Acknowledgments

When thinking of my family, I am confronted by two irrefutable facts:

1) Arden, Rosemary, and Jack are the best kids anyone could ask for.

2) None of this would mean anything without my dear Elise. I love you!

Workwise, thanks for the inspiration and assistance to Windell H. Oskay, Johngineer, Matthew Beckler, Riley Harrison, David Lang, Trammell Hudson, AnnMarie Thomas, Pete Prodoehl, Bruce Shapiro, Alex Allmont, John Edgar Park, Dexter Industries, Miguel Valenzuela, Pete McKenna, Steve Norris, Steven Anderson, MakerBeam, Jude Dornisch, SparkFun Engineering, Brooklyn Aerodrome, Adam Wolf, Michael Freiert, Sophi Kravitz, Christina Zhang, Lenore Edman, Rick Kughen, Sean Michael Ragan, John Wilson, Susan Solarz, Akiba, Mark Frauenfelder, ...

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