Mike's Politically Incorrect Newsletter Archive

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• March 16, 2011 - Butterflies, Automation and the New Engineer
• February 23, 2011 - New Year's Confessions - and a Peek Under the B&B Sheets
• January 26, 2011 - Device Envy and Diverging Technology
• December 22, 2010 - Mike's Christmas Engineering
• November 24, 2010 - Thankful Thoughts from a Geek
• October 27, 2010 - Epic Halloween Quandary and Conflict
• September 16, 2010 - Common Sense Crumble
• August 18, 2010 - Mike's Social Networking Quandary
• July 28, 2010 - Dog Days of Summer at B&B
• June 16, 2010 - Product Testing Glamour and The Big Flush
• May 19, 2010 - Mental Engineering Wizardry – and Mike’s Brain
• April 22, 2010 - Chicken Little's Revenge
• March 23, 2010 - Spring Sizzle and Placebos
• February 24, 2010 - Communications Babylon and Billy Mays
• January 20, 2010 - Farewell to the Aughts
• December 22, 2009 - Products, Politics and Christmas at B&B Electronics
• November 24, 2009 - Mike's eLetter Takeover
• October 21, 2009 - Pumpkins, Combines and Connectivity at B&B
• September 16, 2009 - Chicken Little - Banned at B&B Electronics
• August 27, 2009 - Mike's Summer Vacation
• July 17, 2009 - Great minds making music at B&B Electronics!
• June 18, 2009 - The Wireless Range Conundrum - Solved at B&B!
• May 20, 2009 - Time warps and warm fuzzies at B&B Electronics!
• April 15, 2009 - B&B Electronics and the Net Generation
• March 18, 2009 - Springtime Breezes at B&B Electronics
• February 18, 2009 - Mike's 10 Commandments of Wireless
• January 21, 2009 - What's Old in 2009?
• December 17, 2008 - Merry Modbus from Mike at B&B Electronics
• November 20, 2008 - Ethernet, Fiber, and my Skunkworks Bailout Proposal
• October 15, 2008 - Acorns, Economic Malaise and CNN
• September 24, 2008 - Hurricane Ike, MacGyver, and an Engineer's Heroic Aspirations
• August 21, 2008 - Mike's Political Correctness
• July 23, 2008 - The Napkin that Rocked the World
• June 25, 2008 - 9 Lives of RS-232 and RS-485
• May 29, 2008 - Redneck Cry for Help in the Arizona Desert
• April 30, 2008 - B&B, the Epiphany and Life Without Rants
• April 1, 2008 - Loneliness, Isolation, and Isolators as a Cure for Loneliness
• March 5, 2008 - Long, cold winter at B&B Electronics
• February 5, 2008 - My Rant About This So-Called "Recession"
• January 9, 2008 - Mike's Resolutions
• December 20, 2007 - My 2007 Industrial Data Christmas Poem
• November 27, 2007 - My Post-Thanksgiving Shopping Induced Haze at B&B
• October 30, 2007 - OJ, Isolation and Bad Decisions
• September 25, 2007 - OJ, Isolation and Bad Decisions
• August 28, 2007 - SCADA & RS-485 at 107 Degrees and Counting
• July 19, 2007 - Goodbye RS-232 Part III, Finale
• June 6, 2007 - Wired Connections in a Wireless World
• May 22, 2007 - How to Stretch Your Serial Port from Here to Anywhere
• May 8, 2007 - From Extreme Skepticism to Wireless I/O
• April 3, 2007 - Saga of the Network & Protocol Wars
• March 6, 2007 - RS-232, USB, and Pink Flamingo Kitsch
• January 18, 2007 - B&B Internal Memos Leaked to the Public
• December 20, 2006 - White Elephant Gifts & The Job-Swapping Party at B&B
• November 22, 2006 - Cheesehead Jokes for Thanksgiving
• October 31, 2006 - October 31: 'Spirits in the Material World'
• September 19, 2006 - My Upcoming Escape from the B&B Basement
• August 2, 2006 - Modbus, Mailroom Theft and Homeland Security
• July 6, 2006 - Wireless for Soccer Moms, Cows & Nuke Plants
• May 25, 2006 - The Rest of the Story or More about the Traffic Light Thief
• May 2, 2006 - You Can Always Find a Shortcut Somewhere
• March 21 , 2006 - My St. Patty's Day Severe Hangover
• February 14, 2006 - Women, Engineers, and Valentine's Day
• January 31, 2006 - B&B's New Catalog & Me on American Idol
• December 20, 2005 - Christmas Rhyme and Oversized Stocking Stuffers from B&B
• November 10 , 2005 - Circus Clowns, Heart Surgeons, and 'B' vs. 'G'
• October 20, 2005 - Dublin, Guinness, and the ISA Show
• August 24, 2005 - Power Over Ethernet, Poltergeist & the Fighting Illini
• July 28, 2005 - Rant from Techie's Girlfriend
• July 13, 2005 - Harry Potter & Things That Go Bump in the Night
• June 8, 2005 - Deep Throat, Flower Pots and Mighty Deeds of Valor
• May 12, 2005 - Hitchicker's Guide to Wireless Mesh Networks
• April 1 , 2005 - Dr. Phil, Ozzy Osbourne, and the FAA
• March 3, 2005 - Me, Martha Stewart, and the Manufacturing Mosh Pit
• February 1, 2005 - ZigBee and the Geek's Revenge
• December 17, 2004 - How the Ground Loop Stole Christmas
• November 24, 2004 - Paranoia at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
• October 28, 2004 - Goodbye RS232, Part II
• September 23, 2004 - The ISA Show and Hurricane Ivan
• August 19, 2004 - Isolation, Global Warming & the New Sun Belt
• July 23, 2004 - The Joy of 60Hz AC Power
• June 22, 2004 - Subversive Summer Greetings from B&B
• May 4, 2004 - B&B's Data Communication Newsletter - May '04
• March 17, 2004 - 7 Fast Mini-Updates from B&B
• January 27, 2004 - Dilbert, Hillary & Tech Seminars for '04
• December 18, 2003 - Our Dysfunctional Christmas at B&B
• November 25, 2003 - An Elvis Presley Thanksgiving at B&B
• October 31, 2003 - Murphy's Law Attacks on Halloween
• October 16, 2003 - Ethernet LAN Salvation for Legacy RS-232/422/485 Equipment at ISA
• September 9, 2003 - Is USB Really a Conspiracy?
• July 29, 2003 - The Trusty DIN Rail & My Crusade Against Velcro
• July 3, 2003 - RS485: Ain't glamorous, but definitely here to stay
• June 5, 2003 - Lightning Protection Failure & the Poltergeist in Chicago
• May 8, 2003 - Aging RS-232 Gets Reincarnated as Ethernet
• April 22, 2003 - Goodbye RS-232?
• March 11, 2003 - Getting the Most from Industrial Ethernet
• February 11, 2003 - Data Acquisition with Your PDA