With all the excitement about President Obama coming to Troy to speak at Hudson Valley Community College Monday, I looked over the list of various presidents who have visited the Capital Region, in one way or another. When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1861, he traveled by train from Illinois to Washington, D.C. –…
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The Tandy 102 – the original netbook
Ain’t it amazing – you can go to any computer store or cell phone provider and purchase a “netbook” – a tiny, utilitarian computer with flash memory and enough power to write a small novel or watch a YouTube clip. Your alternative was to bring a laptop. Now don’t get me wrong, I love my…
Read MoreHow I Almost Killed the Smith-Corona College Typing Cartel
For this post, we have to step into the WABAC machine and travel back to the early 1980’s. I was a student at Hamilton College, one of those “Little Ivies” tucked away in the bucolic farmlands of central New York. Back in those days, you were expected to provide fully-typed term papers to your professors.…
Read MoreWeek 2 of the Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
I missed last week’s start of the $2500 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament, but it’s time to get back in the mix. The Elbo Room Trivia Tournament has been going on for a couple of years now, and it works as such. Teams compete for about 15-20 weeks, and each week the top three teams earn…
Read MoreHey timeshare telemarketers – it’s on like Donkey Kong
Edit… retype… update… if I can just concentrate on getting this article written, I can have it out the door in time for deadline. RING RING RING RING A quick note for all. The telephone in my home office is a bright red Western Electric 2500 push-button bell-ringing phone from the 1970’s. I like having…
Read MoreMy 10 Favorite Comic Strips of All-Time
My wife knows my routine when it comes to reading the Sunday Times-Union. I get dibs on the comic strips. Sunday morning without the comic strips is like breakfast cereal without milk. I gotta read the funnies, I gotta see what kind of mischief Hägar the Horrible got himself into, how Beetle Bailey avoided Sgt.…
Read MoreMichael Jordan had thousands of shots… I only had time for one
Thursday evening, September 10, 2009. I’m walking around the Basketball Hall of Fame, as a hired photographer for the memorabilia auction house Grey Flannel Auctions, taking photographs of the returning basketball hall of famers and their families. I was there with several other photographers, all of whom were waiting for THE MOMENT. THE MOMENT was…
Read MoreNew Published Article – Purple Heart Hall of Honor
Earlier this spring, I visited the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, a museum a few miles north of West Point. The Hall of Honor, a museum dedicated to the history of the Purple Heart medal, is currently involved in recording oral histories of those who fought in battle and earned this treasured award. I…
Read More“So what’s your trivia team name – and where are your teammates?”
July 2005. It was a warm Tuesday night, and I was on my way to the Hooters restaurant in Crossgates Mall – for what I had heard was a spirited competition of bar trivia. Normally the only time I ate at Hooters was on Sunday afternoons when the Pittsburgh Steelers weren’t playing on my home…
Read MoreHitting the Road in a 1991 Pontiac 6000
It garnered two MPG more than the “Cash for Clunkers” program would allow. US Fidelis, the Rusty Wallace-endorsed company that insures older cars, won’t ensure it because it’s over 15 years old. I’ve replaced nearly everything on it – from the brakes and the shocks and the struts, to the fuel injectors, the ignition box,…
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