Still alive...

Wee-haw. I am back from the dead.
Actually, it is just that I have been insanely busy, but progress has been made.

1. I downloaded a program called mach2 for running my (Andre's actually) CNC. It is funny to see the difference that a properly written control method can make. The previous software (TurboCNC) was good enough for some applications, but was a little on the flaky side. I get twice the rapid rate on the new package, and I have no issues with lost steps or poorly interpolated small diameter circles anymore. I can highly recommend Mach2 for any sherline mill system (It is a bargain for $200).
2. I have created the head and some of the miscellaneous other parts for the belligerator. I think I have about 4 hours of work until I can try balancing this bad boy. Yay.
3. I have been working on some code for a company (more vague maybe?), and I just threw together an HTML scrape -> RSS -> Proxy server package. If all goes well, I may be able to open source it. I used mxTidy, XPath2RSS, and some secret sauce