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I can't remember how many versions of my homepage or blog (or whatever its called this week) I've built over the years, but this one seems like its got most of the features I always wanted. Feel free to look around, I welcome comments!!! -Dave

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Take My Kodachrome Away!

“Gives us the nice bright colors,  Gives us the greens of summers, Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day.” -Paul Simon from the song Kodachrome
Unfortunately, when I started scanning my Dad’s Kodachrome slides from our trip to California in 1967,  I discovered Kodachrome’s dirty little secret.  At first I thought the slides had [...]

I Wanna DOJO!

Recently while catching up on the MoonViews LOIRP (mentioned previously here I noticed that project head Dennis Wingo had given a presentation to the Mountain View Hacker Dojo.
If you’ve not heard of a Dojo before, it is a Japanese word meaning literally “Place of the Way”.  The term is usually associated with places where young people [...]

Got Rock Opera?

I’ve always thought the term Rock Opera described two things that belonged together only in the most twisted of contexts.  Add to that a narcissistic “hero” called White Gold and place him in a whitewashed world called Milquarious,  and apparently you’ve got something the California Milk Producers Board can get behind to propel the “Got [...]

I’m not anti-social, I’m lookin’ out for ya!

I’m sure many of my FaceBook friends think I’m being curmudgeonly (if there IS such a word!) but despite the temptation to be cute, I always reject invitations to get added to birthday calendars, accept hugs, or find out what color crayon I am. Here’s why:
I will admit that I found enough value in [...]