Paper Paper Everywhere
Somehow I managed to pull a muscle in my leg. Most likely it was launching back into an aggressive set of exercises after having been away on a trip in Eastern Europe. The doctor thought it would be prudent to get an x-ray of my hip and so there I stood at the window at […]
The Danube
Our journey through the Hapsburg Empire began shortly after we landed in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest occupies both banks of the river Danube — Buda on the west bank and Pest on the east bank. With nearly two million people, it is the eighth largest city in the European Union. The city tour opened our eyes […]
Core Connectors
Greater IBM has made a "call for core connectors". Hmmm. Core connectors? What kind of cores are they that need to be connected? Most of the current IBMers are not old enough to remember "core" memory that was used in mainframes. Core connectors also sounds like something from a Lego parts list. Both of these […]
For Your Protection
Ten years ago Bill Gates said that U.S. banks were “dinosaurs". Most of us at IBM thought at the time that this was a harsh comment for an IT industry executive to make about it’s customers. However, at this stage, I have to admit that I am quite disappointed with the progress made in the […]
Opera
After the Continental 757 left the gate, there were more than twenty aircraft that had to take off before the flight to Norway could get underway. As always, the pilots did their best to make up some of the lost time during the overnight flight — the landing in Oslo was only an hour late. […]