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Oh StumbleUpon
I love StumbleUpon. If you don’t know, it’s a site that gives you random sites to visit at the click of a button. It’s been around for a while now and it will ruin your afternoon or evening if you’re...
View Article1st Radio Show With Dave Jones of EEVBlog!
So I’m very pleased to announce an inaugural episode of what we hope will be a regular “radio” show with Dave Jones of EEVblog. I got in touch with Dave about doing an interview for my series on the...
View ArticleSo Chris, Where Have You Been?
Well, a lot of places. But not around here too much. And when I’ve been here, it hasn’t been the most in-depth writing I’ve ever done (except my unusually thought out post comparing engineers to a...
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Closeout Deals From The Industrial Past
This past weekend I stopped into HGR, the local industrial surplus company in Northeast Cleveland. This place has industrial equipment from all over Ohio, unfortunately from plants closing down. Check...
View ArticleHow To Write A Resume For Electronics
I’ve looked at a lot of resumes for electronics positions, so I thought I’d share some of my opinions on what should or shouldn’t be on there. Nothing formatting specific, so much as how to get across...
View ArticleDon’t Wait For Permission
I have corresponded with a international student for a few years now. I honestly can’t even remember how we met online and it doesn’t matter. He showed interest in my work and we started talking and...
View ArticleThe magic of books
What is it about books? They still hold a place of magic in our society and to me. I have had a few opportunities to write a book or two now, at least the offer to begin writing one or talk about...
View ArticleHabits, Not Goals
Part of this site used to be public, but is now hidden; it’s a list of goals that I have for myself over the long term. I went and looked at it recently and realized I have achieved 3 out of 5 in one...
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Nodus Tollens and Torschlusspanik
Logolepsy One thing that I always loved on The Amp Hour was coming up with alliterative titles for the episodes (my favorite word is still “ostrobogulous“, used for episode 162). After roughly 150...
View ArticleI’m selling my drums
I’ve been playing drums since I was 8 years old; sooner than that if you count pots and pans. But if I look at reality, I haven’t been playing drums for a couple years now and finally decided it’s time...
View ArticleModes Of Communication
I have been working on a new mode of connecting with others in the engineering community. It’s been a slog to get people to try it out and use it regularly, but I totally get it. I have so many modes...
View ArticleLanguage Barriers
Despite my love of words, I have never actually picked up another language. I have “studied” both French and Japanese in school for multiple years, but neither of those stuck past a few phrases and...
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Intermission: Act 1 of 3
I turned 33 last week. While I have no guarantees of making it to 99, I like the idea that this birthday could potentially mark the first third of my journey to living to 99. Who knows? I could live...
View ArticleA bundle of glass on the seafloor
I’m writing from a plane to Australia, coming off a couple days of holiday in Queenstown, New Zealand. Something was tickling my brain that inspired me to start writing How beautiful it was in NZ...
View ArticleRedirecting Beams
For the audio fans out there: I discussed this topic on episode #358 of The Amp Hour The past couple of years have been a mix of life events for me: I started my course full time, immediately jumped...
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