/challenges-projects/design-challenges/smarter-life/b/blog/posts/some-progress-smarter-plants-challangeWell the Thanksgiving plan was a bust. Parts arrived as I was packing up the car to leave so did not get the cards built and running before I left. Back now and have all the parts and raw cards so should be able to build them up this week. Got a bonuen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/smarter-life/b/blog/posts/some-progress-smarter-plants-challangeSat, 07 Dec 2013 20:48:10 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:4c01fae2-b061-48f1-9b6f-5dc8d2e7b822DAB0<p>Hi Peter,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yes, being overtaken by other events is a makers bad day.&nbsp; Even if it is an enjoyable event.</p><p>Learning to debug code is a very useful skill to learn.&nbsp; You have to learn how to be a perfectionist.&nbsp; Computers have no sense of close enough.&nbsp; The code is either right or it is wrong.</p><p>Makes you miss all of the grading curves you had back at school, but if you have patience and learn to start thinking like a computer, you will get the hang of it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=16812&AppID=105&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">