Good news from the City of Ottawa. But they did have to take away the $50 permit fee (nobody likes fees these days). Here is a press release. Here is a story from the Ottawa Citizen.
Archive for June 2009
Ottawa City Urban Tree Conservation By-Law Passed!
June 26, 2009Space exploration–is it worth it?
June 26, 2009Interesting debate on whether space exploration is worth it. I think it is a worthwhile investment, but don’t put too much money into it now. Bigger fish to fry. Keep funding the exploratory rockets and robots–humans can wait. See the early debate here.
Intel and the Tonight Show
June 24, 2009On the lighter side of things, Conan O’Brien visited Intel for his show. This ended up being a humourous clip of his time there. http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/intel/
The Puritan Gift
June 24, 2009I’ve been listening to podcasts now when I’m walking my dog. I’ve tried out No Agenda, but what I’ve really caught on to is the Invisible Hand podcasts. Very interesting books that the host Chris Gondak reviews. One that I found particularly interesting is the Puritan Gift, a book I will purchase. Anyone else read [...]
Virtual conferences
June 18, 2009Don’t like to promote too much work stuff on this blog, but I’m really intrigued about EE Times Multicore Virtual Conference, and virtual conferences in general. Will these virtual conferences start to replace some (never all) regular conferences? And, speaking as an idealist here, could this open up conferences to more people in less prosperous [...]
Will semiconductors ever get an auto style bail-out?
June 9, 2009As I become ever busy with my job, son, dog, two cats, and the inevitable travel to visit family during the summer months, I let my colleague Dr. Don Scansen do some of the writing for me. He was just in D.C. and has some pretty interesting ideas on the auto bail-outs, and if the [...]
What’s old is new again
June 4, 2009As this recession continues (except for the short rally on Wall Street), people will be starting to preserve the items they have, and look to buy used goods at discount prices. In fact, a new consignment shop just opened down the street from me. I can’t help but wonder if this mentality will be good for [...]
Recession and Engineering
June 2, 2009I really like the writing of embedded electronics guru Jack Ganssle. When not talking about deep technical issues, he likes to look at the world and how geopolitical changes effect the everyday electronics engineer. Recent trips to both India and China have enabled him to really talk to engineers from around the world. And what [...]
An interesting preview of VLSI
June 1, 2009Just wanted to point out a blog post by my uber-bloggin colleague Dr. Don Scansen as he previews the upcoming VLSI conference and specifically some of the more interesting sessions. He touches on the Intel vs. EU issue, which could have ramifications world-wide. (He also mentions my site, so of course I have to do [...]
