Free to Choose – Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman is one of my favorite historical figures. I do think he’s wrong on a couple of points, but so much of what he …
Technology…
What is Agile / Scrum?
Scrum is one of the methods of doing Agile work… here’s the basis: www.agilemanifesto.org – It’s used mainly in project management and software development these …
Power generation – wind vs. anything else
While working at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), I spent a fair amount of time reading and asking the engineers about the various …
Review: Arvixe Web Hosting
"Meh. I’ve experienced better." I recently moved my site to a friend’s server, so didn’t need the hosting anymore. I’d been with Arvixe web hosting …
Review: DJI Phantom ‘1’
The DJI Phantom ‘1’ is the best quad for the price! It’s ready to fly (after a battery charge) and so smooth! I’ve flown a …
Windows XP hill, then and now…
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Jukebox and Space Shuttle Pinball
When I lived in Redmond, Washington, sometime around 1997, I picked up a used (and broken) 1979 Wurlitzer X200 jukebox. It was 40” x 53” …
Sneakers’ ‘black box’ project
I recently picked up a Panasonic model KX-T1450 EasaPhone AutoLogic answering machine to try to re-create the ‘black box’ from Sneakers. As a geek, I …
My start with desktop publishing – and computers…
I was listening to a podcast today and someone mentioned doing ‘desktop publishing’ in the early 90s. My own memories suddenly came rushing back of …
Dating nearby…
I was recently out with friends and start talking to a woman I met, who asked what I like to do for fun… I didn’t …