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TOP will be down for maintenance for a few days. However we will be back AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! As early as Saturday, but at least by Monday. —Mike, TOP Chief Custodian and Facilities Maintenance Engineer

To all U.S. readers: Take a moment today to go to Wikipedia, enter your ZIP Code, and follow the link to your Congressman. Tell them to vote AGAINST SOPA and PIPA, the two bills now before Congress that would suppress...

I need a spot of help—anyone out there who's a whiz with small-scale electronics who could lend me a hand? Perhaps especially conversant with batteries and chargers? Who can solder, and maybe even spot-weld? The job I need doing is...

The last time I posted a poll, many people complained that the poll widget I used (Vizu) used Flash, which they didn't like. But nobody recommended an alternative. Can anybody direct me to a robust poll widget that doesn't use...

I'm normally at my crotchety-est when it comes to commercials. I mean, I'm a very peaceable and nonviolent man, but give me a handgun and put me in the same room with the "Can fifteen minutes really save you fifteen...

When it gets quiet around here, it means I'm working on something. As I sometimes mention, this stuff doesn't write itself. Mike

I've always admired David Vestal's stance on non-disclosure agreements: he doesn't sign them. He won't accept information with any limitations attached. As he puts it, "I'm in the disclosure business." Unfortunately perhaps, most journalists in any field know things they...

I need to post this so I can save some time by just sending people this link when they inquire. A new TypePad glitch seems to have surfaced recently: the system now occasionally provides a "captcha" field after you hit...

I must apologize again for the unintentional interruption in services this week—life has been getting in the way of TOP recently (though all is well. In fact, one of the "issues" I'm dealing with is that I've gotten not one...