Well this is my official first post of the year, better late than never!
A lot has happened since my last posting including the successful defence of my thesis in last December, a massive New Years Eve bash followed by the birth of my second grandchild in January, the realisation that I could not be bothered to buy a Kinect for Windows (Yet) in February and seeing Rammstien (check out the vid) live for the first time last week 
As far as this blog goes however the major event of which you will probably be most interested (judging from page stats) is a shift in technology focus from that of Netduino and the .NetMicroframework to that of Arduino and C/C++.
Initially driven by the development of project Leonard and a desire to learn both C and C++ in readiness for the advent of Metro (just in case lol) I quickly fell in love with Arduino and have not looked back.
The transition over to the platform has enabled me to finally realise many personal projects that have in reality been hampered by the immaturity and limitations of the Netduino platform. Gone are factors such as limited access to USB/HID, lack of software serial, shield and related technology compatibility to name but a few.
In addition to the Arduino transition I have also made a real push into Windows Phone development. From now on the .Net aspects of this site will primarily reflect this new interest in conjunction with tablet based NUI development. However this may change with the advent of updates to the .Net Micro framework and or investigation of Fez hardware (just like dad lol).
These shifts in focus have got me thinking about how I would like to further develop this website and my personal profile. The first step on this new and exciting path is a revamp of the look and feel of dyadica.co.uk , I hope you like it