Category: 1021: Apple Re-Paves The Street, Frederick Douglass, Infinite Power

I am heartened by the overwhelming response to the executive order on immigration. Unless you are a native American, you are descended from immigrants. I know I am as my grand parents immigrated to the USA to escape persecution. And do not forget that son of a Syrian immigrant by the name of Steve Jobs!…

p{text-align: center;}. !http://blog.smalldog.com/images/4973.png! I received an interesting question from a reader after my last article and I thought that I’d share it and explain in more detail here. The question was about the recommendation that an inverter (or indeed, any power source) have a large amount of excess capacity if being used to run electric…

We are celebrating Black History Month all of February and today we will honor the memory of Frederick Douglass, a former slave that devoted his life to the abolition of slavery. Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass became one of the most respected orators and intellectuals of the time, advising Presidents on abolishing slavery, women’s rights…

After several quarters of top-line revenue stagnation, Apple rebounded in the holiday quarter by returning to growth and posting their best financial results ever. That is a statement in and of itself. Apple has posted some pretty spectacular numbers but this was the best. Apple reported revenue of $78.4 billion and net quarterly profit of…