I recently installed Skype on my work PC. When I tried to exit, I found that I had to jump through hoops to close Skype. It isn’t the most favorable experience. Here is how it went: In most Windows applications, pressing the large red X button on the top right closes that window. If that [...]
It still isn’t sinking in that a man who was such a phenomenal force in the industry has passed away. Steve Jobs was an inspiration to me. His successes stand to show how creative thinking can lead to spectacular results. Steve, You will be missed.
One of the things that most engineers have to do before graduating is complete a capstone senior design project. EE and CS students can choose their capstone from a list of project based classes. Vinny, David, Jason, and I chose embedded systems and made a motion capture game. The game incorporated custom hardware (VHDL) and [...]
Last night, I reached for my Audio Technica ATH-ES7 headphones And noticed that the cord was frayed near the 3.5mm connector. I plugged it in to check if it still worked. Low and behold, the right channel no longer worked. I contemplated what to do. I had already had the cords on these headphones replaced [...]
