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Shortly after receiving my Cr-48 Chromebook, I noted that one thing you can’t really do in the cloud is run SPICE-type applications for circuit simulations.

Enter CircuitLab. CircuitLab is an in-browser SPICE-like schematic capture / circuit simulation tool. It works great (and looks great) on my Cr-48! Chromebooks are now one step closer to viability for electrical engineers.

We are happy to announce the launch of CircuitLab, the first web-based circuit simulator with the power and accuracy needed for board-level design tasks. CircuitLab is now available free of charge to practicing electrical engineers, engineering students, and electronics hobbyists around the world.

-Read the full release

There are a lot of resistor calculator type apps in the Android Market. I’ve had a difficult time finding a decent electronics app. However, I have now found my go-to Android app for electrical engineering work.

ElectroDroid is loaded with features. It offers the basic color code features, and so much more. It can be used to make quick RLC Filter design calculations, Op Amp design calculations, and even PCB trace width calculations. The app has pinouts for common cables and ICs. The app also has quick-access resource tables for Decibels (dB to Watts, etc), ASCII chart, logic tables, and wire size charts.

Avi Singh has posted a how-to for getting 5GB of extra dropbox storage for free. Perhaps you’ve heard about the experimental Dropbox build that allows you to earn up to 5GB of free storage. (There’s also an Android build)

Basically, you earn 500MB for the first photo that is automatically uploaded after plugging in your camera’s storage (or taking a photo). You earn an additional 500MB for each additional 500MB that is automatically uploaded.

Avi has streamlined this process. He links to a single 4.3GB file that has been compressed into a mere 21kB .rar file. Download the file, extract it to your camera’s storage card, and reconnect the storage device. Let Dropbox begin to automatically upload the image (you only have to wait for the file to be indexed) and earn free storage. You can then, of course, delete the file.

For complete instructions, visit Avi’s post. Don’t have a Dropbox account? Sign up now.

Occupy protesters are all over the news. There’s even a tent community in Tallahassee. If this were a tea party movement, they wouldn’t have been permitted to stay in protest for nearly as long as you Occupy people have.

Now you are burning American flags? This is a new low. I know it is within your rights, but I have an idea. Get a job and stop sitting on somebody else’s land!

Where did this whole idea of entitlement even come from? People come to America to live the American dream. To have a chance of becoming something great. To have a chance of earning something great.

If you feel you are owed what has been earned by others, move to Europe. Or do what has been traditionally done in America when people think they are entitled to other people’s stuff. Rob a bank.

I will use this post to outline the best plan, in terms of leadership, that I see for America in the coming years. First of all, whoever wins the Republican nomination has to defeat President Obama. In order to do this, the conservative base must get excited.

The republican nominee has the job of selecting a running mate that will do just that. There are a couple of names floating around. Many say Marco Rubio would make a great Vice President, and undoubtedly he would. However, he lacks the experience many desire in a leader. Plus, I have greater ambitions for him which will be discussed momentarily.

The man the republican nominee should select as a running mate is Mike Huckabee. If Huckabee would have run for President this year, he likely would have won. As it stands, Mike Huckabee would be the perfect running mate, particularly if a less-than-conservative candidate wins the republican nomination. He has the ability to evoke enthusiasm in the Republican party (while appealing to independents) and will help ensure the conservative vote makes it to the polling stations.

What about Marco Rubio? If Obama is defeated this year, consider Rubio a favorite for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination. By then, he will have gained more experience in the United States Senate to prepare him for a position as President. He, too, is a candidate that brings much-needed enthusiasm to the GOP. Not to mention, he has the ability to win both the Hispanic vote and the conservative vote. Of course, if Obama wins his reelection bid, prepare your Rubio 2016 bumper stickers.