“Wisdom is a blessing only to those prepared to absorb it.” Anonymous  Sometimes lessons come from the most unexpected places. One of tho...

“There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from.” François de la Rochefoucauld Th...

Yeah, it felt a little like that! Sometimes it pays to check the obvious!  Occasional "spring cleaning" of your CAD machine...

 Delay is preferable to error. Thomas Jefferson I'm afraid this is one of those weeks that I have to push my blog back a bit.  It was ...

“In one fell swoop they could make a pretty big dent.” Harry Schuhmacher This week I found myself working with Autodesk Inventor Publishe...

“It is not worthwhile to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitio...

Tricks of Me Trade, Boy-O.  Tricks of Me Trade! Jack Dalton in MacGyver (Jack of Lies) When working in an assembly, one of the tricky thi...

Typing the quote just doesn't have the same effect.  So let's hear it from Gene Wilder himself: For this weeks blog, I had a c...

Life is too short for traffic. Dan Bellack I've got to put this weeks post off a day or so.  I was fortunate enough to drive to Las V...

“He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself” James Matthew Barrie At long last, my next  (an...

“The truth should never die. It is our mission to keep the true history of 'our' side alive for our descendants.” Grady Howell An...

“He listens well who takes notes.” Dante Alighieri At long last.  Here's my next post for Autodesk Inventor Publisher . In the last...

“We learned a lot and lost a lot of sleep.” Mabel Smith I still haven't had a chance to come up for air!  :-)  It's been a hect...

This weekend was a busy weekend composed of my usual volunteer gig at Planes of Fame on Saturday, and taken technical test for the new 2012...

“A little help at the right time is better than a lot of help at the wrong time.” Proverb Last week's blog saw us explode an assembl...

“Real programmers don't document. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.” Unknown I'll admit, I always though...

“We are in or are entering TWO cycles instead of one — broadband Internet and mobile.” Mary Meeke r  I just got back from my July Snowboa...

Good morning, everyone! Once again, I'm delaying this weeks blog post. It's Independence Weekend in the U.S., and I took a snowb...

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin Okay, this post didn't quite come out at the en...

I'm afraid that I have to delay this weeks blog post for a bit due to visiting friends and family.  Yes, even I have them!  I'll...