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April 2007



Insulating Paint

Sunday, 22 April 2007 8:37 P GMT-06
We have decided to paint the inside of our garage and we have left it mostly empty after the addition.  Since the new addition is over the garage, I expect that we will have quite a bit of heat loss into the garage during the cold Wisconsin wint
Category: Home Projects

Plumbing Mishaps

Friday, 13 April 2007 7:12 A GMT-06
Over the years I've done some pretty stupid things, especially in the area of home improvement projects, but certainly not limited to that.  I like water - I like to swim in it, drink it, deliver it to various plant species in my yard, ride
Category: Home Projects

Financial Engineer

Saturday, 7 April 2007 8:58 P GMT-06
I recently read about an event-driven mutual fund called Pennsylvania Avenue Event-Driven Fund in the May 2007 issue of Kiplinger's magazine.  The fund invests in companies that are in the middle of some event such as a buyout, proxy fight,

Designing in My Sleep 2

Friday, 6 April 2007 8:08 P GMT-06
Last night I had another revelation in my sleep.  It occurred to me that a problem we just started to see with the behavior of a development board with respect to reset could be related to some damage that occurred to a different board a couple

Process vs. People

Monday, 2 April 2007 11:16 P GMT-06
Whenever a problem or mistake occurs, it seems like there is a strong desire of many people to improve or define a process to prevent the problem from happening again.  Processes are a very important part of life, they ensure a certain level of

2007 EMC Seminar

Monday, 2 April 2007 6:25 A GMT-06
Last Tuesday, March 27 I attended the IEEE Milwaukee Section EMC Society Seminar in Milwaukee.  The title of the day long seminar was "Emissions - How to Identify, Measure and Suppress in Printed Circuit Boards and Cabling" and the pre