by Evert Mouw 0
ICS (iCal) is a file format for calendars. Most calendaring software uses it. For example, you can import / export it to Google Calendar. If you have a Google Calendar, you can “publish” your calendar to an ICS file, so you can use it with other software like Mozilla Calendar or web services. Microsoft Exchange [...]
by Evert Mouw 15
Introduction In our student’s dorm, we want to share files. We also have one shared internet connection using ADSL. The download speed is OK, but the uplink is weak. Many students like to use torrents, which quickly drain the uplink and the connection table of the modemrouter. So I set up a server with a [...]
VMware uses virtual disk files as a source to store data from their virtual machines. These files are have an extension of .vmdk and are stored on your local hard drive. There are multiple instances where one would want to access these files without having to boot up the virtual machine. It could be due [...]
by Achal 0
(from – http://analogcircuits.posterous.com/reverse-engineering-the-cascode) Cascode (shown in Fig. 1) is well known and widely used circuit for creating large-impedances in integrated circuits. Cascode circuits also provide another advantage i.e. isolation between input and output ports and thereby reducing the Miller-effect and as a result cascodes have a good frequency performance. And when impedances achieved from cascode [...]
I am sure that everyone has given presentations on a beamer / screen and will have to do so in the future. Most people I have seen presenting use the default slide show view in which the laptop/computer shows the same view as the projector / screen. This is quite unhandy when you want to [...]
by Achal 1
Why do we perform small signal analysis, when we are analyzing or designing analog circuits? This is a fundamental question that I think, is not discussed rigorously enough in the classes or text books on analog circuit design. I will attempt to qualitatively address this question here in this blogpost. Fig. 1 a) Small-signal MOSFET [...]
by Evert Mouw 0
Author: Bob Westerbrink Rechargeable batteries aged 6 years or older are, in general, garbage (this also is true for most car batteries). How good are your rechargeable batteries? You can test your batteries by measuring the time it takes until they are empty while they power a LED or something similar with a small resistance. [...]
First a short introduction on Instagram, it is an iphone app for taking pictures, adding filters to make them look retro, and then for sharing them with sites like Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, and Facebook, more importantly, it’s a simple social network of other people’s photos. You can “like” or comment on the photos, and see [...]
Stumbleupon has taken up my huge amount of hours, stretching deep into the night, into the wee hours of many mornings while promising a never ending stream of interesting randomness at the click of the mouse. Recently in January Stumbleupon with its 12 million users surpassed Facebook and its 600 million users in the amount [...]
I have this habit of collecting quotes that I find interesting here are 50 randomly selected quotes: It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. —Albert Einstein Eighty percent of success is showing up. —Woody Allen I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education. —Wilson Mizner [...]
Here is a nice insight from the guys at theRSA.org into what really motivates us. This video really got me thinking about how can you redefine rewards to get the most out your own self and others; a must watch.
Five additions to the Rands In Repose’s classic essay The Nerd Handbook. This is intended for the significant others of nerds and is a good read for anyone trying dive into the mind of nerds.
The recent post by Navin on education got me thinking about one of my favorite topics once more – educational reforms. Specifically, what to do about education in the post-information-revolution world?
After the previous list of single player flash games, here is a list of online multi player flash games!! 5. Artillery Live: You have to destroy the battletank of your opposite team before they destroy yours! The game features vs. computer mode and also lets you form your own team
Just a random thought… is education really killing jobs or are there huge flaws in the assumptions below? We have an ever increasing population but the increase in population is somewhat linear with increase in jobs More and more people are going to university and getting university degrees This leads to us having to invent [...]