Posted November 11, 2011, in About, Air Force, Milestones, MIT, Photos, Random, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/3327.html)
Remembering F-Flight On Veterans Day.
I was in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) from 1984-1988 while a student at MIT, commissioned in 1988 as a second lieutenant, served on active duty until 1992, and was in the Inactive Ready Reserves (IRR) until 2006.
I always think of my service, and… [read full post]
Posted August 05, 2011, in Air Force, MIT by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2774.html)
A marching drill used for training Air Force cadets in the 1980s.
When I was in AFROTC at MIT (1984-1988), we used “The 54 Commands” as a marching-training drill. I believe the drill was timed and you had to start and end in the same position (typically on a football field or the like). The drill appears to no… [read full post]
Apple vs. Google, Bilski, Recession Ending?
Greetings,
Welcome to the latest installment of my LawLawLaw newsletter. 2010 is the 10th year of the newsletter, and for this issue, I’m going retro: plain text, no graphics. I’m also using MailChimp for delivery.
Why the name LawLawLaw? Originally, LawLawLaw mapped nicely onto intellectual property law’s three areas: patent… [read full post]
Today, we’re tweeting with @erikjheels: lawyer, electrical engineer, columnist, Red Sox fan, former Air Force Captain and more.
By Lance Godard
First published 5/14/2009; 22tweets.com; 22 Tweets
Erik J. Heels.
Trademark, domain name, patent lawyer and more.
Founder, Clock Tower Law Group.
Avid blogger.
MIT Engineer.
Today
25 random things about me.
[Following @rklau's lead, I'm republishing my Facebook 25 things meme thingy here, originally published on Facebook 01/26/09.]
1. I was born a poor black child. Actually not, but if you recognize that as the opening line from Steve Martin’s “The Jerk,” you get the gist of my sense of humor.… [read full post]
Posted December 07, 2008, in Apple, Erik's Favorites, How To, MIT, Music, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1236.html)
Unless you’re a dog, a whale, or a computer, you’re not going to be able to tell the difference between a good MP3 and CD audio.
Think you’re an audiophile? I’ll bet you beers you can’t tell the difference between 256 Kbps VBR MP3s and CD audio in a blind test.
Track Selection
12 tracks have… [read full post]
Posted November 11, 2008, in About, Air Force, Milestones, MIT, Politics by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1094.html)
One veteran’s thoughts on being patriotic in the face of conflict.
How do you maintain your patriotism when surrounded by peers who don’t share the same values? How do you work within the system to effect positive change? These were some of my challenges as I served in the Air Force. I joined the Air Force for all the right reasons, I… [read full post]
Posted November 06, 2008, in Branding, Clock Tower Law Group, Marketing, MIT, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1093.html)
In which we learn about the limitations of Google Reader Shared Item Notes.
In tribute to my favorite software class at MIT, I have a recursive logo. The logo – an airplane in a circle – appears in the tail of the airplane. So it’s a logo in a logo. In my MIT class, 6.001 (i.e. “Structure and Interpretation of Computer… [read full post]
Social networking sites come and go. Here are the ones where I’m currently active.
Following up on my post Drawing That Explains Social Networking, here are my current social networks:
- My Blog
http://erikjheels.com
My personal space on the Net. My personal branding machine. My – OK, you get the point.
- My Blog’s Feed
http://erikjheels.com/?feed=rss2
Powered
Sort of an informal bar association for lawyers who are also MIT alum.
I put together a website called MITLawyers.com, which is an informal community of, for, and by lawyers who are also graduates of MIT. I used mediawiki.org, the same software that powers wikipedia.org. I’m very much interested in making this a community project, which is why… [read full post]
