Weekly Roundup 6-16-23

Well hello there, this is the 2nd weekly round up of this year. And the first time I have done this 2 weeks in a row.

What posts did I work on this week?

So this week I worked on my post about my Aries ActionTrac running boards on my Bronco. I finished writing about why I chose them over Rock Slide Engineering and AMP Research running boards. I have decided to break the post into 3 different posts about the running boards. The first one is about how I chose Aries ActionTrac . The 2nd one is about how I put it together. And the 3rd one will be about the problems I had with it and how I came up with solutions.

I plan to get back into exercising

It is the summer here in Florida and it is anime/comic convention season. I want to build my physical stamina back up. Years ago I would walk 10km a few times a week at night. I made a light up backpack so I can be seen at night. Today I have decided to make a new bag and start doing it again.

I brought the Outdoor Products Tadpole Hydration Pack to be the bag. A 16 feet long WS2812B led strip to light up the bag. Then to control a led strip I am using a Arduino Nano. And to power everything I am using 4 18650 batteries in series to get 14.8V 39.6A. Then bring it down to 5V 5A with a step down regulator . I also brought a new charger for the batteries.

I already play Fitness Boxing 2 on my Switch. But I want to walk around a bit for exercise in addition to that. So I will see how that goes.

I brought a Gurren Lagann figure

So I was on Amiami and I saw some new Senran Kagura merch was available to be preordered. And while I was looking I also looked to see what Gurren Lagann merch was also available. I saw that the Yoko 15th Anniversary Dress Up Acrylic Stand was still available and added it to my cart. It is not available any more as I write this post I may have brought the last one. I have not gotten in yet but it is on the way to me via DHL shipping. Which cost more than the item itself. But snice it ships from Japan I don’t have much of a choice.