and lemon. - Stephanie Bourgeois
Serves 4
- 8 ounces egg noodles
- 4 cobs of corn
- 4 strips of bacon
- 4 scallions
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 6 basil leaves
- a pinch of fresh marjoram
- zest from 1 lemon
- salt and pepper
- Cut the corn off of the cob, then milk the cobs as well. Thinly slice the scallions, and chop the herbs. ** to milk the cob - set the cob on end in a bowl and run the back side of your knife down it to get the juices and kernel tidbits out - this adds extra corny goodness to your dish! **
- Start a pot of water boiling for the noodles. Cut the bacon into lardons and crisp it in a large skillet. When it is nice and crunchy, remove it to a paper towel and drain all but a thin coating of bacon fat. Put the heat on medium add the butter and the corn to the skillet. Season with a pinch of salt and a couple of grinds of pepper.
- Your water should be boiling so put the noodles in, they probably take 6 minutes. Add the corn "milk" and the noodles to the skillet, then toss in the herbs and green onion and the bacon. Zest the lemon into the pan, toss, and serve!!
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10 months ago Nellie
Made this today and it was delicious! I threw in some quick sautéed shrimp... yumm!
10 months ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Shrimp - GREAT idea! I am glad you enjoyed it!
over 1 year ago BeckMaster
Made this & my family went nuts! They all said it was their fave pasta dish and just last night my 6 year old requested it again. Needless to say it's on my menu plan for this upcoming week & I'll be making it often
over 1 year ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
I am so happy to hear that!!!
over 1 year ago
Meg is a trusted home cook.
I made this for dinner two nights ago. It was so good and my daughter said to me, "Mom, is this from Food52?" Me: "Yes." Daughter: "I hope Food52 is here forever."
I made corn stock from the cobs and corn tea from the silk while I was cooking, used it as stock for risotto last night. :)) Thanks!
over 1 year ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
That is so nice! Thank you for posting! I hope Food52 is here forever too. How did you make the stock? I have not tried that yet.
over 1 year ago
Meg is a trusted home cook.
After you strip the milk off the cob, cover the cobs with water and simmer for 15 minutes and you have a sweet corn flavored stock. You can also simmer the silk, ditto. I got both recipes from the NYC Greenmarket.
over 1 year ago AppleaDay
What a great dish! I made it for dinner tonight, and was so happy with the way it came out. A perfect use of sweetcorn, a real sunshine meal! The flavour combinations were fantastic. I will definitely be making this again soon!
over 1 year ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
I am so glad you like it! I need to put it back into rotation too ...
almost 2 years ago
Emily is a trusted source on Scandinavian Cuisine.
I just love this recipe. Nothing quite like hot buttered carbs plus more carbs to satisfy you at dinner. This is my perfect 'I'm stressed but I want to be happy and this will make me so' meal.
almost 2 years ago
Suzanne is a trusted source on General Cooking.
I love this recipe!! Really outstanding!!
over 2 years ago Regine
One more thing regarding this delicious dish. The recipe for me serves 2 (greedy 0) ) not 4 people. So if u want to serve 4 generous portions (or as main meal), I would double the recipe.
over 2 years ago Regine
So good! I made it last nite for dinner and both my husband and son loved it! I doubled the recipe but when it was time to put the dry egg noodles in the water, I noticed bag said 12 oz not 16 oz. So I had a bit less pasta but i used all ingredients and it was super delicious. For those of u who can't find or don't want to use fresh corn, i guess you can get away using frozen corn. I would say 8 oz for one recipe and 16 oz for twice the recipe. I used fresh corn and found another way to milk it is to hold it with both your hands and squeeze it. I will certainly make this again!
over 2 years ago Midge
Made this last night to rave reviews. I'm just sorry I didn't make it earlier in corn season but will now have to make up for lost time!
over 2 years ago tduck
Seriously yummy, every bite is wrong in a good way! Going to make this again this week!
