Access Denied

Do firewalls really work? This blog explores the growing problem of institutions blocking educational tools and other internet features.  Institutions are being held more liable for inappropriate content and conduct through the internet.  The problem is the laws being put in place protect institutions but in turn reduce students exposure to critical digital skills. Why … Read more

Cost of Internet Services

A simple discussion of why internet service costs in the United States keep going up not down and I am not talking about broadband speeds. The United States invented internet but that does not mean that we pay less for it than the rest of the world.  As a matter of fact we are paying … Read more

Debugging

Did you know that debugging code is twice as hard as writing code!  Especially when you are debugging code that you did not write.  A lot of our clients ask us why it takes so long to debug something.  The answer is debugging is a very tricky and lengthy procedure.  It requires us to dig … Read more

Freelance Engineering

Professional Freelance Engineers are the new engineering consultants of the 21st century Freelance engineering has been sometimes been associated with job drifters.  People who drift from one job to another without being able to hold down a particular positions.  However this is quite the contrary.  With the advancement of computers, faster internet connection, outsourcing and … Read more

Renewable Energy

Renewable energy comes in many forms.  Depending on the application certain types of renewable energy work well.  Most renewable energy sources work better in large scale commercial applications than they do for residential applications.  For example hydroelectric can be used in small scale applications but its much more suitable as a commercial project.  Fuel cells … Read more