Back in the summer of 2005, a colleague of mine enlisted into the United States Army. When he enlisted, he had to sign 30+ different pages of his contract in pen. When he reenlisted in 2007, I joked with him about all of the signatures that he would have to hand-sign and how many sheets …
Are you one of those people who are distracted very easily by bright, shiny things? If I am walking around outside and see something that seems to be shouting, “HEY! YOU! LOOK AT ME!” chances are I’m going to stop and stare for at least ten seconds…and it is because of people like you and …
Let’s face it, the world economy isn’t quite where we would love to see it nowadays. Profit margins all over the world are slipping, and every company big and small is looking for ways to eliminate waste in manufacturing processes. Leading experts have designated seven areas that are driving to wasted inventory, space, resources, time …
Arguably one of the most interesting phenomena that you will see at the upcoming 2014 World Cup in Brazil won’t be the games. It can instead be found on the streets of Rio de Janeiro in-between attending matches. The pavement is known the world over for containing everything from geometric patterns to the image of …
Well, we are fast approaching that time again. My three or four loyal blog readers know that I make Christmas cookies. And, we aren’t just talking about a couple of dozen, either. I made well over a thousand cookies last year, and this year’s quantity may be an all-time high. I have to send a …
Project Planning for Manufacturing Software (and Christmas Cookies) Read More »
What if… a Traffic Officer could have access to all of the accident reports, or what time most speeding tickets were issued on a stretch of highway in an assigned patrol area? What if… a Patrol Officer knew what open arrest warrants or high risk sex offenders were living nearby at any given time? What …
What if…? The Dolphin 70e Black for Law Enforcement Read More »
Christmas Eve was a tragic day for our community. In the early hours of the morning, firefighters in Webster, NY rushed to the scene of a fire on Lake Road. These men were met with hostile gunfire and two of the brave men were killed at the scene. Seven homes were destroyed and several other …
What’s the deal with all of the QR codes showing up everywhere? QR code is a 2D barcode symbology. Unlike linear barcodes, 2D barcodes encode data in both the X and Y planes. This allows for hundreds, or even thousands of characters of data to be stored inexpensively in an easy-to-produce symbol. As you can see …
How does 50% off sound? How about more for less? Well then, what could be better than free? This week we are introducing the free L-Tron online barcode generator. Yes, I did say free. It will create images or links to images for popular linear and 2D barcode symbologies. It even supports QR code, which is …
Everyone knows that advances in technology end up driving performance up and cost down over time. In 1965, Gordon Moore observed that the number of transistors which could be placed on an integrated circuit had doubled every two years since 1958 and that the trend would continue for at least ten years. As it has become …