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Myth Information: Is Human Hearing That Mysterious?

2019/06/21 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments andrew heinzman, howtogeek, human hearing

This is a post about human hearing, technology, science writing, and internet services. Have you ever wondered how persistent myths

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Electronics Law and Politics 

A Modest Proposal on Online Stores and Taxes

2018/04/26 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments

If sales made online must be taxed (and I don’t see that as a horrible thing), we immediately run into

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In Hot Water: Second Sous Vide Dinner

2017/05/22 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments anova, beef, eye of round, sous vide

The maiden voyage with the new Anova Bluetooth Sous Vide Precision Cooker was a dinner with pork chops cooked to

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New Thing for Me: RepRap

2017/05/212017/05/21 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments 3d printing, folger tech, ft-5

I’ve got a Folger Tech FT-5 3D printer kit that I’m putting together. I’ve just gotten the mechanical parts of

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In Hot Water: Cooking with Sous Vide

2017/05/14 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments cooking, sous vide

For several years now, I’ve been thinking about home-brew approaches to sous vide cooking. When I first heard of this,

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The Zombie MP3

2017/05/13 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments flac, mp3, npr, public domain

This is an interesting article from NPR, not just for the content on how better alternatives to the MP3 lossy

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Weird Claim About CES 2014

2014/01/09 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments CES, journalism, Las Vegas

The “DayTime” show had a segment on CES with Paul Hochman, Tech Journalist (it said so in the onscreen text).

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Not Everything is Easy in the Land of Raspberry Pi

2012/06/022012/06/02 Wesley R. Elsberry

I had the chance to work with my Raspberry Pi some more late last night and this morning. Quite a

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Computation Electronics Science 

Raspberry Pi On Its Way

2012/05/29 Wesley R. Elsberry

I got email from Newark today saying that they had shipped my Raspberry Pi. I should get it this week.

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Electronics Photography 

Canon Loyalty Program 2011/02/22

2011/03/082011/03/15 Wesley R. Elsberry

I have owned several Canon digital cameras in the point-and-shoot through prosumer range. Something Canon has offered for a long

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Electronics 

Looking Back at CES 2011

2011/01/10 Wesley R. Elsberry

I attended the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada last week. Lots of articles are out there concerning

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