visitation with the Popster. Made 4 visits, all were home (well, one was just the kid) which is highly unusual these days. Must be the weather. Anyways, we visited only people from my class, which I needed to do anyways. Nice visits, spent lots of time with LH. I really like him, … [Read more...] about Great night at
Nostalgia
I've been blogging since at least 2003, much longer if you consider the early days of computing. I've stopped and started many times, usually deleting everything. I found about 800 old posts from 2004 - 2007 that I imported for random memories. Those posts are under this category.
On the war, missiles, etc.,
it's so hard not to get caught up in the hype. I'll never forget the scorn that was placed upon President Reagen when he spoke about SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative for those of you from Pasadena). Such ridicule. And yet, today, no one is laughing, they are either thanking him … [Read more...] about On the war, missiles, etc.,
Wow! Chips Ahoy!
At 500 gigahertz, the technology is 250 times faster than chips in today's cellphones, which operate at 2 gigahertz. At room temperature, the chips operate at 350 gigahertz, far faster than other chips in commercial use today. This is an incredible achievement, not only for the … [Read more...] about Wow! Chips Ahoy!
Very nice Father’s Day
I thought that everything went very well today. Class was good even with a lower than usual turnout due to the severe thunderstorms in the area. Missed a couple of chords here and there but nothing disasterous. RSm did a good job researching "self-control" and presented a … [Read more...] about Very nice Father’s Day
Hey, ranchers are just
practical people. Check this out: A few Texas ranchers tired of costly repairs to cattle fences damaged by illegal immigrants have installed an easier route over the U.S.-Mexican border — ladders. Well, do you blame them? How much money should they lose? … [Read more...] about Hey, ranchers are just