| There are always times when someone in authority says “no” when you really want to hear “yes”. Unfortunately, the methods that were so effec...
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| Even though LEDs have been around since the 1960's there still seems to be some confusion about how to use them. LEDs are not light bulbs b...
| “Everybody’s lost but me!” (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). It feels that way when you’re disputing a widely held belief. All the books...
| Arguably, the biggest difference between a hobbyist-designed project and a commercial product is reliability. Hobbyists don’t mind if they h...
| An artist and a mathematician are discussing shapes. The artist connects three straight lines together on a piece of paper. “That’s a triang...
| When I was a kid in high school I liked to try to fix TV’s and radios (‘try’ was the operative word). I wasn’t very good. But I never charge...
| There are those that view commerce as a battle to win or lose. We’re the good guys and they’re the bad guys. If we get what we want, we win!...
| Many hobbyists dream of creating some special widget and making a million dollars with it. It has been done. Look at Bill gates and Steve Jo...
| There are a number of surveys that show that the fear of public speaking is greater than the fear of death. And, unfortunately, most people...
| The half-life of technical engineering information is generally considered to be 5 years. That is, after 5 years, half of what you learned i...