research

Several years ago I received a query from someone who had searched the web for information on software phase-locked loops and found my resume, which referenced my MSEE thesis. At the time I didn’t have access to the source files (on 5.25″ disk, Microsoft Word 2.0 format), so I wasn’t able to help them out. […]

Last year I began a tradition of cooking a heart-shaped pizza for Valentine’s day. This was ambitious because I don’t know the first thing about cooking. As a novice, my biggest challenge is that cookbooks assume you already know how to cook. They’ll tell you to do things, like marinating meat, or sautéing an onion, […]

We recently installed a stove in our home. This stove required a conversion from natural gas to propane (LP). The installation instructions walked us through the process, which included changing the pressure of the regulator valve, installing smaller orifices in each of the burners, and adjusting the air flow for proper combustion. When we were […]