Author: Nick

Blackberry schmackberry…

For various reasons I won’t bore you with, I’ve been playing with a Blackberry lately.  I bought one used and unlocked on eBay and have been messing with it for about a week. I don’t get it and I really…

The UK’s Space Program…

One of the TV shows that always makes me laugh is "Top Gear".  It’s nominally a car show, but that’s a very loose framework within which they have a lot of fun. Case in point, an episode I saw a…

Hazardous Chemicals…

I was a nerdy kid ("Noooo" I hear you cry).  Had a hand-drawn periodic table on the wall, took apart anything I could get my hands on and had a number of toys that apparently you just can’t get any…

Knobs & Dials…

I was talking with a friend of mine the other day.  He’s a former tech exec who now works in real estate development and his business has been a bit beaten up by the state of the economy. We got…

The dangers of pitching while on cold meds…

As I mentioned, I was half-dead last week with some kind of MTD (miscellaneous toddler disease) I picked up from my daughter. Last Friday I had a meeting I didn’t want to cancel, so I dragged my Nyquil-soaked butt to…