When I was working for the Los Angeles Times editorial department, IBM PCs were just becoming a thing. Editorial publishing systems were based on proprietary architecture, very expensive, and there was nothing portable about them. The Times had recently purchased the SII System 55 which used Tandem servers and Coyote desktop terminals. As a smart…
This was my senior thesis for my undergraduate degree in biochemistry at Cal State Univ Fullerton. I don’t understand any of it now, but I did then. I spent a lot of time and effort on the research so I thought I deserved some bragging rights by posting it. The professor told me I probably…
Another one of my inventions circa 1980. I still think this technology is feasible as an assist to electric vehicle power. The first reviewer thought I was trying to create perpetual energy. It was all a little bit oversimplified and I didn’t know how to present it at the time, but the idea was to…
My first business venture. A small TV and radio sales and repair shop in Harrah, OK. It could have been very successful except that televisions and electronics became disposable within a few years after South Korean and Japanese companies started mass producing televisions and electronics.
LapTop Computers LT-1000, circa 1990 I think it was a great idea and ahead of it’s time, but I lacked the business and marketing background to get it off the ground. Click LapTop Computers for more details and specifications.