The Old "What's All This BLANK Stuff, Anyhow" Series by Bob Pease
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From: Randy Yates on 13 Jun 2010 21:42 Does anyone remember these? I used to love reading these, apparently in Electronic Products, way back when. I find one on the web just tonight and thought I'd share it in case anyone had similar warm feelings for these old chestnuts from Bob. http://www.national.com/rap/Story/0,1562,18,00.html -- Randy Yates % "Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow, Digital Signal Labs % you still wander the fields of your mailto://yates(a)ieee.org % sorrow." http://www.digitalsignallabs.com % '21st Century Man', *Time*, ELO
From: Clay on 14 Jun 2010 10:38 On Jun 13, 9:42 pm, Randy Yates <ya...(a)ieee.org> wrote: > Does anyone remember these? I used to love reading these, apparently in > Electronic Products, way back when. I find one on the web just tonight > and thought I'd share it in case anyone had similar warm feelings for > these old chestnuts from Bob. > > http://www.national.com/rap/Story/0,1562,18,00.html > -- > Randy Yates % "Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow, > Digital Signal Labs % you still wander the fields of your > mailto://ya...(a)ieee.org % sorrow."http://www.digitalsignallabs.com% '21st Century Man', *Time*, ELO Thanks Randy, for that link - there is some great wisdom in there. I recall a receiver project about 10 years ago where the receiver's guts were placed inside of a large block of milled out aluminium. There was strong cross talk between parts of the circuit which upon investigation turned out to be a "listening gallery" problem inside of the cavity. While the cavity kept external noise away from the circuits, it focused noise made in one area to another. We ended up adding a layer of absorptive foam in the cavity and that cleaned up the crosstalk. Jim Williams in his appnotes has a great deal of wisdom to offer for designing analog circuits that operate cleanly. Clay
From: Tim Wescott on 14 Jun 2010 12:09 On 06/13/2010 06:42 PM, Randy Yates wrote: > Does anyone remember these? I used to love reading these, apparently in > Electronic Products, way back when. I find one on the web just tonight > and thought I'd share it in case anyone had similar warm feelings for > these old chestnuts from Bob. > > http://www.national.com/rap/Story/0,1562,18,00.html I liked that shtick at the beginning, but when then he started digging through the nice rich compost and into the fresh manure, and I started thinking someone need to write a critique titled "What's all this 'What's all this Stuff' Stuff, Anyway?" Stories about analog design -- very interesting. Stories about life as an app engineer -- interesting. Stories about engineers vs. management (if he did any) -- interesting. Stories about his stupid Volkswagen bug, and how clever he is to keep it running -- heard em' all from better raconteurs, boring as hell. Ditto on brags about climbing in the Himalayas with his own personal native guide, stories about near-retirement, etc. I don't know if I ever saw one with details of his lower intestinal function, but I wouldn't have been surprised (I just would have forgotten it as quickly as possible). -- Tim Wescott Control system and signal processing consulting www.wescottdesign.com
From: Al Clark on 14 Jun 2010 18:20 Tim Wescott <tim(a)seemywebsite.now> wrote in news:MZOdnTlMb9jXyYvRnZ2dnUVZ_uSdnZ2d(a)web-ster.com: > On 06/13/2010 06:42 PM, Randy Yates wrote: >> Does anyone remember these? I used to love reading these, apparently in >> Electronic Products, way back when. I find one on the web just tonight >> and thought I'd share it in case anyone had similar warm feelings for >> these old chestnuts from Bob. >> >> http://www.national.com/rap/Story/0,1562,18,00.html > > I liked that shtick at the beginning, but when then he started digging > through the nice rich compost and into the fresh manure, and I started > thinking someone need to write a critique titled "What's all this > 'What's all this Stuff' Stuff, Anyway?" > > Stories about analog design -- very interesting. > > Stories about life as an app engineer -- interesting. > > Stories about engineers vs. management (if he did any) -- interesting. > > Stories about his stupid Volkswagen bug, and how clever he is to keep it > running -- heard em' all from better raconteurs, boring as hell. > > Ditto on brags about climbing in the Himalayas with his own personal > native guide, stories about near-retirement, etc. I don't know if I > ever saw one with details of his lower intestinal function, but I > wouldn't have been surprised (I just would have forgotten it as quickly > as possible). > I have met Bob Pease. He is a very pleasant man. I think that National Semi were idiots laying him off. They got way more good will than his salary expense and probably lost a few customers who were upset to see him go. Al Clark www.danvillesignal.com
From: Tim Wescott on 14 Jun 2010 21:56
On 06/14/2010 03:20 PM, Al Clark wrote: > Tim Wescott<tim(a)seemywebsite.now> wrote in > news:MZOdnTlMb9jXyYvRnZ2dnUVZ_uSdnZ2d(a)web-ster.com: > >> On 06/13/2010 06:42 PM, Randy Yates wrote: >>> Does anyone remember these? I used to love reading these, apparently in >>> Electronic Products, way back when. I find one on the web just tonight >>> and thought I'd share it in case anyone had similar warm feelings for >>> these old chestnuts from Bob. >>> >>> http://www.national.com/rap/Story/0,1562,18,00.html >> >> I liked that shtick at the beginning, but when then he started digging >> through the nice rich compost and into the fresh manure, and I started >> thinking someone need to write a critique titled "What's all this >> 'What's all this Stuff' Stuff, Anyway?" >> >> Stories about analog design -- very interesting. >> >> Stories about life as an app engineer -- interesting. >> >> Stories about engineers vs. management (if he did any) -- interesting. >> >> Stories about his stupid Volkswagen bug, and how clever he is to keep it >> running -- heard em' all from better raconteurs, boring as hell. >> >> Ditto on brags about climbing in the Himalayas with his own personal >> native guide, stories about near-retirement, etc. I don't know if I >> ever saw one with details of his lower intestinal function, but I >> wouldn't have been surprised (I just would have forgotten it as quickly >> as possible). >> > > I have met Bob Pease. He is a very pleasant man. > > I think that National Semi were idiots laying him off. They got way more good > will than his salary expense and probably lost a few customers who were upset > to see him go. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he were a great guy -- I doubt very much that _I_ could come up with an interesting article the like of Pease Porridge every month. But even if I can't do it, I can still critique it! -- Tim Wescott Control system and signal processing consulting www.wescottdesign.com |