In the sixties, when I was a little kid, I was brought up listening to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass – my dad had all their albums (“South of the border”, “The lonely bull”, “Going places”, “A taste of honey”, “Whipped cream and other delights”, etc.), as well as the various hits by Sergio […]
Interests
Pandora and an irritating limitation
Pandora thinks one hundred stations is enough for a Pandora listener. I wonder if this was just an arbitrary decision by the developer (who, obviously doesn’t like lots of different music/artists), or did someone actually say in ‘The Requirements’, “the maximum number of stations for each user should be 100”
Video of a guy “driving” a self-driving car
Article on self-driving cars (opens in new window) Haven’t really been paying much attention to google or tesla and their auto driving cars – but just watched this demo video of how the Tesla car works. (Software + Hardware) engineering is just freaking amazing! I am now able to better understand those Star Wars (prequel […]
Supporting really old applications
Article on supporting really old computer programs (opens in a new window) Really interesting story about supporting a 60 yr old “computer application”…and not being able to find people that know the older programming languages [they mention Fortran, Assembly, even ALGOL.] I know that some of the code (programs) I wrote in the early to […]
Passing of a great man: George Mueller
Back in the ’80s, one of the predecessor companies of Unisys (Burroughs), bought a company called SDC (System Development Corporation) where George Mueller was the CEO, merging that firm into Burroughs, with Mr. Mueller becoming a Senior VP of Burroughs. He was at the head of NASA’s endeavor to put a man on the moon […]
Completely Mirrorless Camera Photog Now
FYI, fellow FB photographer friends: Over the summer and as of this past week, I’ve slowly gotten rid (via trade-in or selling) all of my DSLR camera equipment, and am now a bona fide “Mirrorless Camera ONLY” photographer (now having had my Mirrorless for the past 16 months). While I do not (yet) have the […]
Miscellaneous thoughts
Such a nice day out there today, my favorite season is fall – the temp is “just right”. Too bad it only lasts 4-6 weeks here in MN. (Lol) I’ve got a few (good) stories to write about but I’m not doing it today. But, I’ll preview them for you: First one is about my […]
NPR Tiny Desk Music
NPR Tiny Desk Music Selection (opens in a new window) Not entirely sure whether I like this band’s sound, but the leader/singer (and piano) sure has a unique way/style of singing & playing piano. Love the horn section and drummer too