Conducting Update
A friend in Ridgefield took a few pictures during the rehearsal and at the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra concert where I was privileged to be conducting the first movement of Mozart’s 25th symphony. I am humbled by the experience — especially having watched a DVD of the Great Conductors. I pale to nothing in significance compared […]
Power Break With Vint
I first met Vint at an Internet Society meeting in Prague in June 1994. We have been friends and colleagues ever since. Vint is well known for many attributes but one not as well publicized is his incredible personal productivity. This is evidenced in many ways but perhaps the best is his skill at taking […]
Outlook Again
I have received a flood of email from readers about my Outlook backup dilemma. Most of them were sympathizers who have the same frustration. Some offered solutions. I have tried some of them and found none that give me confidence that I have really backed up the very latest information in both the MS Outlook […]
How Is Your Outlook?
I have written quite a bit about how difficult it is to use some web sites. I’ll pause on that for the moment to comment about Microsoft Outlook. I won’t say anything about Outlook Express — the shortcomings there are well known. Outlook is supposed to be much more “industrial strength”. I am somewhat spoiled […]
Are We Safe Yet?
It is not my area of expertise but I must admit that I think about nuclear and biological terrorism more than I used to. The current issue of IEEE Spectrum suggests that we may no longer feel like we’re living on the knife edge of 9/11 — but perhaps we should. In terms of radiological, […]
