ISA is offering the CAP study guide free to people who register to take the CAP exam:

Dear Automation Professional,

Don't get me wrong. I'm not dissing Rockwell Automation here. It's just that when we're in the middle of producing show dailies at events such as Automation Fair, we get pretty focused. So I'm taking a break here to see what's happening in the rest of the world. For AF updates, go here. For a bit of other news, stick with me.

Here's a very important and gratifying announcement from the University of Kansas by way of ISA:

The University of Kansas Continuing Education announces an online certificate program in Process Instrumentation and Control (I&C). In three modules, the course covers the different phases of I&C from a non-mathematical and practical point of view. It includes basic concepts, engineering, and installation of control equipment.

Amid the post-weekend deluge of email offering me fake doctorates, dodgy drugs and opportunities to make easy money (Ri-i-i-i-ght!), the following bits of far more useful information popped up. 

In the ARC Advisory Group weekly news blast, the following item appeared:

Hi Walt,

I thought you needed a little humor after your server crash. Bummer.

Joe Kaulfersch

The Redneck CAP Test

1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a 10-pound possum.