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Discusses how electronic engineers often find inspiration in strange places. Contributions that such a rudimentary tool as the paper napkin gave to the engineering field; Napkin's integral part in advancing the state of engineering for the better; How the napkin enables inspiration to be captured and recorded even when it strikes at the most unpredictable times and places.

Several letters to the editor are presented concerning electronic design including the popularity of using spread-spectrum techniques in switching power supplies and the origin of the term fish paper and how is come to be associated with vulcanized fiber.