Why is February the shortest month? Because it brings the worst winter weather, so we want to speed through it.

Shopping alert: If you’ve been glued to the college football bowl games and ignored your gifting duties, you have less than one week to avoid a potential disast

When technology drives change on its own, things tend to improve. When social or political events force tech changes, the results are more random. Is it just us, or does Mastodon give you some nostalgic warmth of the BBS world, but with better graphics?

The Fall Dance underway played the first three songs in the order we expect: Halloween, change your clocks, and this week, first big snow. Expect white stuff from the Dakotas to Maine.

Baseball’s new song is “It’s Raining Home Runs.” Albert Pujols just hit #702 for his career, and Aaron Judge tied the Roger Maris record at 61 for the season, with four games left to take the lead. Let’s avoid foul tips and go straight to newstips.

NASA’s rover Perseverance on Mars found organic material, as in potential signs of life. Samples scooped up will be returned to earth for analysis, but not until about 2033.

Wednesday the 7th of September is a big day for iPhone fans and other Apple faithful as leaks about the iPhone 14 reveal some, but not all, of the new hardware and software details.

August means paralysis by analysis for true iPhone fanbois. Do you replace dying equipment today or wait until after the big show in September when Apple displays all their new products, upgrades, and dropped models? Which rumors do you trust? At least you can trust all these juicy newsbits.

Engineers need to avoid standing waves in transmission lines but welcome them at the antenna, which can create a dichotomy for RF engineers.

Can you feel the crisp fall football weather? No, you say, it’s 187 degrees outside and dry trees are whistling for dogs!