Perhaps even that is too weak a word. Omar Al Zabir demonstrates an amazing breadth and depth of understanding of many technologies in addition to sound software engineering and design concepts. He has a great writeup at CodeProject. That just...
Great thread with some funny jokes and what not about engineers. Just a sampling: There was an engineer who had an exceptional gift for fixing all things mechanical. After serving his company loyally for over 30 years, he happily retired....
Wow. and Wow. I think that’s all I need to comment on these 🙂
Just to wrap up my Austin trip, here’s a few random, slightly organized thoughts on the city of Austin and my trip: There’s lots of good, cheap Tex-Mex food in Austin (but I guess that this is true for most...
Heh, this is a Friday shout out to my project group for CS476–Ed (Myung) Kim, Roger Chang, and Craig Lichtenstein. These guys were a great group to work with as everyone really took responsibility for their parts of the project...
After reading the recent articles regarding the leaked Walmart memo regarding the hiring of “unhealthy” persons, I couldn’t help but be repulsed by Walmart. Another retailer, CostCo, which battles Walmart’s Sam’s Club, is almost the complete opposite of the Walmart...
There’s a great article in this month’s Time magazine on Steve Jobs and Apple’s success, even though the company operates counter what conventional wisdom dictates. One bit that really caught my attention was Steve’s “Parable of the Concept Car”: Ask...
I came across a blog post today that examined Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1953 speech, titled Cross of Iron. What struck me a bit was the similarity of his message and vision to that of the Dalai Lama when he was...
As I was laying down to sleep one night last week, I started thinking about the computer science field and where I would want to focus if I were to do graduate studies (probably software engineering or UI related work). ...
Came across a great site today. Now permalinked on the nav bar. Just had to share 😀 The Ghetto Jacob’s Ladder is badass. I especially like this line: “A flyback transformer in the monitor generates a few kV that is...