For Your Protection

Ten years ago Bill Gates said that U.S. banks were “dinosaurs". Most of us at IBM thought at the time that this was a harsh comment for an IT industry executive to make about it’s customers. However, at this stage, I have to admit that I am quite disappointed with the progress made in the […]

Opera

After the Continental 757 left the gate, there were more than twenty aircraft that had to take off before the flight to Norway could get underway. As always, the pilots did their best to make up some of the lost time during the overnight flight — the landing in Oslo was only an hour late. […]

IBM Happenings: July 2006

The month of July is slow in some countries and companies but at IBM it was filled with a slew of announcements in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and corporate initiatives. I am particularly excited about IBM’s growing leadership in the healthcare area. The announcements made by the company during the month are below and the […]

Jubilee

The weather has made it impossible to resist motorcycling the last few days. Yesterday’s ride started down route 507 to New Foundland, then up route 191 through Sterling and over Spring Hill Road to one of the many small airports that dot the countryside of Pennsylvania. It is always interesting to see what kind of […]

HippieFest 2006

Most of the entries in the Favorite Concerts page are classical music concerts, but last night at The Mountain Laurel Center in the Pocono Mountains was another kind of"classical" music. After a hike through some of the 1,267 trail steps at Bushkill Falls and a short dinner, it was time to join in with a […]