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Selecting an Online Backup for Power Users

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

I am big fan of online backup. It is an easy way to automatically protect your important files with minimum effort. To be effective, a backup strategy has to be easy to set up and maintain.

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Rules for Well Behaved Window’s Utilities

Friday, August 20th, 2010

There are many excellent software utilities available for Windows. There are also many other utilities that have great potential, but missed the mark because of poor program design. I am careful about the impact a program has on my computer. Sometimes programmers fail to realize that I use my computer for many tasks besides occasionally running their program. I may only run their program once a month and I expect their software to maintain a small footprint on my computer.

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Using High Energy Protons, FPGAs and Firmware, to Kill Cancer

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

One of the benefits of being a medical device consultant is the opportunity to work with new technologies that can make a difference in peoples lives. One of our newest projects may provide a superior treatment for many types of cancer.

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