I was just looking for some old and important contacts and discovered that the man that gave me my first major chance in the computer industry had died recently (see). I wanted to remember him here and tell the story about how Roy opened the door to my future. In 1979, my wife and I … Continue reading
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I have started to write music again. The last time, I composed was about twenty years ago. Then like now, I used a computer to help me although the technology has advanced so much during that time, it is hard to compare. I stop writing because it took more of a kind of concentration that … Continue reading
Bill Gates and me
As you probably know, Bill Gates is leaving the employment of Microsoft the company he founded in 1975. Bill and I have had overlapping lives. I actually started working on computers a few years before Bill (being 10 years older then Bill helped). And while I am not Bill Gates I can imagine what it … Continue reading
Priluki to San Francisco
My great grandmother’s family lived in a small town in the Ukraine called Priluki for a very long time. I was able to trace my family back to about 1760 but they could have been there for hundreds of year before. My great great grandfather was a butcher. He was born in 1830. He died … Continue reading
12 step program to go from Microsoft to Apple
I am on step 11. Step 1: Buy vista an become convinced that not only will things not get better but they will only get worse. Step 2: Stop thinking that your Mac friends are delusional and imagine that they might be on to something Step 3: Stop thinking about all the problems you might … Continue reading
One glass down and seven more to go
I am actually in pretty good shape. I work out about 10 hours a week (weight training two hours, Pilates, 3 hours, yoga 1 hour, four hours of aerobics). My resting heart rate is 60 or under and max is almost 180 (remember I am 63) RealAge thinks I am in my mid 40s … Continue reading
The internet is a miracle maker
How my family was reunited after more than a hundred years. Continue reading
Barack is the real thing
Tonight, my wife and I had the privilege of attending a small reception for Barack Obama at the home of Ann and Gordon Getty. All I can say, is he is more impressive and more fun in person than on TV. They closed off the street in front of the Getty’s home which is on … Continue reading
I am not bionic (yet) but I am slowly falling apart
I am slowly falling apart. As you can see from the sub title of this blog, I am 63 years old. I am not even a boomer. They started being born about nine months after me. I am an actual WWII baby (that is world war two for those of you so young that you … Continue reading
I am not a collector
About 30 years ago, I bought my first painting. As a musician (sort of) I was always puzzled about visual art where one copy of a work exists or in the case of photos and prints, as small series. With music, the more people that have a copy of a work, the more successful one … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 