I am more than a little bit proud to share the news. My wife, Candy, has a chapter on her career as a senior product strategist in A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science. See chapter 72, pp. 315-318.
Archives for April 2007
For Whom Do We Mourn?
Tragedy struck on Monday when 33 people died at Virginia Tech. Flags fly at half mast as we grope through feelings of hurt, anger, helplessness, and grief. President Bush was so moved that he offered personal condolences, It’s impossible to make sense of such violence and suffering. Those whose lives were taken did nothing to […]
Ignore Safety, Reduce Airline Costs
There is a tempest brewing in the Washington tea cup. Congress has to pass a bill that provides funding for the FAA by the end of September or the FAA ceases to exist. Background The airlines and the FAA are pushing hard to reduce the costs imposed on airlines while increasing the costs for pretty […]
Building Machines Which Learn Like A Human
Ever since I was an undergrad at the University of Michigan in the late 1970s, I have wondered how we think. Modern digital computers are marvelous machines but they don’t hold a candle to what a very young child can do. For instance, it is absolutely trivial for you to recognize a bicycle when you […]
Turbine Toucan: One HOT Airplane
The Turbine Toucan looks to be the ultimate propeller driven toy-in-the-sky. Target air show weight will be under 2000lbs with thrust targeted at 3300lbs. This will be close to a 1.65:1 ratio, unheard of in any GA aircraft. To put it in perspective, the F/A-18 Hornet (at fighter mission weight) is 36,700lbs@32,000lbs of thrust. This […]
Garmin 396/496 Legal for IFR
Note: This was an April Fools joke and the web site is gone. (Unless you are a pilot, you probably do not care about this.) Finally! Honestly, I believed Garmin when I bought my GPSMAP 396 and it said “VFR Use Only.” We get a present today: the ability to use our Garmin 396 and […]
