So I get not one, but two priceless phone calls from solicitors yesterday.
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CueCat hack
Remember CueCats? They were the nifty personal barcode device that advertisers were going to use to taylor market to your personal habits and tastes. It was the hardware version of spyware. Well, it failed miserably 1.
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Million Dollar Baby
“Always protect yourself”
Who am I?
Hi, my name’s Rob Lund. “I am not my job,” says Douglas Coupland in his novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. I couldn’t agree more, and neither would Scott Adams, creator of the wildly popular Dilbert.
Nevertheless, we are compelled to slave in the “salt mines” to preserve our standard of living, promote the
common good, and pay the electric bills. Despite what Dilbert may say about the irrationalities of pointy-haired bosses, the workplace has a way of defining us.
Currently, I’m employed by a great little engineering firm in Dallas, TX. Micro Technology Services, Inc. specializes in consumer electronics, designing circuit boards for manufacturing. I’ve had the great opportunity to be involved with some wild projects. Contact MTSI for more info on what we do.
So then, just what is “ElectroLund”? Well, it’s where Coupland and Adams collide, fusing the “day job” with the pastime. Besides being my new online moniker, ElectroLund is literally a composite of my occupation and last name — who I am mixed with what I do.
Herein, you’ll find both my rants on life and my handiwork with a soldering iron. If you’re curious about the ElectroLund banner, I created it with cutouts from the titles of several different engineering periodicals I subscribe to. Here is the list that makes up the title:
E: | EE Times |
l: | Military & Aerospace |
e: | Offshore Engineer |
c: | NASA Tech Briefs |
t: | Solid State Technology |
r: |
Material Handling Management |
o: | Compact PCI Systems |
L: | Portable Design |
u: | Product Design and Development |
n: | Compliance Engineering |
d: | Design News |
Sensuality is not antithetical to faith
There’s an excellent Catapult Magazine article about the age-old debate of “being in the world, but not of it.” Specifically, it addresses U2’s Bono and his penchant for antics.
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Tennis on surrender
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I’d be a liar if I said that I was never tempted to erase seasons from my own past.
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Jesus prayer
Straightforward and simple, yet profoundly aware of the condition of man…
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Signs
Is it possible that there are no coincidences?
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The Innocence Mission
One of my new favorite bands is Innocence Mission. I just love them. They really connect emotionally with me.
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