Date: 7-27-2014

Due Date: 7-27-2015

Resolution: I took electronics as an elective back in high school. It was one of the few classes I did really well in. In fact, I aced it. Our grade was based on our top four out of five tests. Being that I got 100% on the first four, I didn't even have to take the final exam.

Unfortunately, I never had any guidance in my life and never even thought of going into electrical engineering. I just wanted to get out of school so I took the A+ and never touched a soldering iron again.

That is until last night when I built my very own Useless Box.

In Resolution #70 I vowed to build a personalized Useless Box. Now I just need to figure out what I want the box to do and how I can make that happen.

Rather than going to some boring book to refresh my knowledge of electronics, I figured I'd buy this toy and put together all 300 projects. I'm hoping this will not only get me back into thinking about how circuitry works but that it'll also trigger ideas for features to add to my Useless Box.

Result #208: Yet Another Resolution I Couldn’t Afford To Complete… Yet… Still Hope To Get To Some Day.

Update #1: The Conclusion…

Date: 7-27-2015

Once again I have failed a resolution due to a combination of poor pre-planning and quitting my day job. As I've said in past failure updates caused by my financial flaws, I'm currently making enough to get by but have no extra funds to splurge on novelties. 

Hopefully, that'll change someday and if it does I will let you know because this is an experiment that I really want to play with.