Boomerang Your E-mail
I wish I had a dollar for every task management application I have used over the last few decades. There are many good ones, but the task manager that consistently works for me–and that I always end up relying on the most–is email. It is not true for everyone, but for me, an email in […]
Nanoplugs
It was a beautiful day. The Trike had been in the shop for 20,000 mile service and it was a pleasure to pick it up and go for a ride. It had been running very rough — now it purrs like a kitten. The mechanic told me the problem was that the spark plugs were […]
Where Were You When…?
November 1995 (edited September 11, 2003 and November 23, 2011) Most of us remember vividly where we were on September 11, 2001. In my case, I was in Danbury, Connecticut in the board room at Bristol Technology meeting with their CEO, Keith Blackwell. Remember where you were when you first heard that President Kennedy was […]
BioEverything – Part 3
In 1963 there were two tracks that an electrical engineering student at Lehigh University could choose from — electronics or power. Electronics was about solid state devices such as transistors. (The Intel 4-bit 4004, now four decades old, was not to come until 1971). The “power” track was mostly about electric motors and power generation. […]
kindlefire – 1
There are many reviews out there already about the new Kindle Fire (see Nook’s Specs Are Exaggerated, Again). I would not glority this posting by calling it a review — it is simply my first reaction upon receiving the kindlefire this afternoon. The fire was actually delivered to the Marriott Atlanta Century Center on Tuesday. […]