“Captain’s log, stardate twenty-nine sixty-four point two.” You do not need to be a lifelong Star Trek fan to recognize…
I recently wrote about the USB standards and how, with each generation, increased speed has become available. This provoked some…
I have written before about my irritation with damage to the English language. Before I rant some more, I want…
I like simple things. Excessive complexity tends to annoy me. When I first started working with computers, I thought that…
One of my daughters is left-handed. This may not sound particularly unusual, but actually there are many more male left-handers…
I like being right. Who does not? I am also interested in programming languages. Part of their appeal is that,…
It must be 35 years or more since I first heard on Reverse Polish Notation. It is one of those…
I have pondered before the appropriateness of Linux for embedded applications. My initial stance was clear enough: I could see…
I have often read about the storage capacity of the human brain and have seen lots of statistics on the…
