I have been interested in physics since I was a child. Being pretty sickly, I was often in bed and would listen to science programs on the radio. Albert Einstein was still alive then. I had trouble tying my shoe laces and my mom told me ” Don’t worry, Einstein can’t tie his shoe laces … Continue reading
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The birth of Intel Capital
Intel Capital was named the number one venture capital “firm” for 2012 by PrivCo.
I feel proud of this accomplishment because I consider myself a co-founder of Intel Capital along with Les Vadasz. But then again, it is a bit difficult to accept that Intel Capital could be so successful without me 🙂
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Inspired by The Dolphin
Many of you know that I play jazz piano. Frankly, it is the only thing I am still getting better at. I thought I would share with you something I played this morning. The first part is The Dolphin by Luiz Eca, a Braziian jazz musican. The second part is my improvising while being inspired … Continue reading
Time to rename my blog?
In one week, I will turn 68 years old. When I started this blog, I had just turned 60. I called it “Two Thirds Done” because I felt that I had an excellent chance of living into my 90s. Many of my direct ancestors have lived into their 90s. I still think that. My dad … Continue reading
Drinks with Finis Conner leads to contemplating the future history of rotating storage devices
1980 – The world’s first gigabyte-capacity disk drive, the IBM 3380, was the size of a refrigerator, weighed 550 pounds (about 250 kg), and had a price tag of $40,000( $113 thousand in present day terms [13]), 2.52 GB 1980 – ST-506 first 5¼ inch drive released with capacity of 5 megabytes, cost $1500 Last week, I was contacted by Finis … Continue reading
If we can not agree on past have can we agree on the future
I have watch the first three installments of the Stone Series, “The Untold History of the United States”. I find it very interesting and powerful but somehow I don’t think it really was that way although I am sure many of the points are correct I read a lot of reviews of the show. … Continue reading
See where you tax money goes and puke
Every year when I file my taxes (which I actually have to pay quarterly), I wait for the IRS to send me a thank you note but it never comes. Today, I thought that it would be wonderful to have an app that would let you see where you tax dollars went. I did a … Continue reading
The Hacker’s Revenge
If you have not already read my first post on this please read it here. I thought I was done with the hacker but also had a sense that maybe I was not. This morning, my wife got an email from the admin at the financial institution where the hacker had tried to have money … Continue reading
Hacked! How it happened , what I did and what you should do
My email account was hacked and how I learned about it I was recently hacked in a very serious and scary way and am still dealing with it. I got an email from the person that administrates my accounts at one of the major investment banking companies. It was in response to an email that … Continue reading
One of my mentors has passed-Mort Ruderman a real Mensch.
There were five men that played a major role in my professional development. I just learned that one of them passed on last year, Mort Ruderman. I worked for four of these men but not for Mort. Mort was a friend who played a major role in my professional development over a fifteen year span. I suspect that everyone that has some significant professional success can point to a few people that made that success possible. I know that I would not have achieved the things I achieved if it was not for these five men. Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 