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2012-7-11 16:19
How can this be real?
I noticed that cables can be an utter rip-off – especially for those consumers who don't know what they are doing. Even a little 6-foot USB-A to U ...
用户3826190
2012-7-5 17:01
Invasion of MCUs!
Several weeks ago I was cogitating, contemplating, reflecting, and generally ruminating on "this and that" when I happened to think out loud (wel ...
用户3826190
2012-7-5 16:53
Is it real or just Photoshopped?
In 1827, Nicephore Niepce made the first photographic image with a camera obscura . By the mid-1850s, photography was everywhere. Somewhere around ...
用户3826190
2012-6-26 21:24
Stanley is GREAT!
When I was a young lad, it was not uncommon for cars to fail to start when you turned the ignition key. I'm not saying that this was an everyday oc ...
用户3826190
2012-6-21 18:49
Getting ready for the Zombie Apocalypse - I am not alone!
A few weeks ago, my wife (Gina the Gorgeous) and I went out on a "date night" (it's not my fault ... she makes me do it). After eating supper, we w ...
用户3826190
2012-6-20 18:17
Why people like the British: Snippets from newspapers
Knowing that I'm from England, a friend just sent me a funny email that claims to contain true snippets from British newspapers. Now, I cann ...
用户3826190
2012-6-20 18:10
It is indeed a different world...
While driving home from work a few days ago, I heard a report on the National Public Radio (NPR) that made me think "We truly do live in a differe ...
用户3826190
2012-6-15 13:45
Have you heard of the Ancient Order of Froth Blowers?
A few days ago, I received a photo of the Transit of Venus from "Down Under" (Australia). The interesting thing is that in this image (see below) ...
用户3826190
2012-6-14 19:40
Tracking your engineering tools
Last week, I received an email from a reader who we shall call Larry (because that is his name). Larry's message was as follows: Hi Max, I ha ...
用户3826190
2012-6-14 19:34
Wow! I witnessed the Transit of Venus!
As soon as I first learned about this year's Transit of Venus (I heard this several weeks before the event), I immediately ordered a bunch of spe ...
用户3826190
2012-6-3 14:23
Honoring the inventor of the TV remote control
Several days ago, Eugene Polley (1915 – 2012) passed away. An engineer and engineering manager for Zenith Electronics, Eugene was most widely know ...
用户3826190
2012-5-25 13:15
Review of Bill Bryson's Shakespeare The World as Stage
I just finished reading George Dyson's Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe. I was going to write a review on it, but – sad to ...
用户3826190
2012-5-25 13:06
Whoa, I am "tickled pink" as they say!
According to the Phrase Finder , the concept of tickling pink is of enjoyment great enough to make the recipient glow with pleasure, which pre ...
用户3826190
2012-5-15 17:58
Is this really a map of dark matter?
As I am a bear of simple brain like Winnie the Pooh, many things confuse and confound me. One such topic is that of dark matter. When Sir Is ...
用户3826190
2012-5-11 15:30
Clipix: The tool we've all been waiting for?
Before we plunge into the fray with reckless abandon, I have to confess that I spend a huge amount of time bouncing around the Internet looking at ...
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