Key Tech recently hosted an alumni and friends networking event for the University of Maryland at our office in Federal Hill. Speakers included Key Tech CEO Jenny Regan, the Dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering Dr. Darryll Pines, and the Provost and Interim President of the university Dr. Nariman Favardin.
By now we have all hopefully heard of the two different color systems: CMYK and RGB. But why are there two? If you had to choose one to use, which would you pick? I could quickly tell you the easy answer, CMYK is used for print and RGB is used for displays, but there is actually a science as to why each system is necessary.
Sing, o muse, of man and the machine
the trial and err of misguided questing
to bring the works of Linux to new homes.
Frank’s been in rural Uganda for the past two weeks. He went on safari, built a platform for solar panels, dug a deep hole for… well, dug a deep hole, and discovered the excitement of exploring a new culture. We figured he’d be a little homesick, so we left some delicious Jello popsicles for him to come home to.
As a service company, our staff is our most important asset. Without them, we’d just have a bunch of lonely computers sitting around hoping to one day become self-aware. As such, we work hard to find great people, and we’ve found some of the greatest.
Along with other members of The Giving Circle, Frank is now in Uganda to help bring needed resources to an orphanage. Among other things, he’ll be designing and building a small windmill. Of course, that gives us two weeks to setup a few practical jokes for him.
This past weekend, Baltimore once again hosted the annual Artscape Festival, the self-professed largest free art festival in America. It’s an amazing festival, with 3 days packed full of more art than you can shake a stick at. A few Key Techers, including myself, were in attendance and got to experiment with the different ways [...]
Are you a tinkerer? For those of us that are concerned about how best to crack open a $1,000 MacBook with a critical soda problem yet have the compelling desire to take it apart anyway, there is help.
Congratulations to the Western High school all-girls Robodoves team for advancing to the finals of the Chesapeake Regional First Robotics Tournament.
Trees improve our quality of life by improving the air we breathe, providing shade, and even absorbing noise. Several Key Tech’ers spent a beautiful, sunny Earth Day planting trees at Dickey Hill Elementary/Middle School with the students.
