April 2019

There were 19 posts published in April 2019 (this is page 1 of 2).

737-MAX software update still in progress, Collins Aerospace/UTC is involved

From recent reporting, the FAA is still several weeks away from approving the MCAS software changes relating to the Lionair and Ethopian Airlines crashes. In the industry media I read, I had not seen anything whether this was software created by Boeing or by one of its suppliers. This morning, I decided to do a search, and quickly found that it was my company (Collins Aerospace) involved in MCAS software development, and that Collins Aerospace supplies the computer that runs the software. Hoo boy!

  • Washington Post: Boeing’s 737 Max design contains fingerprints of hundreds of suppliers
  • The Gazette (Cedar Rapids IA, former headquarters location of Rockwell Collins/Collins Aerospace): United Technologies is parent company of sensor maker under scrutiny for Boeing 737 Max failure

Read Boeing 737 MAX crash and the rejection of ridiculous data by philg

“Boeing 737 Max: What went wrong?” (BBC) contains a plot showing the angle of attack data being fed to Boeing’s MCAS software. Less than one minute into the flight, the left sensor spikes to an absurd roughly 70-degree angle of attack. Given the weight of an airliner, the abruptness of the cha…

Philip Greenspun makes it sound simple, after the damage has been done. The trick is to figure this out before there is an accident.

 

Read: Discussing Social Networks, Again

Read Discussing Social Networks, Again by Amit GawandeAmit Gawande

Another week, another discussion on the state of social networks on TWiT network. This time it took place on the latest episode of This week in Google . The discussion went on and on about how Google Plus was great. And how other social networks have ruined what made them the best in the first plac…

I think that any tool can be a social network, we should start networking with whatever we have!

Read: Introducing the Bootstrap Starter Kit

Read Introducing the Bootstrap Starter Kit
A great way to start using Bootstrap, another thing to add to my list of things to try…

In other words, Bootstrap helps you make hand-coded websites, without them looking hand-coded.

The problem is that many of the themes don’t come with everything you need! For a seasoned designer/developer, that’s not a problem. But for students like mine, it can be a big problem. So I built something to try and help.

Read: Dissertating in the Open: Keeping a Public Research Notebook

Read Dissertating in the Open: Keeping a Public Research Notebook by Kimberly HirshKimberly Hirsh

I’m making a few notes to myself here to document my process for keeping a public research notebook. They might be of interest to you, too.
First, I’m talking here mostly about keeping up with the literature. There are (in my opinion obvious) ethical implications of actually sharing your data on…

via Chris Aldrich, nice description of workflow