brahm neufeld

About My name is Brahm Neufeld and this is my homepage. I created this page as a resume-booster in 2010 as I was wrapping up my Electrical Engineering degree at the University of Saskatchewan. I've since pared it down to a couple interesting projects I've worked on. Follow me on Twitter or check out my oft-neglected blog. If you'd like to get in touch with me, try [firstname].[lastname]@usask.ca (be sure to omit the square brackets). Last updated September 2016.

Recent Stuff

• Record Collecting - I restored and re-capped a NAD 3020 amplifier that my dad bought in the early 1980s, and cleaned up an Onkyo CP-1010A turntable. I am growing a small record collection and absolutely loving the sound.
• Foxboro Scripts - at work I am finding many ways to work more efficiently on our massive Foxboro DCS. I am starting to get a few useful scripts hosted on Github. Check them out here.
• Espresso obsession - my wife bought me a Baratza Virtuoso Preciso coffee grinder. I am now obsessed with making beautiful espresso shots.

Past Projects & Happenings

• rbi3.ca - This service allows you to build a custom roster spreadsheet for the original Nintendo game R.B.I. Baseball 3, and convert it into a working game file!
• On March 11, 2010, I placed first in the College of Engineering's 60th Annual Kent Phillips Public Speaking Competition!
• A simpler online fuel consumption monitor - I used to use SpritMonitor.de to monitor fuel comsumption. While the site was functional, the English->German translation isn't perfect, and the features are not what I need or want. I started my own service from scratch with a cleaner interface and better features, like integration with Google Charts. New features will be showing up all of the time! My current mileage: or
  • Please note this project (as of 2015) is now horrifically out of date and no longer supported...
• SCI-FI Science Camps 2009
• Forensic Tracking Dots on Colour Laser Printers - a push for more information from industry regarding microscopic yellow dots that are embedded on each page printed on a colour laser printer.
• SCI-FI Science Camps PAWS Tab - Personalized Access to Web Services for SCI-FI employees.
• SCI-FI Science Camps Database & Registration Overhaul
• Trendy Awareness Bracelets

Bookmarks

Click these links!

• Actua - A national organization and charity for Canadian science camp and workshop programs.
• Allen Browne's tips for Microsoft Access - this page has saved me more than once (here's why you can't edit data in a query).
• The Consumerist - a great consumer rights and advocacy blog.
• Discogs - Great place to learn about vinyl and expand your collection.
• Domainr - a really cool tool for searching for custom domain names.
• Google Charts API - generate dynamic and complex charts for free.
• last.fm - Last.fm software on your media device will track each and every song you listen to, then allow you to visualize that data like this or like this.
• Riskopoly - Risk + Monopoly = Riskopoly, the game of capitalist imperialism!