Category Archives: General
Unsung engineers
As I was installing new software onto my PC today, I was thinking about the design of a CD drive. Just about every CD drive today has a tray that will close if you give it a little push. Who … Continue reading
Rich Dad, Poor Dad? or BS or Not?
A while back (3 or 4 years ago), I was given this book to read called ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ by Robert Kiyosaki. Although I found the begining to be interesting, little red flags started popping up as I read … Continue reading
The Real Life A-Team
This was sent as a link from a guy at work to me: When there is no one else to turn to
SBC DSL is blocking port 25
You may not have noticed, but you can’t connect to port 25 from your SBC DSL connection. So, if for example you have a hosting site and you are trying to send an email from Outlook to your smtp server, … Continue reading
I’m going to miss that Uncle Sam guy
Usually, when I did my taxes, I waited till April 15th. One time, I finished it about 1 hour before midnight, and I drove it up to the main post office in San Mateo. It was the main post office … Continue reading
Have a Netgear USB Wifi Dongle?
I do, and there was a problem when running under Windows XP SP2. When you use the 1.0 driver, you will get a Blue Screen pretty quickly that will have the main cause as BADPOOLHEADER. When I tried to solve … Continue reading
Went to the Jeff Hawkins talk at stanford today…
Wow. Phenomenal talk. He is an excellent speaker and he really nails the topic. I think he is definitely on the right path. You can read his latest book, OnIntelligence, to get the detailed low down.
Did My Taxes – A Record for me
Just finished my taxes last night. This is a record for me. I usually wait till April. Another first is that I decided to use an online service to file my federal taxes. I don’t think the reason I finished … Continue reading