Last fall I arranged a stop in Tucson, Arizona to visit my brother and his family. My nephew/godson Sean would be appearing in his high school’s production of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s “You Can’t Take It With You.” While his was a small part (one of the G-men,) it created a lovely excuse…
Month: July 2017
I Need Her Feedback
Pete Magnani managed the technical training classes at IBM’s mid-Hudson Valley sites. He had created the test training class due to lack of teaching on this topic at college. The class lasted ten to twelve weeks, with each class session held for two hours. Each week we had a different IBM employee lecture about equipment,…
Logistics and Love with My Family’s Vacation
One year I copied Nancy, chief of physical plant at my home, on an email response to my siblings regarding that year’s family vacation. The intention—let her know of upcoming travel. Inadvertently, she remained on the ensuing exchange which covered grocery lists, arrival times and potential activities. When we spoke next she remarked, “Wow, you…
Pathfinding Work on No-Touch Leakage Testing, Part 3: Tales from the Intel I/O Test Road Map
On Willamette we proved that AC I/O loopback testing worked. The AC I/O loopback provided the designers margin. I had completed the groundwork for testing I/O leakage on the structural tester using the RC decay leakage method (link to previous post.) Alas, we didn’t get a chance to try it out on the structural tester….