Show Me the Tungsten
Graff-Pinkert’s used machine tool business has been challenging for the last couple of years. It has always been a cyclical business that takes grit, creativity, and a willingness to pivot when times are grim. We have moved into consulting and matchmaking for machining companies and brokering expensive, sophisticated machines like
Stealing Signs
Chris Correa, an employee of the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team, hacked into the computer system of the Houston Astros. Over a period
Your Neighbor in the Mobile Home
I had never been in a trailer park before, at least that I can remember, but I have watched episodes of Netflix’s Trailer Park Boys,
Can’t Think of Anything
I’ve started this piece several times over the last two weeks, and each time I got deflected and went on to something else like eating,
My Syrian Driver
Last weekend I took a Uber downtown. After a few minutes of chit chat, my driver told me he was an immigrant from Syria who
Have a Good Password?
Maybe the pen is mightier than the sword, or so it seems in the worlds of crime and, lately, politics. What with the Russians hacking
Psyched for 2017!
This is my first Swarfblog of 2017 and it’s not about the Cubs. I am grateful to be able to continue writing it and grateful