by Byron Seastrunk | Oct 27, 2019 | Engineer, General, Married to an Engineer, New, Stories, Writing
We all do it. When we’re reading a book or watching a movie containing elements of our expertise and the story does something so ridiculous that we find it impossible to enjoy the story. Even worse we find ourselves sharing our disgust with anyone willing to...
by Byron Seastrunk | Oct 6, 2019 | General, Married to an Engineer, New, Technology
It’s Saturday night as I listen to my new Prusa MK3S and wonder how I can justify my purchase of a third 3D printer to my wife. After two years, my Prusa MK2 was getting a bit long in the tooth. My prints were no longer a thing of beauty. Where I used to have smooth...
by Byron Seastrunk | Sep 17, 2019 | Engineer, General, Married to an Engineer, New
Several years ago, there was a study on the differences in the way dogs and wolves interacted with people. Now I’m not going to insult your intelligence by comparing engineers to wolves but the study did reveal an intriguing similarity. Like wolves, Engineers...
by Byron Seastrunk | Aug 14, 2019 | Engineer, General, Married to an Engineer, Technology, Uncategorized
As I wrote in Married to an Engineer Part 1, living with an engineer isn’t for everybody. Not only do you have to put up with someone you often suspect loves technology more than you but living with an engineer will change you in more ways than you ever anticipated. I...
by Byron Seastrunk | Jul 26, 2019 | General, Married to an Engineer, New
When I was comparing back up software, Acronis, Paragon and Aomei, the licensing terms were very different. Paragon provided updates until they released another major update. Acronis would update you for that year’s version. Unlike the others, for an extra $30 Aomei...
by Byron Seastrunk | Apr 7, 2019 | Engineer, General, Married to an Engineer, New
I really don’t think it’s fair for my wife to break into uncontrollable laughter every time I explain that as a systems engineer, most of my job involves facilitating communications. I understand why she starts laughing, despite speaking a common language,...
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