Random Learnings #20
From The Encyclopedia Britannica, Thirteenth Edition (1926), Volume 2: ... When Congress made an investigation in Oct. 1921, it found that the Klan had funds enough to purchase an Imperial…
Foodie #1
In Spring 2023, Marc Heu Pâtisserie Paris relocated to their new storefront within walking distance of our house. The murmur about their delights had been growing, I had read about…
Cool Photos #3
A rainy evening walking around Munich, circa 1991. My camera is an Olympus OM/2 35mm camera with a 50mm/1.6f lens and loaded with 3200 ASA black-and-white film . As I…
Random Learnings #19
From the June 1951 National Geographic, Occupied Austria, Outpost of Democracy. Ranked as a liberated nation, not a former enemy, Austria has its own Federal Government and exchanges diplomats with…
Davina and the Dakota
My wife and I spent our Friday night at The Dakota to the excellent music of Davina and the Vagabonds. Davina cut her chops at the Dakota before becoming known…
Return To Office Insanity
March 2020. We anxiously watched COVID spread, first through Asia and then Europe before it really impacted the United States. Second week in March retail businesses started closing and office…
Snow, Snow Days and Football
Minnesota's reputation for brutal winters is not completely unjust: obscenely-cold temperatures (that's actual not windchill), blizzards which stop (almost) everything, winters where new snow fall is constant and the shoveling…
Meandering Thoughts #16
Team Viewer is, for the third season running, Manchester United's kit sponsor, but only today realized how appropriate: Manchester United's poor defensive record and Team Viewer's dubious security track record.…
Ignoring Kotlin’s Null Safety
So hands up: whom among us has ever written code that threw a NullPointerException? And those with your hands down: you are either lying or have never written software! [And,…
Highline 179
While driving through Austria on our way to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, my wife and I drove under a long, narrow bridge high stretching high above us from the valley floor. Gobsmacked…