Author Archives: Brian

About Brian

Engineer. Aviator. Educator. Scientist.

Hypocrisy is Proportional to Organizational Size

I was reading about the United Nations this morning in an article published in Foreign Affairs 82, no. 5 (Council on Foreign Relations, September-October 2003): 67-80.  I’m training to think critically.  Lots here to consider… Shashi Tharoor writes, “The United … Continue reading

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DoD CAC-enabled Secure Thin Operating System

If you work with the DoD, you probably have a Common Access Card (CAC) to securely access websites. Next time you log on with your CAC to the Air Force Portal, look at the logon screen fine print for a … Continue reading

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Tea Party is the First Meta-Political Party

Tea Party attitudes can fit with a Republican or Democrat ideal, so long as we separate *what* is done from *how* it’s done. Continue reading

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Southern California Desert Sunrise

Sunrise photo with colors of hot yellow to black. Snappy brilliant reality of the southern California desert. Link to other desktop landscape photographs (c) Brian Mork, Increa Technology. Continue reading

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USB to Serial Adapter – Lost with the name John

GPS data. USB to serial converters. Software drivers. Continue reading

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