Monthly Archives: July 2008

When a Strength Becomes a Weakness

I’ve been thinking about this topic for a few months, and was going to go in-depth into it. But, on reflection, I think I’ll just paint some broad strokes for your reflection. My objective, of course, is to raise this … Continue reading

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Randy Pausch Passes Away (Updated)

It is being widely reported this morning that Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, 47, has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. I know many of you have been moved and inspired by this courageous young man’s “last lecture,” where he … Continue reading

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Wabash Cannonball

When a man starts getting up in years, like me, there’s a need to feel he hasn’t lost everything from his youth. I guess that’s why I’ve been thinking back through some of the more complicated tunes I used to … Continue reading

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How Do You Help Your Brain Solve Problems?

In a comment on the previous post, which addressed problem solving (“peeling the onion”), Bill asked an excellent question: what is some good reference material for problem solving? I mentioned a couple of links, including my old write-up on problem … Continue reading

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Peeling The Onion

I’ve heard the expression “peeling the onion” twice in the past couple of weeks. One was during a Law & Order TV episode, in which there was a discussion of peeling the onion back farther to reveal a deeper underlying … Continue reading

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Use an iPhone or iPod Touch to Control Your Mac or PC

I’m still tinkering with various apps on my iPod Touch, and am delighted at the variety of apps that exist for it and the iPhone. One that really impresses me is Mocha VNC Lite. This little app lets you connect … Continue reading

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All The Lonely People

Well, one more little tune and then I’ll hush up for a few days: All The Lonely People (Eleanor Rigby) I always loved the Beatles music. This tune was one of my favorites. A fairly complicated one to play, but, … Continue reading

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What’s Popular Here

Although this is not a site that receives a lot of traffic (724 page views yesterday), a few articles get a fair amount of attention, and I thought I’d share the current popular ones with you: The popularity list will … Continue reading

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A Couple of Items for WordPress Bloggers

Several of you have probably already upgraded to WordPress 2.6, or are getting ready to do so. I’ve used it on my test server for a while (even when it was in the alpha development stage), and basically it is … Continue reading

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Gospel Medley (Updated)

I was thinking back on my musical roots tonight, of how I grew up playing country gospel music and listening to the great sounds of Paul Yandell playing guitar for the Louvin Brothers, Blackie Bennett playing for Martha Carson, and … Continue reading

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