News and Views

Staying another night in the Ocean View park near Leading Tickles, although the weather has turned chilly, cloudy and rainy. The camp hostess thought we would leave with everyone else because of the weather, but we told her it will be raining anywhere we go, so we might as well stay where it’s so beautiful. […]

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We are spending our third night near the village of Leading Tickles, on the north coast of Newfoundland. Our campsite is less than 100 feet from the ocean surf, which should lull us to sleep tonight. It’s the nicest of the three places we have stayed. (A Tickle is Newfoundlandese for a small, narrow strait, […]

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We bought a satellite phone. We do a lot of world travel, and I do some hiking and 4-wheeling into areas with no phone service, so it should be useful, even just for emergencies and peace of mind. I was on a backpacking trip a couple of years ago in the Sierra when a passing […]

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Not much to say about a city that everyone except Gisele and I have been to before. White House, Capitol, Smithsonian, Memorials, … We chose this time to come so we could see the cherry blossoms, and there are quite a few around, but otherwise it’s a bad time. Lots of other people also want […]

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Playing basketball (of course) Wednesday morning, when I reached in to steal a pass. Instead, the ball impacted the tip of my pinkie which immediately started bleeding. It didn’t hurt much, so I wrapped it up and kept playing. That day was OK, though it hurt a little to type with that finger. I assumed […]

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There was a cheese factory in Cuba, NY, the town I was born in. I grew up eating this cheese in everything from toasted cheese sandwiches to macaroni and cheese. It is unique and delicious. Living in Arizona I don’t get much opportunity to eat Cuba cheese any more, but I recently came into acquisition […]

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When I was in my teens our family spent several vacations at Rocky Point in Mexico. It was a sleepy little Mexican village, and we camped on the beach, either in a trailer that we hauled down there, or in tents, or just on a tarp on the sand. We spent several idyllic weekends there […]

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After the iDigBio conference (“Hackathon”) in Gainesville, we came to Orlando to play. 3 1/2 days at Disney World were lots of fun. Big crowds Saturday evening at the Magic Kingdom, and pretty big crowds Sunday at Epcot, but by Monday at Animal Kingdom and Tuesday at Hollywood Studios, we pretty much just walked on […]

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It’s pronounced “I Dig Bio”, and that’s what I’ve been working on for the past three days. I’ve been in Gainesville at the University of Florida which is sponsoring a “Hackathon” for iDigBio. iDigBio is a collaboration (funded by the National Science Foundation) between universities and museums all over the world with a focus on […]

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When I retired from Intel 14 years ago I didn’t have any plans other than not doing what I was tired of doing. I had no idea of the opportunities that would open up for me. Here’s a brief update on my “career” since then. Arizona Neighborhoods For several years, I helped my friend Don […]

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