eConnections Archive

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Mike's Politically Incorrect Newsletter Archive

29 May 2008 - Redneck Cry for Help in the Arizona Desert

2 May 2008 - B&B, the epiphany and life without rants

1 April 2008 - Loneliness, Isolation, and Isolators as a Cure for Loneliness

5 March 2008 - Long, cold winter at B&B Electronics

7 February 2008 -My Rant About This So-Called "Recession"

10 January 2008 - Mike's Resolutions

20 December 2007 - My 2007 Industrial Data Christmas Poem

29 November 2007 - My Post-Thanksgiving Shopping Induced Haze at B&B

31 October 2007 - Yearnings for the Great Pumpkin at B&B Electronics

27 September, 2007 - OJ, Isolation and Bad Decisions

5 September, 2007 - SCADA & RS-485 at 107 Degrees and Counting

19 July 2007 - Goodbye RS-232 Part III, Finale

13 June 2007 - Wired Connections in a Wireless World

8 May 2007 - From Extreme Skepticism to Wireless I/O

3 April 2007 -Saga of the Network & Protocol Wars

6 March 2007 - RS-232, USB, and Pink Flamingo Kitsch

20 December 2006 - B&B Christmas Bash

23 November 2006 - B&B Electronics Thanksgiving Feast

19 September 2006 - My Upcoming Escape from the B&B Basement

22 August 2006 - Modbus, Serial Ports and Mailroom Theft

11 July 2006 - Wireless for Soccer Moms, Cows & Nuke Plants

2 May 2006 - You Can Always Find a Shortcut Somewhere

21 March 2006 - My St. Patty's Day Severe Hangover

14 February 2006 - Women, Engineers, and Valentine's Day

1 February 2006 - B&B's New Catalogue & Me on American Idol

20 December 2005 - Christmas Rhyme and Oversized Stocking Stuffers from B&B

10 November 2005 - Circus Clowns, Heart Surgeons, and 'B' vs. 'G'

1 September 2005 - Power Over Ethernet, Poltergeist & the Fighting Illini

13 July 2005 - Harry Potter & Things That Go Bump in the Night

8 June 2005 - Deep Throat, Flower Pots and Mighty Deeds of Valor

12 May 2005 - Hitchhiker's Guide to Wireless Mesh Networks

1 April 2005 - Dr. Phil, Ozzy Osbourne, and the FAA

4 March 2005 - Me, Martha Stewart, and the Manufacturing Mosh Pit

1 February 2005 - ZigBee and the Geek's Revenge

17 December 2004 - How the Ground Loop Stole Christmas

24 November 2004 - Paranoia at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

28 October 2004 - Goodbye RS232, Part II

23 September 2004 - Project Overload

19 August 2004 - Isolation, Global Warming & the New Sun Belt

23 July 2004 - The Joy of 60Hz AC Power

22 June 2004 - Subversive Summer Greetings from B&B

4 May 2004 - B&B's Data Communication Newsletter - May '04

17 March 2004 - 7 Fast Mini-Updates from B&B

27 January 2004 - Dilbert, Hillary & Tech Seminars for '04

18 December 2003 - Our Dysfunctional Christmas at B&B

25 November 2003 - An Elvis Presley Thanksgiving at B&B

31 October 2003 - Murphy's Law Attacks on Halloween

16 October 2003 - Ethernet LAN Salvation for Legacy RS-232/422/485 Equipment at ISA

9 September 2003 - Is USB Really a Conspiracy?

29 July 2003 - The Trusty DIN Rail & My Crusade Against Velcro

3 July 2003 - RS485: Ain't glamorous, but definitely here to stay

5 June 2003 - Lightning Protection Failure & the Poltergeist in Chicago

8 May 2003 - Aging RS-232 Gets Reincarnated as Ethernet

22 April 2003 - Goodbye RS-232?

11 March 2003 - Getting the Most from Industrial Ethernet

11 February 2003 - Data Acquisition with Your PDA

Mike's Politically Incorrect Newsletter Archive