I have been building up my home lab these past few years, and I decided that I needed a better multimeter. My original Fluke 77 handheld digital multimeter (DMM) has served me well for more than 40 years, but I wanted more resolution than its 3½ digits. A few years back in a fit of GAS (gear acquisition syndrome), I purchased a 20,000-count Surpeer AV4 multimeter from Amazon for $40. Alas, the Surpeer … Read More → "A Tale of Two Multimeters – Part 1: Fixing rubber buttons on the Keithley 197 DMM"
This week, we’re diving into the hidden challenges of AI infrastructure with David Driggers, CEO of Cirrascale. David and I chat about the surprising failure points that traditional data center planning often misses when it comes to large-scale AI deployments, why old assumptions about power, cooling, and networking simply don’t hold up anymore and why the “just add GPUs” strategy can be a recipe … Read More → "The Hidden Truths of AI Infrastructure: Why “Just Add GPUs” Always Fails"
I recently received an email that essentially said something like, “Interested in physical AI, agentic AI, robotic ships, autonomy, maritime, offshore, subsea, security, ocean science… [the list went on]? If so, get in touch!”
Let’s take a step back before we race forward. Someone recently asked me how my “triage process” works for people pitching potential articles to me. I’d never really thought about this … Read More → "Physical AI Robotic Ships on Patrol!"
When I was a kid growing up in the 1960s, I fully believed that humans could live on both Mars and Venus without requiring special suits or survival gear. This was because I had discovered the wonderful world of science fiction. Many of the books I devoured (figuratively speaking) described Mars as a dusty frontier world with a thin, dry atmosphere. By comparison, Venus was portrayed as a foggy, … Read More → "Should We Terraform Mars (“Yay” or “Nay”)?"
