In Defense Of My Junk Box: Married to An Engineer

Just about every electrical or mechanical engineer I know has some kind of junk box—a treasure trove of parts accumulated over the years, all saved with the hope they might come in handy someday. My own junk box started at a very early age. Too young to work a...

Justifying My AI Hobby By Finding Blaze A Forever Home

From my early teenage years, technology has always played a significant part in my life. Though I was late to the party, I joined the technology revolution as the world transitioned from vacuum tubes to transistors in 1963. By 1975, I found myself in the midst of the...

Maximizing Profit: Reliable Designs Or Frequent Repairs?

When I retired, my wife strongly suggested I put some of that newfound free time into cleaning rather than gaining another level in my current game. My trusty old vacuum cleaner, however, decided it wasn’t up to the increased workload and promptly broke a belt. Of...

From the Doghouse

A look at dogs having fun

Poser Gallery

My gallery of pictures I’ve created in Poser

Nature by Carol

A look at the less technical side of life

My Quest, Why I Started a Blog

My Quest, Why I Started a Blog

Role Playing Games try to simulate the way we interact with the world and break the elements down to a few essentials. These essentials are then simplified and incorporated into the game as the designer envisions. For example, my character might be described as having...

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Udacity

Udacity

When I signed up for CS101: Building a Search Engine at www.Udacity.com, I had no idea what to expect. I'll admit what I really wanted to sign up for was CS373:Programming a Robotic Car. After a careful examination of the requirements for CS373, I realized I'd always...

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Style, What It Means To An Engineer

Style, What It Means To An Engineer

If you have an engineer within your close circle of friends, save yourself some trouble. Go to YouTube and watch "Dilbert - The Knack". As the doctor is explaining young Dilbert's condition he characterizes an engineer with  two statements, "extreme intuition about...

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Journalism?

Journalism?

I'm a little busy this week trying to finish my Udacity course and even though it doesn't matter, I still want to get a good grade. With that in mind, I asked a friend to contribute and he was happy to help out. ___________________ The exposure and allure of...

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Focus

Focus

In gaming, you get to pick specific attributes that contribute to your characters success. Real life is similar, but we don't get to choose our attributes. In a way I was lucky, one of my strongest attributes is focus.  For an engineer, the ability to focus on a...

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Becoming Borg

Becoming Borg

I'm assuming that you have a basic knowledge of the Borg. No need to fear though. If your knowledge of the Borg is lacking, please read this article from Wikipedia and come back: wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg.  You know who the Borg are now. You probably are thinking that...

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