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For the geeky types out there, are you watching Raspberry Pi? It’s a credit card sized Linux board for $25 (or $35 with more RAM). The size is pretty much limited by the connectors which include an HDMI output for … Continue reading
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In my work as a teacher of software engineering where several computer languages are needed to solve a problem, I occasionally encounter a high school or college Computer Science undergraduate who will ask, “What [computer] language should I learn so … Continue reading
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Two routes to get here, via Los Angeles or on secondaries, and two choices for the mode of transportation, flying or driving. It’s five hours flying from Phoenix an hour away. That’s a 1/2 hour to the airport arriving 90 … Continue reading
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The GNU Project, whose mascot appears here, started something commonly known as the “GPL” (GNU Public License) that you may have come across. Basically it says that the licensed item, commonly a piece of software, is available in source code … Continue reading
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Curiosity is on it’s way this morning to Mars for the next eight months. Launched this morning atop an Atlas V vehicle, Curiosity is the size of a small car, several times the weight, and carries many times the scientific … Continue reading
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Ok, it’s true. Although I consider myself a teacher, I am not an academic. What I learned and now teach, I didn’t learn in school. Instead, I learned it on the job. And often as not, it was by doing … Continue reading
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Some of the engineers I work with design computerized flight control systems such as those that would be considered “fly by wire” or that fly autonomously with no human in control. As such, I’m always looking for ideas on how … Continue reading
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Ah, blogging! Somewhere over there on the Hampton Inn’s table is my WAP – Wireless Access Point. It’s connected to the hotel’s wired service and I’m connected to it, in turn, by RF, a wireless Radio Frequency signal. The WAP … Continue reading
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… are in the computer you are looking at right now? Of course there’s the main one. It’s probably something from Intel or AMD. But even if you’re still using what would now be considered a dinosaur because it’s so … Continue reading
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You probably don’t know the Red Baron Operating System, “R-Boss” (RBOS). It is named for a strip bar in Houston Texas and it carried billions, probably trillions of dollars of credit card authorizations for American Express — long after they … Continue reading