Marvel Of The Vatican
The Vatican Library is home for many of the world’s rarest books and documents.The library has more than 150,000 manuscripts, including the four oldest surviving manuscripts of the Roman poet Virgil dating from the fourth and fifth century AD; and the oldest known manuscript of the Bible, written in 350 AD. There are also more […]
Linux – The Penguin Marches On
Japan’s largest national research organization has ordered an IBM eServer Linux supercomputer that will deliver more than 11 trillion calculations per second, making it the world’s most powerful Linux-based supercomputer. It will join other Linux supercomputers on the Top 500 List.The new supercomputer is planned to be integrated with other non-Linux systems to form a […]
Flying The Flag
Shortly after September 21st, 2001, more Americans flags began to appear than ever –it was obviously a good idea. It always feels good to ride through the small towns of America on a motorcycle and see an American flag on every house and telephone pole. I decided to attach flags to my motorcycles and found […]
Singapore: First stop
This is going to be a very long flight but, if you have to spend a lot of time on an airplane, Singapore Airlines is the one to be with. The Boeing 747 departed late from JFK but strong tailwinds got us into Frankfurt, Germany ahead of schedule. For security reasons, everyone had to depart […]
Fond of Opera
I am very fond of Opera. Yes, I love Così fan tutte (and Mozart’s other 19 operas) but that is not what I am referring to. The Opera I am fascinated with at the moment is the browser alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer called Opera. Like many of you, I have had a long history […]