So I’m reading Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono. For my later reference, the hats are:
I think the fable of The Scorpion and the Frog is worth knowing.
So it turns out you can’t make a transistor from two diodes. :P
In this video Hans Camenzind (the electronics engineer who invented the 555 timer) discusses the invention of the microchip. Conclusion? Life is not fair!
A little nostalgia: The UNIX Time-Sharing System.
“The three things I would tell people to learn are economics, writing and C programming,” said the Stack Overflow (SO) co-founder and globally-recognised expert on software development.
So someone on #arduino on libera.chat IRC network suggested that I get some Tic Tac containers to put my Arduino Nano circuit boards in… so I got some. A good problem to have! Yum. :)
Wikipedia has an interesting article on Transistor count.
I found some info on how mass storage devices are operated over USB:
I believe the relevant kernel source code is here.
Finding long IDE ribbon cables is a real hassle. But I found some over here: 36 Inch IDE Dual Drives Ribbon Cable.