Little known outside the area, brisket is revered in Texas. Brisket is not quite as highly ranked as High School Football or Homecoming Mums, but it gives them both a run for their money among most Texans. Brisket, in…
How to Opt-Out of online advertising tracking
How to Opt-Out of online advertising tracking: Ever notice that all it takes is one search on or, god forbid, one visit to a product or service web site and for the next few weeks everywhere you go on the…
ObamaCare’s effect on us
TL;DR: Premium costs reduced by more than a third. Annual deductible reduced by more than 90%. We have much, much better health insurance for much less cost. **** Full disclosure: I worked in and around U.S. healthcare for over 30…
Another high power, low cost SBC: Beagle Bone Black
I just received a Beagle Bone Black, which is being used for prototype development for an open-hardware, open-software M2M project we are sponsoring. Following are some photos of the board and a group shot with a few of its…
Raspberry Pi vs APC, Round One
The Intro: After nine months of anticipation, a Raspberry Pi arrived yesterday. It arrived on the same day and in the same UPS truck as a Via Technologies APC. Both had been eagerly awaited by the market in general and…
Apple’s Steve Jobs on Stealing Great Ideas
Here’s Steve Jobs talking about stealing other people’s inventions: Excerpt: “We … have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” Steve Jobs and Apple stole the mouse and graphical user interface (GUI) from Xerox PARC and marketed…
Reddy Kilowatt
Here’s another closing of the circle. Steph went pickin’ with our sister-in-law, Michele, last Saturday. One of the things she found at the various antique and “treasure” shops they visited was the book Advertising Character Collectibles by Warren Dotz. In…
The Trackpoint Story
Most of us use computers and other technological devices every day. Most of us never give a passing thought to where that technology came from, who thought of it, who developed it, who engineered it and who brought it to…
1928 Prices compared to 2012 Prices
My friend, Lauren Hillquist, sent me this postcard via email today: 1928 CAR REPAIR MAILER. AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR ADVERTISEMENT IN 1928… SENT ON A PENNY POSTCARD (click on image for full size) He also included this text: May 31, 1927, the…
The Crossroads and the Compass
7 April 2012 We don’t ride as much as we used to. That’s not a good thing, but it’s just the way it’s been for the last few years. We’ve been focused on adjusting to being back here in the…