Tags: I see it this way!

My first computer was built from a mail-order kit.  It had a total of 256 bytes of memory, and no hard drive.  The screen was monochrome with just 40 characters across.  The computer had no keyboard or mouse, just a number pad. I had to program it in assembly language, a low level set of instructions only a geek would love. One of the first projects completed was to turn an on-board LED, light, on using  assembly.  The program would turn on the light, wait a brief moment and then turn the light off..  This was a real feat for me to be able to proudly show off my programming skills. After it was working I called my wife to come and take a look.  She wasn't impressed as she only saw a blinking light. LOL!!! So, at least 30 years later, I'm back to turning on LEDs.  My new toy is a Raspberry Pi.  It blows my mind with the number of things  folks are doing with this $25 computer, the size of a credit card.   My first project was to turn on a LED.  Sine I had 8 spots to connect LEDs, I decided to connect 7 and did my first "Light Opera In Pi Flat." My opera has the LEDs doing all kinds of sequences, on, off, all on, all off, going left to right, going right to left, etc. This time I'm going to get a critique from my grandson.  He loves computers so he may take to programming toys like this.  Legos, the toy company, makes  sets to be programmed and the Raspberry Pi can interface with some of those. There's a photographer who uses a Pi to shoot fantastic images of water drops being caught in midair. There are other photographers using them also.  Time-lapse photographer is easy with a Pi.  Yours  truly will be working on a photography project eventually, also.   I'll keep you posted.   More can be seen on my blog: Picture_This!