A Numerical Investigation of David Packard's Birth Date

U. of Portland electrical engineering professor Aziz S. Inan, Ph.D., just called to let me know about his "100th-Birthday Brainteaser Gift for David Packard" (September 7 is Mr. Packard's birthday). Prof. Inan likes to perform numerical investigations on dates of notable people and events. Not to be confused with numerology, his treatises reveal interesting mathematical relationships of the numbers associated with his subjects. It takes a lot of work to put these papers together. Nerd hobbies confound non-nerds, but the rest of us appreciate the effort.

Posted 2012

Johanson Technology Prototyping Kit - RF Cafe

RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...