Playing a Manometer like a Stradivarius

A Stradivarius violin is only a beautiful wooden box with strings on it until it rests in the hands of an accomplished musician who can make it sing.  But even in the hands of an accomplished musician, a violin can sound horrible if it isn’t tuned.  Building test equipment is capable of exceptional diagnostics, but only if the user knows how to use them and … Continue reading Playing a Manometer like a Stradivarius

No Problem Here Under the Lampost!

I remember a story I heard when I was a kid about a man who comes upon another man obviously searching for something under the light from a lamppost on the street corner.  He asks the obvious question, “Lose something?”  The second man looks up and replies, “Yup.  I lost my keys.”  The first many asks, “Where did you lose them?”  The second man says, … Continue reading No Problem Here Under the Lampost!