Author Archives: Brian

Today I discovered that my favorite IC layout tool company has some new products, and those new products are on sale.  If they can do what I need them to do, I will certainly purchase them.  They will no doubt … Continue reading →

Woo Hoo!  100 days! I don’t know if I should be overjoyed with that, but it is nice to have a non-structured life. Today, I actually worked (it helped that my family was gone for much of the day).  Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

My family is on Spring Break this week. I can’t expect to get too much done, yet I need to. I have two things that I would really like to get done by Thursday: An “Easter” class for Adult Ed, … Continue reading →

Not much to say really; I spent much of the day adding content to my website.  It is taking me quite a bit of time to install each blog because I’m now playing editor with my own work.  By lunchtime, … Continue reading →

Another “extended” day at my former company; I thought that I might only be there for an hour.  I was there for three hours, but they were very productive hours.  I also talked to my former boss a number of … Continue reading →

Today was a work day.  My former company (and really, my replacement) wanted me to come in and go through all the paperwork so my replacement could send chip #1 out tomorrow.  This training exercise went well at first, but … Continue reading →

Yeah!  I passed 90 days over the weekend. At the beginning of this “assignment,” I was really looking forward to day 90 and day 180 to see what kind of progress I had made. Both articles and friends (and my … Continue reading →

Much of the day would be spent with Customer #3.  We talked design and tools and next steps, and then went to lunch.  Lunch was good. I drove home after that, and the engine warning light in my little yellow … Continue reading →

I started to work with a free layout program that I had loaded some time ago but had never opened until today.  It was VERY different from all previous layout programs I have used.  This thing came with a steep … Continue reading →

Hey, yesterday was great!  I learned Quickbooks, and I was feeling stronger towards the end of the day. My wife and I had a wonderful date for lunch.   We went to a Chinese Vegetarian “tofu” place, walked around the … Continue reading →