A couple of days ago, a Pulse post written by Anthony Scaramucci caught my attention. The post can be found here. The reason why it interested me was because I live in Argentina, one of the countries mentioned in the post. The other reason was the mention of the so called Monroe’s doctrine that has usually …
We met M the day we arrived to the Tronador Hotel, this February. She was just recovering from the sting of a “yellow jacket” wasp in her right hand. The Tronador Hotel is an idyllic place located in the middle of Argentina´s northern Patagonia. Built in 1934 by Benito Vereertbrugghen, the son of a Belgian doctor …
Chances are that you are using either an IOS based mobile phone or and Android based phone. If you are using a IOS phone you are most likely using it running the latest OS version (9.x.x….) but if you are using an Android phone you may be running anything from 4.2 to 6.0 OS version. …
“Space Oddity” was the first Bowie song that I heard, it was haunting, beautiful and otherwordly. I heard it while looking for new stuff for the “radio” that was my responsibility in high school in the early eighties. The’”white thin duke” trend and fad still had to come. In those years I was a weird, …
A few weeks ago, in order to get my family updated regarding Star Wars background details, we went through the original trilogy via Netflix. And after watching all the classic sequences, I started to think about the lessons in Process Automation that can be extracted from the original trilogy. No, really, I’m not under the influence …
What can Star Wars teach us about Process Safety, seriously. Read More »
A common belief among the industry is that if you use fiber optics in a Hazardous Area, you are basically playing safe. The problem is that if you follow that belief, you could be potentially introducing an ignition source into your classified area. As most of the standards and regulations on explosion protection, the investigation …
Are fiber optics always safe in hazardous areas? N”op”e. Read More »
It was a decision taken by impulse. I was looking for a PITC (Profibus Certified Training Center) in order to get myself a certified Profibus trained professional certification and suddenly I had found one that was not too far away. At least I didn’t have to fly across an ocean. I have been doing Fieldbus …
How to find Profibus training in South America and actually enjoy the process. Read More »
When I do trainings on Explosion Protection methods, there is usually a moment when some people in the audience seems to enter into the twilight zone: This usually happens when the presentation reaches the definition of the Ex “e” protection method. I usually start describing basic principles like the Explosion Triangle, the LEL and UEL concepts, the Flashpoint and MIE …
Becoming familiar with the Ex “e” protection method Read More »
While preparing a training for a customer, I made a thorough research of the current status of Fieldbus/Profibus device coupler’s technology and availability and spent some time working out a clear way to present the Ex ic fieldbus concept which is not as conceptually clear as the older Ex i a/b concepts. Nowadays everybody involved …
Who’s afraid of the big, bad Ex ic fieldbus wolf? Read More »
I’ll start with a foul, bad, mean word: torrent. For non geeks: Torrent is a technique for massive distribution of computer files. And is a foul, bad and mean word because most of the files distributed by this technique are covered by copyrights, so that means that torrent networks are basically the contemporary equivalent of …
