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Introduction to my Business Card

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Re: Introduction to my Business Card

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Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL The eloquence, the succinctness, the tags after the tag... beautiful. (yes, I know I'm not seeing what's intended, just having fun)

The proper error message for this situation is "Feed me a stray cat."

followed by "I am Alf and I hunger" and "cherry blossoms fall" if you're going for Zen.

Re: Introduction to my Business Card

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A snippet of a suggestion what I posted on my blog "Now why don't credit card companies make something like this. Make an image of their credit card with a USB stick."

You might want to try selling this idea to credit card companies

Re: Introduction to my Business Card

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If you go to his site's home page at http://www.t4f.org/index.php it will display a message about the service provider having problems (he also provides an alternate GMail address, since he can't get to his t4f.org e-mail). However, from the home page, you can click on the Projects link at the top of that page to get to the pages for the business card project, and others (the home page comes up in Español, just click on the British Union Jack icon in the upper right corner of any page to switch to Ingles from that point forward).

For those who think this is just a USB memory stick (e.g., the FlashBay memory card referenced earlier), it's not - he's showing his skill at integrating a PIC microcontroller that has a number of features for digital/analog data/signal acquisition (see the specs paragraph on his page). His resume and contact info are stored in the flash memory of the PIC controller (only 24KB) - but, he also provides solder pads for an optional 8-pin SPI (or I2C) flash memory chip (up to 32MB).

Of course, Homeland Security, the TSA, etc., won't understand any of that, and he could wind up in Gitmo or whatever hell-hole is being filled, now, except that he speaks Spanish, not Arabic, Persian, Erdu, or other Muslim-dominated languages (they still might not realize that for way too long, though).

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