 If you're new to this blog, start by clicking on "Introduction: What are these pages?" below.
When you come back to these pages later, come to this index to pick up where you left off. This index links to all the entries in my "blog", in the order they were posted (and numbered). If you are following my writings as I am still adding to them, this is the best index to use, because new entries will appear at the bottom. By the way, this order is the opposite of those in a traditional "blog", which usually puts the latest entry at the top. The indexes: Blog index
Numeric index
Memoirs index
Alphabetic index
Introduction: What are these pages?
On immortality, and why this blog is being written. The main topics to be covered: memoirs and stories from my life, technology, and languages.
Who am I?
A quick once-over on my life story, broken down roughly by decade.
Why write using the HTML and JPG file formats? Keeping things forever: the ability of digital technology to make exact copies.
How I write My writing style, and the technology that supports my writing (past and present).
Coming to Kronos The story of how I came to work at Kronos in April, 1979.
The poison apple A minor childhood trauma.
Miss Crouch Adventures in babysitting, morphing into a discussion of the early technology leading to some of the keys on modern personal computer keyboards.
I resign
On a casual game played against Mac Hack VI, Richard Greenblatt's chess program, with a brief discussion of the anthropomorphization of computers.
Sehr gut
My first attempt at speaking German, plus my favorite tri-lingual joke.
L'Accent tonique
Thoughts about listening to and speaking French (probably only of interest to those who speak or are studying French).
Harold
Introducing Harold, my sister Alice's blue and gold macaw.
Véronique About my first trip to France, and learning to speak French.
Frau Pan Studying German with Frau Pan: memorizing poetry, linguistic memory depth.
Due diligence A "Due Diligence" meeting held when I invested in Kronos in July of 1979.
Sex in the woods A summer camp story that says a lot about what I was like as a kid.
Lobster My sister Phyllis discovers a magic word to shut me up. Want to know what it is?
Western Ass Words in one language which are vulgar in another.
Mont-Tremblant A camping vacation in Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec, Canada). Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Have it your way My battle with Burger King over the Massachusetts meals tax.
Monsieur L'Oiseau A story about French formality, on my first trip to France in 1961.
Kids say the darndest things Things my children said.
Remembrance of things breast À la recherche des seins perdus.
Why do women have two breasts? The "One-half Rule" that applies, approximately, to all mammals, including homo sapiens.
Mr. Lusch My high school physics course at Great Neck North High School.
Mr. Canfield Studying French with Mr. Canfield at Great Neck North High School.
Herr Bon Some stories about Primus Benedict Bon, a German teacher at MIT in the sixties.
German article and adjectivial inflections This is not a regular blog entry. It's a highly technical discussion of a particular aspect of German grammar. If you're not into that, skip it. Otherwise: it's my (hopefully) simplified chart of German article and adjectivial inflections.
Sailing A few sailing and windsurfing stories. In one, I get knocked over by a beam of light.
Windsurfing for sailors Hints for sailors learning to windsurf: the basic forces, and sailors' prejudices that could interfere with learning.
Horseradish How many stories can I have about horseradish?
Madhu and the death ray Two Ph.D.s at Micronetic Systems argue over the testing of a laser.
The Ayache formula Getting to the Place Clemenceau in the shortest time, with mention of the "patisserie effect".
My moustache About my moustache, including why and how I shaved it off.
Biscotti Some word origins, and connections between languages.
Biscotti (bis) How Americans misuse and mispronounce Italian words.
Computer Camp I created the very first computer programming course taught at a summer camp.
Computer chess via ham radio I was involved in what was probably the first chess game played between two computers via amateur ("ham"") radio.
My brain on Ovaltine Are our brains simpler than we think? Radio days.
Ask Larry Do I know everything?
Mac Hack VI competes Stories of Mac Hack VI, Richard Greenblatt's chess program, competing against human players in tournament play.
History of Kronos, part 1 An annotated humorous 1997 speech on the history of Kronos, presented to an audience of about 800 people in Chicago. Part 1 of 2.
History of Kronos, part 2 An annotated humorous 1997 speech on the history of Kronos. Part 2 of 2.
Leon Cogan's story A Russian Jewish émigré helps his daughter learn English.
Man v. Machine The ongoing battle with our own creations.
Bits Just what is "one bit" of computer memory? An explanation for the non-technical reader, by way of the "Double-bed dual-control electric blanket effect". Includes pictures of some old "core" memories.
Roots and wings Tracking our children's flights.
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