… from the Alcatraz weekend.
When I went to the Computer History Museum last month to see President Levin update the local Yale alumni on the “state of the university,” we got a quick tour of the Babbage Engine, which is reputed to be the first programmable calculator. Pretty impressive. [youtube width=”640″ height=”500″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VCNLqRtsgk[/youtube] A view of the Babbage Engine from…
I just ported a page over I created last year on Willisdomain — one which reflects further steps on a spiritual journey. See http://www.waynegwillis.com/new-earth. I wanted to preserve it, as I still think it’s important. I had to stick it on a separate “page” — it won’t fit in this column. Maybe I’ll have…
We just came to terms with the seller of a condo on the eastern coast of Kauai. Closing in mid-June. It’s a wonderful location, right in the middle of a park. This picture doesn’t show the new Kauai Path that runs along the shoreline. The beaches are amazingly white and nearly deserted. Just north…
I just updated my Skype client and was using it to talk with the grandgirls. I have to say, the experience is darned good. But then, they both started talking with me and everyone was happy! Then Macy wanted to show me something special: The girls brought up Hawaii — where we all plan to…
On my second day as a Yale freshman, I awoke with a slight hangover from the impromptu “Welcome Us” party our entryway threw the night before. I staggered into the common bathroom shared by the 3 rooms on my floor. My next-door neighbor Tod (pronounced ‘Todd’) was brushing his teeth. Another man was finishing a…
We live adjacent to downtown San Jose, in a new townhouse/condo development called Mariani Square. It is part of the Japantown district — so named owing to the, ahem, concentration of Japanese people living here in the 20th century (and still today). Even though this is “brownfield” urban land, I’m amazed at the flowers…
