Recently there has been lots of comments flying around about the LITE Center in Lafayette. Now there are several pieces to this puzzle and I am not going to beat the political horse. This is about the research and technology side of things. Read the rest of this entry »
Why we need LITE
July 13th, 2009Drives on ice
April 10th, 2009Sometimes drives get a bit warm and need some cooling down. This Maxtor USB drive was getting way too warm after some long data transfers.
Clouds
June 11th, 2008I’ve been having fun with my Cannon A720IS Powershot camera. Thanks to Mr. Melancon reminding me about the CHDK firmware for it.
See other videos on my flickr page.
The geek that I am
May 31st, 2008I think one of the main reasons that people hire me is because of the geek that I am. I don’t mean geek like a computer nerd but a geek in the true since of the word. I am geeky about getting things done. Whether it is production or personal, I like a good challenge.
Now, I would like to take the credit for this geekieness but I can’t. You see, I have my father to thank. He like his father, never knew the meaning of not getting something done. No matter what it is, my father can always find some way of making a situation or piece of equipment work out just the way he wants to. If you need a left handed widget to fix something, he will either find it or make one.
To that end, here is one of my recent geek moments dedicated to my old man. It combines my geekiness along with some of his own. The pieces I designed to hang truss from an air wall track. The old man machined them for me. Well, I needed to change the brakes on the truck and these were all that I had in the back. So, like my father, I improvised
The man with the bits – Chris Bloch
May 8th, 2008OK, so I violated rule number one. Never argue with someone who is passionate about something. I also went blowing right through rule number two: Never argue with Chris Bloch about recorded music and sample rates. My friend Chris Bloch has a great set of ears on each side of his head and a good personality in between. So when I started the argument that today’s “POP” music wasn’t worth any more then a 128Kb sample rate, things got ugly.
