Shanghai – Using the telephone
On a recent trip to Shanghai I was trying to use a public phone. I read just a little Chinese, so I was checking to see if it had english instructions. Do you see which button to push from the picture below. You have to know to push the bottom of the two buttons on ...
Nerd test
Another programmer who I work with, wore a tee shirt into work with this phrase: “There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don’t” If you read this tee shirt and laugh, you are a nerd. I laughed and then sent out to my friends. Click here ...
What I Would Do with Mutant Powers
Does anyone else have surreal conversations with their kids like I did today with my 16 year old son Mike? Mike: Dad, if you had the mental powers of Charles Xavier from the X-men, where you could influence what people think, would you use your powers for the good of others or for your own ...
A Modest Proposal for Traffic Safety
As the father of two high school students it is my job, every other day or so, to drive my kids to school…. While driving in Rome offers the joys of being passed on both sides simultaneously on the right and left by Vespas carrying a family of four, our local neighborhood offers its own ...
www.ColorPhotographs.com
There was an art fair in San Francisco today in Union Square. I enjoyed the photography of Zeny Cieslikowski that was being exhibited. His work is also showing at www.ColorPhotographs.com .
Giants win again, 8 in a row!
It has been a hard year to be Giants fan so far. After leading from wire to wire last year the Giants traded a number of players we knew. This year I have been reminded of Jerry Seinfeld’s routine about rooting for the shirts. The people we used to root for now are wearing different ...
Driving In Andalusia in Spain
It was not immediately apparent that I had missed the turn I was looking for in the small town near Rhonda. What I now know, is that the road I had been following had come to an intersection and turned, not left, but nearly back on itself again in that direction. All I knew then ...



