Category: 1034: Apple Bores The Street, Beware Of Counterfeit Cables, Insulate

As you know by now I am a Boston Celtics fan and there have been many Boston Celtics heroes over the years. But Isiah Thomas has got to be one of the most amazing and inspiring of the bunch. I am really enjoying watching the Celtics in the playoffs and who knows, if they can…

If I started to talk about insulation, what would be the first thing that comes to mind? A down coat? The pink stuff in the walls of your house? Something else? Actually, I won’t be talking about any of those things here. Within electrical engineering, insulation is sort of the less-glamorous sibling of all of…

Earlier this week I had a customer asking me about an inexpensive cable for their Mac. Their current charging cable had finally stopped worked and they were looking for a replacement. I honestly can’t tell you how many times over the years I have had to answer the question about what other option besides the…

Apple’s quarterly financial results were basically boring for those Wall Street analysts. Yeah, what is exciting about $52.9 billion in sales and $2.10 earnings per share? The street expected another couple hundred million in sales but were pleasantly surprised by the extra $0.08 per share in profit. Apple shipped 50.8 million iPhones which was down…

_Dear Friends,_ It is time for my annual migration. I will be heading up I-95 this weekend and back to the Green Mountains by early next week. I wonder how my, now very big, Olde English Bulldogge, Jezebel will do on the long journey. She is about to become a country dog and that should…