Big Brother's Big Brother
Kirt's Cogitations™ #165

RF Cafe University "Factoids," "Kirt's Cogitations," and "Tech Topics Smorgasbord" are all manifestations of my ranting on various subjects relevant (usually) to the overall RF Cafe theme. All may be accessed on these pages:

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Big Brother's Big Brother

Big Brother's Big Brother, that's what MIT graduate student Ryan McKinley wants his website, Government Information Awareness (www.opengov.us), to be known as. He created it to put the government legislators and regulators that have a penchant for watching our every move under the same type of microscope. The website was so popular right after its launch that it had to be shut down temporarily while the code was rewritten to handle the large load. His database is already impressively large, and incorporates those of C-SPAN, multiple government websites and telephone books. The site's ultimate success will be determined by the level of "volunteer" efforts to assist in expanding data resources, writing code and advertising its existence.

Johanson Technology Prototyping Kit - RF Cafe

RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...