Kilauea Point
Sometime roughly six million years ago an island called Kauai was formed in the Pacific Ocean. Kauai is 5,012 miles from home and it takes a long time to get there — although not as long as New Zealand. When you have children, it becomes a parental duty to visit them, and as it turns […]
Back From The Other Side Of The Globe (Summary)
That’s it. The story is told — and now it will be back to other more important topics like Internet Technology, WiFi, Mozart and motorcycles. The trip is documented in five parts and the photo gallery has forty-two pictures. There are many more pictures and much more to the story but hopefully I was able […]
Back From The Other Side Of The Globe: Part 5 (The Sapphire Princess)
The Sapphire Princess was quite a remarkable ship and quite able to handle gale force winds and rough seas. The crew of 1,000+ did a superb job of managing an outbreak of Norovirus while at the same time providing great food, entertainment, and services. With a length of 946 feet and width of 123 feet […]
Back From The Other Side Of The Globe: Part 4 (Milford Sound, Tasmania, Melbourne and Sydney)
Dunedin was the home of Robert Burns and his statue sits prominently in the center of this quaint New Zealand city. Some people took a train tour, although we decided to do our own thing again. The train comes directly to the port to pick up passengers. It was a strange site to wake up […]
Blogging Beginnings
Someone asked me this week when I started blogging. The precursor to blogging for me started after a talk at Internet World in Washington, D.C. in December 1994. In my talk I shared a vision about the future of the Internet (which I have been talking about ever since). People would call my assistant at […]
