A Struggle as Old as Time Itself Since the dawn of time, mankind has been in a struggle to exercise wise dominion and good stewardship of the world around us. We hunted, then tamed animals. We learned to grow food. Somewhere along the way we took on leather, textiles, stone, metal, and gems (and so, the inspiration for Minecraft was born). Today, some young folk (and some less-young!) began a journey to wield dominion and stewardship over some Arduino boards… [continue]
Rolls-Royce 747 Flyover
Anticipation Rewarded Low-hanging clouds and silence in the air had me wondering for a few seconds if the Rolls-Royce 747-200 would emerge from the veil of mist concealing it. You see, Rolls-Royce, the company my wife has worked for her entire career, was anticipating its own company 747 to make an imminent low altitude pass over its downtown Indy facilities. In fact, with the media alerted to the plans, all of Indy was clued in to what would be a… [continue]
Toy-gineering – Christmas 2013
We want to say, “We are thankful for you.” Our genuine hope is that in any given week this year, or since you’ve joined Eg, that you’ve known our gratitude for you. But, in order to truly get an idea of how this goes for us, you’re going to have to go through an exercise with me here for a moment. But there are going to be challenges (doesn’t every good exercise have its challenges?). Old-timer E-gineers, you’re going to… [continue]
E-gineering Golf Outing 2011
E-gineering’s annual golf invitational turned out wonderful this year! It took place at Golf Club of Indiana. Not only were we blessed with incredible weather, but also with incredible fun and fellowship with our clients, partners, and employees. We had an eighteen hole shotgun start scramble format tournament. Not only were there prizes for the tournament, but we also had several side games where participants could win extra goodies. If all of that failed, there were several more door prizes… [continue]
Origins
The idea behind the title of my blog is that nebulae are where stars are born. So, too, I want to become a star in my new career. I came from an electronics background, but have discovered that this industry is chock full of people with all kinds of previous experience. For example, E-g has a CPA amongst our ranks and my own brother has a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering technology. I can only imagine that others, like me, who… [continue]
Inaugural Post
Up until now, I haven’t been a real blog addict (reading or writing). However, there has to be a first time for everything. What I hope to achieve by blogging is to give my loyal subscriber base of millions a different perspective on Java programming: that of the newbie. Hopefully along the way I can learn a few things about programming and maybe even myself. If by some miracle someone gets a chuckle, laugh, or by some twist of fate,… [continue]