Ron Mertens' blog » Spintronics http://www.ronmertens.com/blog Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:45:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Spintronics: Abandoning Perfection for the Quantum Age http://www.ronmertens.com/blog/2011/02/21/spintronics-abandoning-perfection-for-the-quantum-age/ http://www.ronmertens.com/blog/2011/02/21/spintronics-abandoning-perfection-for-the-quantum-age/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 07:13:20 +0000 Ron Mertens http://www.ronmertens.com/blog/?p=376 Here’s a great introduction to Spintronics by David Awschalom, one of the pioneers in this exciting new science:

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OLED-Info has been updated to a CMS system (drupal). This was a lot of work (mainly to convert the old data), but it’s been worth it. Traffic has gone up, and page views has a doubled. Revenue has also doubled, more or less. I’ve got in touch with several more OLED companies, and should post some new interviews pretty soon.

U3, Spintronics and ExpressCard have been updated. I’ve made a new template (graphic wise). It looks lame, but it is at least consistent with my main sites, so it’s easier to work with. When/If the traffic will grow, I’ll have someone design the sites with good looking graphics.

Results of all this work? October has been the best month ever (both in AdSense revenue, and in total Metalgrass revenue).

So now I have to decide what to do next. More small sites? Or maybe start working on a larger-scoped project? Or invest even more time in OLED-Info? Not easy decisions.

]]> http://www.ronmertens.com/blog/2006/11/01/metalgrass-network-update/feed/ 0 Spintronics info site published http://www.ronmertens.com/blog/2006/07/14/spintronics-info-site-published/ http://www.ronmertens.com/blog/2006/07/14/spintronics-info-site-published/#comments Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:44:01 +0000 Ron Mertens http://www.ronmertens.com/blog/2006/07/14/spintronics-info-site-published/ My latest site, Spintronics-info is now published. Spintronics is the future of electronics, done with electron spin rather than charge. There are already some spintronics products available (such as MRAM, and Spin-Valves used in sensors and hard-disks).

I now have 5 different content sites on-line. I don’t think I’ll be adding any in the near future… Now is the time to invest more in the current sites. Oh, and move MRAM & OLED to drupal.

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