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I know this has been asked many times, but I’m looking for a low cost laptop for the household.  Not gaming or anything sophisticated just for general spreadsheets, occasional zoom, hosting music, etc.  would like to keep it <$500.  Windows10 and msoffice 365. suggestions? @knight1fox3 if...

Thought this was a pretty cool article.  Especially for engineers who live nearby or have seen it in person. https://bouldercityreview.com/news/hoover-dam-marks-85th-anniversary-of-final-concrete-pour-61185/

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a30482971/cops-arrest-gm-engineers-100-mph-chevy-corvettes/

So we've got a situation where a water supply pipe crosses below a natural gas main.   The water pipe people want to know what the risk of damage to the water pipe is if the gas pipe explodes.  We know the diameter and pressure of the gas pipes and can assess damage potential for water pipe, but...

I keep clicking on the live feed.  I just plain can't stand politics/politicians/people in general anymore. I'm not going to pick sides, I'm just going to say that this country is going to H-E-double hockey sticks in a handbag.

@Road Guy were you hacked by some PPI proponent? there about 5 of these entries in different forums.

Most of you guys know my son is army EOD and currently stationed Washington DC.  I went to visit him last week and he took me on a personal tour around the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.  The EEOB is immediately adjacent to the west wing of the White House and has the offices for the...

Anyone have/use Quickbooks?  I’m on the board of a local professional society and our longtime bookkeeper passed away.  She used quickbooks to maintain the books for the society.  The bookkeepers daughter gave us a copy of a quickbooks backup file but we can’t open it as we don’t have the...

Brand new pedestrian bridge just set in place this past sunday and not yet open to the public.  Wow.  heads will roll for this one. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/miami-pedestrian-bridge-collapses-trapping-unknown-number-people-n857011

I've got a new 4-20mA sensor (tiltmeter) and I'm trying to bench top test it to confirm calibration before putting it out in the field.  I have a benchtop power supply and a multi-meter.  How can I test it's operation independent of the logging device that it will be connected to in the field...

I thinking about getting a commercial grade elliptical trainer/machine for my house for cardio/general excerise.  Any thoughts/expereince/opinions of the best brand/model and potential purchase options new vs used.  I'll probably go used as new ones are pretty expensive.  I'm not interested in...

I never used this company but someone sent me this link to a site with engineer related t-shirts (and it appears they also do other occupations) https://www.sunfrog.com/search/index.cfm?cId=79&search=engineer&schTrmFilter=sales&sac&navpill Might get my wife one of these.

Happy bday to the EB ice queen. i hope you have a great one and best wishes for many more.

(or whatever holiday you celebrate) to the best group of people one could ever hope to meet online and/or in-person.

I'm trying to get the latest methods of load rating a reinforced concrete box culvert (and specifically for the state of MI).  Michigan DOT uses AASHTOware.  I'd like to know the specifics of the calculations it's using. Anyone got a user's manual that they can send me a copy of...

My uncle who is pretty technologically illiterate was diagnosed with cancer and is less mobile than he used to be.  I told him that getting online might be a good outlet for him to catch up on stuff and communicate with people (he currently has no cell phone or internet service).  He seems...

Sorry I'm late to post this.  Decades TV had 3 Stooges week this week and included a "series" documentary tiled "Hey Moe, Hey Dad".  It was 6 hour long shows of behind the scenes stuff about the Howards and Fines narrated by Moe's son.  I watched the first one and thought it was pretty cool.  I...

This is pretty amazing and not just the $450k car. http://www.bentleymotors.com/en/apps/look-closer.html

So I added a HDTV to the house and wanted another DVR (we already have a DVR connected to a HDTV).  I went to the cbale company (RCN) and they talked me into switching my service to a "whole house" service using a TiVo box.  I gather this is basically a TiVo router that set up a LAN and connects...

Live streaming concert from NYC 3-5PM EST Dierks Bentley, Cheap Trick, Wiz Khalifa, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts ROCK ON!!!! http://ncd16.livenationpromos.com/?c=EML_LN_1081518&camefrom=EMLN_1081518