St. Augustine

St. Augustine

St. Augustine My Apple Vision Pro is scheduled to arrive on Friday, February 2 by 7PM. Since I publish my weekly blog at noon on Fridays, I will not have the device in time to try it out and write about it. That will come next week. If you subscribe to the WSJ, you can […]

Current Events by John R. Patrick – 02/02/2024

New sections may appear every week or just when I have something new to share. Photos of the week Downtown square in St. Augustine Human Nature band from Australia. Great music. Human Nature tribute to Smokey Robinson. Server preparing Columbia restaurant’s famous “1905” salad in St. Augustine. I believe there are six Columbia restaurants. We […]

Current Events by John R. Patrick – 01/26/2024

New sections may appear every week or just when I have something new to share. New book to consider My friend and former colleague at IBM John Wolpert’s Two But Rule is a very creative book. John provides innovative tools and ways of thinking which can turn negative thoughts into positive actions. He uses very […]

Current Events by John R. Patrick – 01/19/2024

New sections may appear every week or just when I have something new to share. Iowa caucuses I avoid discussing politics on johnpatrick.com. Voting is a different story. Edison Research estimated turnout at 115,000 on Monday night in Iowa, down from 186,657 in 2016. Those 72,000 voters were disenfranchised because of the weather. Their voice […]

The Three-way Switch

The Three-way Switch This week I am kicking it down a notch. My topic is not about global warming or our healthcare system or the upside and downside of AI. It is about the simple three-way switch of a table lamp. We have two beautiful, but old, table lamps on which neither has a properly […]