Shhh! Don’t tell anyone, but I’m writing this in the middle of my conference! To be fair, the speaker is 10 minutes over his time limit, has acknowledged he is over time, and is continuing to drone on. If you’ve been to a work conference recently–I know you feel my pain. On the other hand, I’m realizing how to get the most out of these sessions, starting with the basics.

I’m on the road again. Evidently somebody told my boss I was doing well at my job and deserved to be sent to a conference! Wait, scratch that. Looks like I’m going to be enduring 32 hours trapped in a suffocating meeting hall of a hotel while some speaker I’ve never heard of drones on incessantly. I kid, really but for those of you who have ever been sent to…

I routinely listen to a local morning radio show, not because I like it, but because I hate it.  I fundamentally disagree with every view point they put forward.  But I believe in understanding opinions outside of my own, so I tune in, despite myself. But this morning was different. Today they inadvertently hit upon an idea so brilliant I had to share it with you all.

With gas prices rising, I’m sure many of you have considered hybrid vehicles. But being the engineer that, I am I decided to run a little analysis first — and the results may surprise you!

Railguns! Honestly I don’t need to say anything other than they are awesome, but what the heck, I’ve got words to fill: The Navy has been spending (according to Congress) way too much time and money into developing a railgun weapon to mount on their surface ships. In theory, a railgun is simply a series of electro-magnets, which, when set off in a series, is used to propel a slug….