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The automobile industry has continuously improved sound suppression in its vehicles to the point where engineers now build mechanisms into cars that purposefully introduce engine noise into the cabin, returning some of the driver’s aural feedback that had been insulated away.
But this post isn’t about that kind of automobile noise. This is about the noise [...]

And you thought you were safe from the meandering, thoughtless actions of our 43rd President, now that we’ve proven that the USA is smart enough to see we need some change at the top and elected Obama to turn the country around?
Well, Bush didn’t get that message and it turns out he’s going to screw [...]

BusinessWeek published a story yesterday with three growth scenarios for the outcome of the current financial downturn. I’m with the author in hoping for the third scenario — innovative growth.
In this scenario, the country’s investments in research (bioengineering bacteria to produce cellulosic biofuels, for example) pay off and we are able to increase our exports [...]

Hello to everyone who reached this site after I met you at SDBloggers. Just wanted to have a little, personalized note here waiting for you!
Thanks for visiting,
Chris

The recent economic turmoil has the nation looking for short-term tactics to right the sinking financial ship. While my own (shrinking) 401(k) and IRA accounts are quantitative testament to how important fixing the markets is to me personally, in this post I’d like to focus attention on a longer-term strategy for achieving US economic strength.
As [...]

In case you didn’t recognize my stretched attempt at a reference to the game Battleship in the title of this post… well that’s what it was. (Find an online version of the game embedded at the bottom of the post.)
While working on a totally unrelated task, I came across a spectacular visualization tool representing the [...]

Now that I’ve survived the move to San Francisco (the travel blog is here and in progress), I can seriously consider making the switch from Verizon to AT&T and picking up an iPhone 3G. I wanted to keep Verizon during the trip because I travelled through many backwoods locations and I know Verizon and its [...]

(cross-posted on JustWanderlust)
One of the great things about taking a trip to the West is the peaceful serenity of the plains, prairies, buttes, and mountains. Everyone needs to disconnect from the grid occasionally and reflect on our amazing planet and the beauty that surrounds us, typically missed because his nose is buried in a cell [...]

Well, I survived RAGBRAI 2008. Or, at least the upper half of my body did. The fact that I’m typing this doesn’t tell you anything about the state of my pedal-wary legs.
After growing up and going to college in the great state of Iowa, I decided I had to ride one infamous RAGBRAI before moving [...]

Garmin is known for its talent in building a wide range of navigation devices, for purposes from driving to fishing to flying to hiking. But its aptitude for direction-giving starts to weaken when it comes to pre-purchase research on the company website.
I was doing some research recently into GPS solutions for flying as my father [...]