by Byron Seastrunk | May 7, 2026 | Engineer, Married to an Engineer, New, Technology
Staring at my computer’s display, I’m watching a Python program run exactly to the specifications I wrote before I started coding. No debugging. No mysterious crashes. No three-hour hunts for a missing semicolon buried in line 1400. It just worked. And instead of...
by Byron Seastrunk | Apr 23, 2026 | Engineer, General, New, Politics, Technology
Today’s 3D printers are finely tuned instruments able to print detailed models in a variety of colors and exotic materials. If you own a 3D printer, you’re very familiar with its capabilities and limitations. On the other hand, the general public views 3D...
by Byron Seastrunk | Apr 10, 2026 | Engineer, General, New, Technology
Around the time I received my degree, the majority of computers were about the size of a Volkswagen bus and larger. You could connect with a terminal, either directly wired or call it up on a modem. Everything was based on accounts, and you paid for the CPU time you...
by Byron Seastrunk | Mar 3, 2026 | Engineer, Married to an Engineer, New, Technology
3D printer technology is improving so fast that I find myself replacing printers more often than I replace the contents of my sock drawer. What did I do with all those printers I replaced? Several days ago, someone posted a picture of a 7-11 vacuum tube tester on...
by Byron Seastrunk | Jan 30, 2026 | General, New, Technology
On a daily basis, I’m bombarded with cookie requests, demands for my profile, questions about my preferences, and pleas for my email address, all in the noble name of “improving my online experience.” I don’t know about you, but I deeply resent this. What it really...
by Byron Seastrunk | Dec 15, 2025 | Engineer, Married to an Engineer, New, Technology
I feel comfortable relating this, having retired several years ago, and everyone involved has since moved on to other positions, but this remains one of the more frustrating episodes of my entire career. Not the most technically difficult. Not the most complex. Just...