January 28, 2008

Short Updates

Posted by Scott at 11:44 PM

Dropped Claire off at school and went to a Communion service. Today is the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas. Working from home today via VPN. 08:24am

Reading a study: "Eco-warriors are the biggest polluters" (related link) I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you... 09:02am

Just back from a Step class at the Milford Golds. A 'regular' attendee who has jet black hair was suddenly blonde. It freaked me out! 10:57am

Morton Goulder, who helped bring a tech sector to southern NH decades ago by co-founding Sanders, passed away on Friday. (related link) 10:59am

Who-hoo! Just found out that the office is having a pre-SuperBowl party Friday afternoon. 12:19pm

Wow! Massachusetts Democrat icon Sen. Ted Kennedy is going to endorse Barack Obama! Mental circuit breaker go POP! 12:45pm

Original headline: "In a blow to Clinton, Kennedy..." but then I thought: don't want to go there !! 12:47pm

See these pics of CF bulbs that overheated/melted? (related link) We had a CF bulb die like this ~ a month ago & 'twas well ventilated.. 12:56pm

So Lego officially turns 50 today at 1:58pm, but which time zone are we talking about? 01:29pm

Something funky is going on with our primary wood stove. Shutting it down. Will open her up after she cools down. Time for another cleaning? 03:18pm

Renewed IEEE membership (cha-ching!), cleaned the stove, & video Skype'd with my sister. Stove is still flakey & we'll seek repair tomorrow. 08:46pm

Comments

What is IEEEE?

Posted by: alyssa at January 29, 2008 08:36 AM

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE

http://www.ieee.org/

It's the professional organization related to Electrical Engineering. I've been a member for most of my professional life after leaving the USAF. It's not like a teachers union, per se. But most standards related to gadgets have origins in the IEEE. For instance, wireless networking (aka WiFi) is sometimes referred to as 802.11 by techie's. 802.11 is the IEEE standards number referring to the official standard of protocol for doing wireless networking so that things interoperate and work together. When I did VHDL work in the USAF, VHDL was an IEEE standard.

It has a few services for members like insurance, social networking events, technical seminars, a boatload of technical journals on all sorts of niches, technical courses, etc. Michelle and I have maintained term life insurance through them because it's affordable and gives a continuity regardless of whether my employer offers it. And overall it just looks good on a resume.

The cha-ching comment is that membership was $170 for the upcoming year. That always bothers Michelle (for obvious frugality reasons).

Posted by: Scott at January 29, 2008 09:35 AM