sweet tasty randomness

Actually I have absolutely nothing to post just thought I would say "HEY" and share what's tumbling around in my head. Recently, i've started feeling a little down and think it's because i'm not challenging myself. Challenges at work come more from time constraints than actual difficulty. Don't get me wrong i still like my job. I love programming and i get to code at work. The only thing is that i'm coding the same thing over and over again. You can think of what i do as creating device drivers. The device manufacturer changes for each driver i create but the drivers function is the same. So once you get the handle of how they are created the challenge is gone and then it becomes repetitive . I get a good feeling from solving problems but now the problem is solved and it's just how fast i can implement the solution (and that doesn't give me a good feeling). That reminds me of math homework...All math homework actually. They give you problems say 1-100 odd but 1-50 are all the same problem just the numbers are different and 50-100 are a different problem but just with different numbers. Math homework was the most irritating thing to me growing up. Anyway, i've been trying to think of some things for me to do on the side and i've come up with some ideas. Nothing I think is revolutionary but some stuff that i think can be expanded on and be kind of cool. So if i have anyone is into programming and has time to work on a project, contact me. I've also signed up as a member of Atlanta SPIN and i get newsletters for the montly events they have planned but if anyone knows of any Programming, Technology, etc conferences, seminars or conventions in the Atlanta area...let me know.