by Byron Seastrunk | Jun 26, 2016 | Blogging, Engineer, General, New, Technology
I was showing a book in my Kindle library to a fellow engineer this week when he noticed the time to the end of the chapter was two minutes and fifteen seconds. The book was interesting to him but the use of reading metrics was even more interesting, not because of...
by Byron Seastrunk | Jun 19, 2016 | Blogging, Engineer, General, New, Technology
Hubris, excessive pride or self-confidence. Last year I barely understood what it meant, today I recognize it for the deadly threat it is. Speaking as an engineer, we all know how fun it is to impress our non-engineering friends and family with our near mystical...
by Byron Seastrunk | Jun 5, 2016 | General, New, Technology
Today is the thirtieth day after I finally gave in and allowed Microsoft to put Windows 10 on my machine. That’s an important number for Windows 10. If you change to Windows 10 and decide you don’t like it, you have to do a roll back before 30 days have...
by Byron Seastrunk | May 31, 2016 | Engineer, General, New
We’ve all heard the term, use it or lose it. All you have to do is look at the mess our current voting system is in to realize the truth of that statement. Still, I’ve promised that I’ll stay away from politics so I’ll let that one pass. In college I learned how to do...
by Byron Seastrunk | Apr 25, 2016 | Blogging, General, New, Technology, Uncategorized, Writing
The idea was a inspired one. The more I use it, the more I appreciate what Scrivener, from Literature and Latte, does for writers. When I was offered a chance to buy a copy at half price, having already bought my own copy, I immediately thought buying it as a gift for...
by Byron Seastrunk | Apr 17, 2016 | Blogging, General, New, Technology
I don’t know if you’ve seen this headline, “Every 11-year-old in Britain is getting a free minicomputer,” or what you thought when you did but I found it amazing that this was being done in Britain. The Micro Bit giveaway is a program sponsored by the BBC in a joint...