over 2 years ago Ms. T
This sounds delicious--can't wait to try it :)
over 2 years ago kateteresa
Came across this recipe looking for something to make with fresh corn from my CSA last night and it was perfect! Eating leftovers for lunch right now in fact :)
over 2 years ago Bevi
I made this tonight with Trader Joe's lemon and pepper noodles. It was comfort food. The nice aspect of this dish is you can modify it to enjoy all year. We felt that the flavors really "sang" at room temperature. I have always "milked the corn" as was taught to me by my elders, but with this dish, it makes all the difference, which is the one drawback to making this out of corn season.
This recipe is a keeper. It reminds me of some of the Amish dishes that were part of the cooking culture of my childhood.
over 2 years ago cookinginvictoria
This is totally comfort food! I love any dish with noodles and butter, and adding corn and bacon sounds incredibly yummy. Saved -- I will try this recipe once we can get local corn. Sadly, the PNW is still eating California corn, unlike the rest of North America, LOL.
over 2 years ago sexyLAMBCHOPx
Reporting in... Dish made and scarfed up. So light, filling and delicious. Comfort food, for sure. Only change is that I added a tablespoon of olive oil when re-heating. Looks & tastes like a winner. I doubled the recipe as well. Entree or side dish - well done.
over 2 years ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Hurrah I am so happy you tried and liked it!!! Thank you for letting me know!
over 2 years ago lapadia
Oh, wow, comfort food what ever time of year it is!
over 2 years ago Bevi
I was going to try this for dinner tonight using Trader Joe's Lemon and pepper noodles. What do you think?
over 2 years ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
I think YUM!
over 2 years ago lorigoldsby
Great new name...Bacon fat and Butter! Seriously, glad you included the step about "milking the cob". I do this without thinking and it is essential to get the flavor! I will edit mine after the contest to add this essential step! Until sexylambchop posted the question, I didn't think about someone not knowing to do that when taking corn off the cob!
over 2 years ago lorigoldsby
Made this today for the riders at camp...huge hit!
over 2 years ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Oh cool! I am so glad they liked it - and I want to come to your riders camp please
over 2 years ago lorigoldsby
saddle up!
over 2 years ago arielleclementine
oh man, girl! what an amazing summer pasta! definitely making this one!
over 2 years ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
I am going to have to change my cook name to BaconFatAndButter at this rate - haha!!!
over 2 years ago
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over 2 years ago
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Oh and duckfat too
over 2 years ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
and buttermilk :-)
over 2 years ago wssmom
Am going to try this with some gluten-free pasta; up to my ears in fresh corn and basil!
over 2 years ago There'sAlwaysPie
Looks delicious - growing up I always loved mixing egg noodles and corn with butter. This is like the grown up version of that!
over 2 years ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
over 2 years ago Panfusine
OOH.. these sound good, I suppose I could substitute the bacon with strips of sundried tomato for a veggie version..
over 2 years ago BiCoastalCook
I'm going to try that!
over 2 years ago susan g
...and now I can save it too -- and make it soon.
over 2 years ago EmilyC
Ditto -- yum!!!
over 2 years ago
Suzanne is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Incredibly delicious, Wow!
over 2 years ago
Mrs. Larkin is a trusted source on Baking.
wow yum!!!
over 2 years ago
Cynthia is a trusted source on Bread/Baking.
May I come dig in your dirt, go swimming, and have this for dinner with you?
over 2 years ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
over 2 years ago wssmom
Count me in haha
over 2 years ago sexyLAMBCHOPx
great recipe, looks like lots of flavor and hearty.
over 2 years ago sexyLAMBCHOPx
showed my husband this and wants me to "run out now" for ingredients, lol. pasta, corn and butter, mushrooms, bacon. ill let you know when we make it how it did in our house. thanks!
over 2 years ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
That's hilarious - I hope you like it!!


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