IBM Happenings: March 2006
The month of March was cold in many places but another hot one for IBM. There was a slew of announcements in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and corporate initiatives — including the 2005 annual report and collaboration with gaming companies. The announcements made by the company during the month are below, and the complete Index […]
Conducting Beethoven
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra – Review
RIDGEFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA April 1, 2006 — Review by Courtenay Caublé With Maestro Sidney Rothstein back on the podium and in full command, the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra’s final subscription concert this season at Ridgefield’s Anne Richardson Auditorium featured Russian pianist Elena Baksht in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G and included two works by Modest Mussorgsky […]
Western Geocaching
There wasn’t time during the two and a half hour drive from Denver to Laramie, Wyoming to look for some of the many geocaches and benchmarks, but we did take an hour to find two interesting geocaches in Laramie. The first cache is associated with "Welcome to Laramie" and is located at 41.3 degrees north […]
Wired
Wired Magazine has been a pleasure to read for more than ten years (published in San Francisco, California since March 1993). Each issue that arrives becomes part of the "read" file for the next airplane ride. I find the magazine provocative and insightful. Increasingly over recent years it has become movie and game oriented and […]