It’s no secret that I’m a little nerdy. Here’s an example. I teach the Gospel Doctrine class in my LDS ward (if you are Catholic, think “parish”). Recently, I was teaching on the apostle Paul’s preaching concerning the Armor of God (KJV Ephesians 6:10-18)

Now, a normal teacher would have drawn the armor on a chalkboard, or maybe shown a picture of armor. I had to go out and acquire a full suit of Spanish-artesian-made roman armor and bring it into church. Yeah, I know that’s weird. It’s also kind of cool. Welcome to my world.

My nerdiness probably stems from my background in computers and doesn’t stop at swords and shields and spears. I like building cool things with electronics (robots, etc.).

One of my new nerd pals over at the PLUG (Provo Linux Users Group) is Jason Holt. Jason is a PhD candidate at BYU in computer science. He created a cool microcontroller experimentation board called, fittingly, the Gadgetboard. I just got one of his gadgetboards and I will keep y’all posted on all the cool stuff I find to do with it. For the non-technical out there, basically, the board allows you to use your computer to control things; you might flash a light or control the speed of a motor. I can tell you’all are bubbling over with excitement. Stay tuned for Gadgetboard updates!