Knovel
When I entered engineering school almost forty years ago (is that possible?), I used a slide rule and engineering reference manuals. I think of that as the first of three generations of using engineering and scientific data. The second generation was web-based data with PC’s for standalone and separate analysis. Knovel Corporation (pronouced nah-vil) has […]
Yonkers
Today was a day in New York, and with 6-12 inches in the forecast, I thought travel would be difficult. The train to Grand Central Station was right on time. A short walk to Madison Avenue and I was at Space Holdings – parent of space.com. Lou Dobbs launched space.com in 1999 and I was […]
Motorcycle Log
The sky is blue and I could not resist a motorcycle ride. It was twenty five degrees but sunny. I am ready for Spring — without electric gloves and vest. The forecast for tomorrow calls for 6-12 inches of snow!
Books, Plays, and Restaurants Update
Harley-Davidson Rolling Sculpture – A Pictorial Celebration Of The First 95 Years by Doug Mitchel. Nobody but a Harley rider would be interested in this book. It is a very nice chronology showing how the bikes have evolved. Great photography. This weekend marked the twentieth year in a row that a group of longtime friends […]
e-tirement update
When I “retired” fifteen months ago after 35 years at IBM, my friends and colleagues held an “e-tirement” party. I’ll never forget it. What is “e-tirement? Not sure there is a formal definition — I guess it is mostly continuing to do what I have been doing for quite a few years — writing about, […]
