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From: clay on 5 May 2008 13:43
Hello All,

In the May issue of Sig. Proc. Mag., Rick gets mentioned in two
different articles. One is the announcement of his award for best
column. Rick can now buy us all beer. And the other is the review of
his latest book "Streamlining Digital Signal Processing." The reviewer
really loved the book. He also cited Greg Berchen's article as his
personal favorite. So let's all give Rick a big congratulations for
two jobs well done.

Clay



From: Eric Jacobsen on 5 May 2008 23:11
On Mon, 5 May 2008 10:43:35 -0700 (PDT), clay(a)claysturner.com wrote:

>Hello All,
>
>In the May issue of Sig. Proc. Mag., Rick gets mentioned in two
>different articles. One is the announcement of his award for best
>column. Rick can now buy us all beer. And the other is the review of
>his latest book "Streamlining Digital Signal Processing." The reviewer
>really loved the book. He also cited Greg Berchen's article as his
>personal favorite. So let's all give Rick a big congratulations for
>two jobs well done.
>
>Clay


Did you notice who wrote the book review? ;)

Eric Jacobsen
Minister of Algorithms
Abineau Communications
http://www.ericjacobsen.org
From: robert bristow-johnson on 6 May 2008 01:04
On May 5, 11:11 pm, Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacob...(a)ieee.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 5 May 2008 10:43:35 -0700 (PDT), c...(a)claysturner.com wrote:
> >Hello All,
>
> >In the May issue of Sig. Proc. Mag., Rick gets mentioned in two
> >different articles. One is the announcement of his award for best
> >column. Rick can now buy us all beer. And the other is the review of
> >his latest book "Streamlining Digital Signal Processing." The reviewer
> >really loved the book. He also cited Greg Berchen's article as his
> >personal favorite. So let's all give Rick a big congratulations for
> >two jobs well done.
>
> >Clay
>
> Did you notice who wrote the book review? ;)
>

by the smilie face, i am suspicious that it's someone else we know
here. i dunno, i haven't held an IEEE document of any kind for
years. (and hadn't been a member except briefly as an undergraduate
student in the 70s.)

r b-j
From: DigitalSignal on 6 May 2008 18:04
Congratulations Rick!

James
www.go-ci.com
From: Al Clark on 6 May 2008 18:04
clay(a)claysturner.com wrote in news:50ec49a4-1b35-4824-b47d-c0f3daa59f41
@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:

> On May 6, 10:55�am, Al Clark <acl...(a)danvillesignal.com> wrote:
>> c...(a)claysturner.com wrote in news:90f1d3ca-7952-48f2-af49-af8e67a21822
>> @m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On May 5, 11:11�pm, Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacob...(a)ieee.org> wrote:
>> >> On Mon, 5 May 2008 10:43:35 -0700 (PDT), c...(a)claysturner.com wrote:
>> >> >Hello All,
>>
>> >> >In the May issue of Sig. Proc. Mag., Rick gets mentioned in two
>> >> >different articles. One is the announcement of his award for best
>> >> >column. Rick can now buy us all beer. And the other is the review of
>> >> >his latest book "Streamlining Digital Signal Processing." The
reviewer
>
>> >> >really loved the book. He also cited Greg Berchen's article as his
>> >> >personal favorite. So let's all give Rick a big congratulations for
>> >> >two jobs well done.
>>
>> >> >Clay
>>
>> >> Did you notice who wrote the book review? � ;)
>>
>> >> Eric Jacobsen
>> >> Minister of Algorithms
>> >> Abineau Communicationshttp://www.ericjacobsen.org
>>
>> > Of course I saw who wrote the review! Al was spot on about the
>> > practicality of the book. Which of course goes way book to how Rick
>> > become editor of the column in the first place. Practicing engineers
>> > need effacacious articles. And Rick complained to the IEEE about their
>> > many articles that seemed irrelavent and they got him to put his pen
>> > where his mouth is.
>>
>> > Clay
>>
>> I had to write the review, I was the only one left here who didn't
>> contributed a chapter.
>>
>> Al Clark
>> Danville Signal Processing, Inc.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Al, you know Rick is looking for a few good DSP men - you already
> demonstrated you can write, and I know you are proficient with DSP, so
> you ought to put together an article. I already have another in
> queue.
>
> Clay
>
>
>
>
>

There are two kinds of engineers (except for Rick), those who can't write
and those who can barely write. I aspire to be included in the latter but
its a struggle.

What everyone knows who contributed a chapter (or who wrote a review), is
that IEEE has editors, including Rick, who can turn a sow's ear into a silk
purse (or in my case, a silk sow's ear).

I struggle to write user manuals, web site content, etc now. I have had an
idea or two that might be a suitable trick, but time is something I don't
have a surplus of.

Speaking of tricks, I really like your sine oscillator method (Chapter 20).
I knew the basic calculation, but not the trick to keep all the numbers in
bounds. I will probably write a SHARC version the next time I need a sine
generator.

Al Clark
Danville Signal Processing, Inc.
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