So Quirky G and I are driving down the road with the kids in the back, just chatting about stuff.  On this particular day, we were discussing getting a new vehicle: QG: I’d really like to get a new car. S: What are you thinking about? QG: A highlander but I don’t think we should…

When I was in grad school, I was challenged by my technical theater professor to create a device to demonstrate DMX. What we devised was a transmitter receiver pair with 4 controls and 4 dimmers and the pair was linked by a three-wire cable. The transmitter had a fixed clock that could run at reasonable…