I’m pleased to announce the launch of my new portfolio website, located at www.paulpehrson.com. In creating this new design, I used WordPress for the underlying functionality of the site. That gives me a lot more flexibility when I want to add or edit content. The previous version was static HTML that I designed, but was …
[Blog administrator's note: I received the following e-mail from my supervisor today. It illustrates the trouble that can be encountered when you offshore documentation.] My sixth grade son came home yesterday with an MP3 player that he got on trade. Surprisingly, he also got a CD with the software and device drivers and a user …
Internet scammers get more and more sophisticated every day. Well over a year ago, I warned you on this blog about the trouble of what are called “phishing scams“. This weekend I’ve been inundated with e-mails that are purportedly from PayPal, warning me that my account has been flagged, and if I don’t follow a …
The other day I got an e-mail from a developer who was writing about what he considered to be an under-exposed feature in the software that we develop. After explaining the feature, he finished with the following quote: “[M]y sense is that we don’t advertise/capitalize on this. “If we do already, dismiss this as coming …
Apparently last October there was an incident at Hill Air Force Base, where a mechanic made a mistake that caused over six million dollars in damage to an aircraft’s engine. (The plane in question apparently costs over $200 million.)
A contributing factor was deemed to be a lack of proper documentation for removing landing gear pins after performing maintenance on the plane.