Rachmaninoff (and other “R”s)
This week was the return from Kauai and there was really no spare time, but we could not resist attending a lecture on Monday night at the Ridgefield Library about Rachmaninoff, presented by Maestro Sidney Rothstein, music director of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. Sergei Vassilievich Rachmaninoff was born in 1873, one hundred and seventeen years […]
Tax Time
The time is now. I would rather be writing the final story about Kauai and then moving on to thoughts about WiFi and Internet Technology, but like most of us, I am spending time reporting numbers to our government. I avoid making political comments here in patrickWeb but, all things considered, I have to say […]
Waimea Falls
It is hard to describe the beauty of Kauai. The 550 acres contain many terrains — flat beaches, towering cliffs, sprawling plantations, horse ranches, yacht basins, and golf courses. the beaches are certainl a highlihgt — some with lava flow, ohters with grassy knolls. The interesting thing about the beaches is that they are all […]
IBM Happenings: March 2005
March was a busy month for IBM. Here are the announcements made by the company during the month. I was particularly pleased to see the new acquisitions as well as the approval of the Lenovo-IBM deal.The complete index of IBM Happenings (by year and month) is here. List of Announcements for March 2005 U.S. Government […]
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 […]