Book review of "The Essential Engineer," by Henry Petroski (Washington Post)
Then there are the others, who blend pragmatism, know-how and creativity into a particularly potent form of optimism -- the kind of optimism that, as Henry Petroski points out in "The Essential Engineer," puts his colleagues "in a posi

Keeping track of crime (Suburban Journals)
Keeping track of the crime-filled pasts of 95 percent of Missouris criminals would be a hopeless job if not for a software system developed by a self-confessed South County computer geek.

Retired high-tech exec will seek Ward 8 post (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Retired software engineer and high-tech executive Biff Traberannounced that heâ?™ll seek the Ward 8 seat on the Corvallis CityCouncil in November.

Council overrules bid protest (The Reedley Exponent)
Two out of town vendors bidding on street repair projects worth up to $1.4 million went to the mat at last weeks council meeting. The projects call for the topical application of a rubberized asphalt product on several City streets in the area bounde

Windows 8 in 2012? (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Microsoft Windows 8 may be coming as early as 2012, based on a recent rash of comments and hints dropped by Microsoft personnel in official capacity and informal context.