GRRR

It's been almost three weeks since I tested the digital temperature sensor and then extended it using twisted pair ethernet cable. In that length of time, I've lost a lot of ground knowledge-wise. And the damn thing isn't working! It's not working, and I can't tell what I'm doing wrong. I can't even tell if I'm supposed to set the data pin to INPUT or not. The tutorial doesn't do it, but I can't see how it would work if they don't do it. I would reference the code I was using, but my computer ran out of battery and shut off without warning, and apparently I never saved my work, which boggles my mind. I'm very frustrated! I really don't want to remove my heat-shrink tubing and solder that I fought so hard to make. These wires are really tedious! But I'm going to do it because otherwise there are too many stupid variables to tell whether my code is right or not.

GRRRR!!!