I’ve been away from this website for too long. I’ve taken down some very stale posts and I’ve got some plans for the year ahead. Between work and my personal passions, I should have plenty to write about this year. All of my product development has transitioned from PowerPC...

For as long as I’ve been a professional software engineer, I’ve struggled to explain to people what I do for a living. Most people think that all software engineers are the same and that they are all equally skilled at developing iPhone apps or the software in self driving...

As the last days of November fall away, a December release date for the Raspberry Pi computer is starting to look likely.  I’ll have to send Santa an updated wish list. Thankfully, the elves in the UK are working overtime to get the Raspberry Models A and B ready....

A $99 Sheevaplug, a USB hard drive, and some free software equals an easy to use and VERY LOW POWER home server. What I’m talking about is the Amahi Linux Home Server, or what Amahi calls a HDA, for “Home Digital Assistant.” Each HDA delivers all the functionality you...

My first “real job” was working for a machine vision guided robotics startup and ever since I’ve been hooked on robots. OK, there is a bit of boyish love of toys there as well but robots have a magical appeal I don’t feel just writing software. So it’s not...

Ghanaian olympic skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong “The Other Snow Leopard” has overcome some incredible odds just to make it to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. Don’t assume Kwame is the “Eddie the Eagle” of 2010 … the man can ski. Granted, the odds aren’t in his favor but we’re pulling...