As each year nears end, I've always taken time to reflect on the past year and plan for the next. I am thankful for the new friends and opportunities of 2009, and I look forward to 2010. Wishing for you and yours a happy, healthy and prosperous new year.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
I am Thankful
I am thankful for my family, my friends and you.I am thankful for all the blessings our Lord bestows upon me every single day.
Happy Thanksgiving
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Happy Halloween / Fall Back
Trick or treat?
AND remember to return to Standard Time
at 2:00 am Sunday morning!
AND remember to return to Standard Time
at 2:00 am Sunday morning!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Happy 40th Birthday, Internet!
On October 29, 1969, computers at UCLA and Stanford were connected for the first time. They were the first 2 "hosts" on what would become known as the internet.
' At 10:30 p.m. on October 29, 1969, Charley Kline, one of my programmers, and I sat down and started to log on from UCLA to SRI [Stanford Research Institute]. This was a big event, because it was going to test communication on this first link of the nascent Internet called the Arpanet. Charley was at the keyboard. He did the typing. We had the telephone headset, so we could speak to SRI. All we wanted to do was long on. So Charley typed an L. "You get the L?" "Got the L." "Did you get the O?" "Got the O." Typed the G. "Did you get the G?" And crash! The system went down. That baby crashed. There had been a memory overflow at SRI. We liked that, because it wasn't our machine, and secondly it wasn't the network. That was most important. So the first message wasn't "What hath God wrought?" It wasn't "This is a giant leap for mankind." It even, you know, "Come here, Watson. I need you." Those guys were smart. They had a great message planned ahead of time. They understood the media and PR, and they had the press there. We had nobody-- no camera, no voice recorder, nothing. So the first message ever sent on the Internet was "Lo," as in "Lo and behold." Truth is, we couldn't have created a better, more concise message. It was prophetic. '
-- Leonard Kleinrock (1934-), one of the fathers of the internet.
Quoted in "Feature Shock," article by Debbie Kim in
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Happy Birthday, Mom!
You would've been 75 today, Mom, a birthday "milestone" as you called them.
I love you. I miss you. Thank you.
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I love you. I miss you. Thank you.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Constitution Day
Birthday of Our Constitution - September 17, 1787
The Constitution of the United States of America - Actually Readable
The Constitution of the United States of America - Actually Readable
Friday, September 11, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Woodstock - 40 Years Ago
"By the time we got to Woodstock, we were half-a-million strong..."
Woodstock - written by Joni Mitchell
Woodstock - written by Joni Mitchell
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
40 Years
For those of us old enough to remember the space race, this was truly a magic moment in our lives.
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Thanks to Neil, Buzz, Michael, and all those who lived and died in pursuit of one of the highest technological achievements in our history.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Once in a Lifetime Moment
It's been 19 years since 12:34:56 on 7/8/90!
Don't know if the moon is in the 7th house, or Jupiter aligns with Mars...
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Heeeeeeeeeere's Ed
Ed McMahon1923 - 2009
Thanks, Ed, for your laughter and your cheers.
You're one in a lifetime.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Happy Fathers Day
The Best Father in the World (with me).I love you, Dad, with all my heart.
From Holly to her daddy, drawn on computer.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Trinity Sunday
Luca Rossetti da Orta, "The Holy Trinity", fresco, 1738-9, St. Gaudenzio Church at Ivrea (Torino)
Saturday, June 6, 2009
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