Planned Obsolence

A few months ago a Sony MiniDisc player ceased functioning for me. This component was designed for a home stereo system, and was therefore easy to disassemble and look inside. In fact, there was very little to look at. This device was the paradigm of Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Read more

Certification Envy

At a recent job fair, one booth seemed to be geared towards avenues of higher learning. The booth coordinator was a very animated course instructor, and at first glance one might even imagine this lady was capable of teaching a class on operating systems design or perhaps simple circuit theory. Read more