Author Archives: Quantum Tom

Vitamin A and E Will End You Faster

No idea what this is all about, but Adult Swim has these 15 second “Public Service Announcements” that have intrigued me enough to look for references to them on the web. “Vitamin A and E Will End You Faster,” is the message of the Public Service announcement. No idea what it means, but it definitelyContinue reading “Vitamin A and E Will End You Faster”

The Prices of Crude Oil and Automotive Gasoline

I’ve been wrestling with a thought experiment for the last couple of months and I think I’ve finally made some headway in resolving it. This all started when a barrel of crude oil was hovering around $100 per barrel. Round numbers like that make doing the math on this problem a lot easier. From whatContinue reading “The Prices of Crude Oil and Automotive Gasoline”

Exchange ActiveSync for Dummies

Today a vendor asked me a question that I get asked all the time. The question I was asked was, “How is the iPhone incompatible with Exchange Server?” The simple way of explaining it is this. We have a piece of software from Microsoft called an Exchange Server. The Exchange server is a heavy systemContinue reading “Exchange ActiveSync for Dummies”

Smoking Crack in a Quattroporte

I was coming back from an early morning jog Tuesday morning when I noticed a Maserati Quattroporte parked on Main Street a few blocks from my house. A fine work of automotive design, it is not often that I have the opportunity to closely examine such a vehicle. As I approached the car, I noticedContinue reading “Smoking Crack in a Quattroporte”