Cultural Differences

Now that Dave and I have been trying to get some thoughts together a bit prior to the show (though the show itself is still quite "off the cuff"), we have some topics we can list out for you. You can use it either while listening, after you've completed listening, or hell, you can forego hearing Dave and I completely! I mean with an Ohioan and an Aussie, that's a lot of nasally voices, eh?

Anyway, see below for a quick outline of what we've talked about and links to the things we've been talking about. If you hear anything we've missed, be sure to add it into the comments section, along with your questions or thoughts. Any suggestions for future shows should be placed on The Amp Hour Suggestions Page so that we can easily separate it out and talk alllllll about you during our next show. Looking forward to seeing all your comments and if you haven't yet, be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed using some of the links in the upper right hand corner of this site.

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• Shout outs:
  • Cherish's Response to our thoughts on the IEEE
    • Maybe our differences are academia vs. non-academia?
    • IEEE Spectrum falls short on their eReader review (Dave uses more dramatic language!)
      • Two sentences of review per device? Perhaps they need to watch one of Dave's gratuitous DMM reviews to see how it's done!
      • And WTF don't they mention really important basic stuff like battery life?
      • Dave would want to take the eReaders to take them apart, but it might be as destructive as "Will It Blend"
  • Let's Talk Geek, a technology podcast out of South Africa
    • Are boards really that much more expensive in South Africa?
    • What are board costs across the world?
    • Chris tries to talk like an Aussie, as he was chastised in The Amp Hour #3
    • The effect of higher fuel prices on the global electronics industry
• General Discussion:
  • The Maker All-Stars
    • Mitch Altman and Jimmie P Rodgers are touring the mid-west, visiting Hackerspaces.
    • Bre Pettis -- Sudo Make Me a Sandwich
    • Chris Anderson
    • DIY Drones has a new project started by Jani Hirvinen, the ArduCopter. It's an open source kit for an easy to assemble quadcopter based on the Arduino platform! Awesome!
  • Can DIY "stuff" replace Walmart someday? Using fablabs at home?
    • Dave laments the potential loss of PeopleOfWalmart.com
    • Chris has been to a fablab at MC^2 STEM school in Cleveland
    • Dave talks about Creative  Commons licenses and how they have help shape the open source hardware market.
• Followup from last time:
  • CEO Mark Hurd may actually get 40 million in severence, not just 30.
  • The shareholders of HP are filing suit because firing Hurd really...HURD the stock price...get it??
• Listener Comments:
  • Dave's take on the Woz and why he enjoys talking about him
    • Dave suggests reading the autobiography, iWoz
  • Should a listener bother trying to work with discrete components at home?
    • A resounding yes! Discrete components aren't going away any time soon, nor is it possible to only use ASIC-type components.
    • Troubleshooting is another important skill to learn that is almost alwasy required with discrete components.
      • Discussion of techniques, including some that are the basis of a book "Troubleshooting" by David Agans (first reviewed by Jack Ganssle). EDIT: I mentioned Mighty Ohm's review of "Debugging" in the show and thought it wasn't there...turns out it was!
  • Alternate show name from our listener Roger...The 3600 Colombs!
    • For those that don't get it, an ampere is a measure of 1 Colomb/second. There are 3600 seconds in an hour so The Amp Hour would be equivalent to The 3600 Colombs. Clever!

Remember to please leave any feedback (especially on the outline format) or questions in the comment section. Thanks for listening and reading!