After last year's wildly successful (for me at least) Freeday, Sparkfun electronics once again decided to give away a large portion of their inventory. This year they raised the amount up for grabs to $150,000 but you had to earn your discount by answering a series of questions about electronics. Before the money was all claimed, I managed to answer six questions correctly and earned $60 of credit at their store.

This year I purchased a shield and two XBee radio modules so that I could create some wireless Arduino projects. Currently the plan is to create a fully programmable Christmas light display for the house where you can set the colour and brightness of each individual bulb and create your own animations. I really look forward to having the best Christmas light display in the neighbourhood next Christmas.