I have a very dear friend. We are like brothers (and nearly the same age). A while back, my friend got a very significant position at one of the leading internet companies. Not only was it a great personal opportunity for him but it also offered him the ability to do some real good in … Continue reading
Author Archives: avram miller
2008: The year of DNA
Genealogy I have just sent my DNA in to Ancerstry.com. I am investigating my parental linage via the Y chromosome and my maternal linage via the mitochondrial DNA. For those that do not know, the Y chromosome is past from father to son. For instance, my father, I, my sons and their sons all have … Continue reading
One man’s vision or no man’s vision: Bush vs. Putin
I have been really torn about switching from the Windows environment to the Mac environment. While my first personal computer was apple like ( It was actually an ACE 1000 which was an apple II clone made by Franklin Computer where I was president in 1983), I pretty much switched over to the what we … Continue reading
Thought Experiments and Bubble Baths
When I was a child, my hero was Albert Einstein (as well as Flash Gordon and Superman) as I have mentioned in earlier posts. Albert had four things that I identified with; 1) lots of crazy curly hair, 2) a Jewish mother, 3) could not tie his shoes laces (so my mother said) … Continue reading
You know you are old when you medical report looks like an inspection report on a “fix it upper”
You know you are old when you medical report looks like an inspection report on a “fix it upper” and you not sure you want to go through with the purchase. My doctor (whom I love), sent me a copy of my medical report. Of course, I was hopping whe would say, “avram is in fantastic … Continue reading
Thomas Friedman for President
I read a great op-ed by Tom Friedman (a man I have respected since he first quoted me in The Lexus and the Olive Tree J). Tom made me realize (again) that many if not all of the great problems before us actually have solutions except maybe one? How do we get rid of the … Continue reading
Can I be an honorary woman?
No I don’t mean that I want to cross dress although I have to say my calves looked pretty good the one time I tried on my wife’s red patent leather pumps and I do think I might be the original metro sexual. But this post is about something else. There is a Jewish concept called … Continue reading
If you want an audience jump out of a building.
I think it was around 1996 that I declared that Advertising was the Killer App. of the Internet at presentation I made at the National Association of Broadcasters. I still believe that although, in reality people to people communication is the killer application and advertising is just the way must companies try to monetize that … Continue reading
Is the phone the new typewriter?
Yesterday, my wife and I were talking from Sonoma to friends of ours, a couple in NYC. We were using ichat on my wife’s Mac. Their kids, four and two came in and started talking with us. Of course we could also all see each other via the cameras on each computer. The kids were … Continue reading
You know you are old when you are older than your parents
A few days ago, I installed the latest version of Family Tree Maker. Those of you that visit my blog frequently (are there any of you?), know that I have been working on my family history for the last few years. Well the new software has a new interface which I was exploring. It showed … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 