U.S. Open

The weather was nearly perfect at the U.S. Open but it was necessary to apply a good dose of homosalate and methoxycinnamate to provide protection against the ultraviolet A (UVA) and B (UVB) sun rays. I don’t know much about tennis but being in Flushing, New York at the USTA National Tennis Center watching Andy […]

Presentations Calendar Updated

Presentations calendar for fourth quarter updated with the following. September 11, 2003New York New Media Association New York, NY October 03, 2003Colorado Entrepreneur’s CEO Conference San Francisco, CA November 22, 2003Ridgefield Community Center Ridgefield, CT November 10, 2003Singapore Computer Society Singapore,Singapore November 12, 2003IBM CEO Conference Singapore,Singapore December 02, 2003Danbury Area Computer Society Danbury, CT […]

Old Stomping Grounds

Six months ago I got an email from Stan Birkin who is Chairman & Professor of the Information Systems/Decision Sciences Department of the College of Business Administration at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Stan was thesis advisor to me when I was working on a masters degree in 1971. He was a professor […]

Bocho Update

On Thursday, July 3, 2003 The Times showed a picture of the 21,529,464th “Beetle” built worldwide. It rolled off the production line in Puebla, Mexico and will be shipped to a car museum in Volkswagen’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. The link to the New York Times story may not work if you are not a […]

Adiós, bocho!

The New York Times ran a story by Phil Patton this morning about the demise of the Volkswagen Beetle. This is a nostalgic moment for many people — myself included. I first became acquainted with the Beetle in engineering school, when a good friend of mine had one that he used as a "transport service" […]