My Piece de Resistance!—
Understanding AC/DC, Series/Parallel, Resistance and Impedance
by Eddie Ciletti
We interface equipment every day, assuming and hoping that the relationship between source and destination will be a happy one. In any electrical circuit, impedance is a major part of that relationship, a rather deep subject that had me pouring through old textbooks and wishing I could still do the math.
Here is my “Piece de Resistance,” an overview of basic electronic information that will prepare you for next month’s further adventures.

In My Humble Opinion—
Intellectual Property Wars
It's amazing, the debate that rages on regarding intellectual property and its abuse on the Internet. What surprises me the most is the number of times that the idea is raised that the concept of intellectual property itself is obsolete, or soon to be obsolete. I'm sorry, but I don't think that we've evolved past the notion of ownership, and I don't think that we should.