Edgewater Beach Now
May not be the current picture. But you still get the idea.
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Just when you think you’ve seen it all
CVH and I went to our local Kroger today to pick up some groceries. As we went down one aisle, we passed the magazine display. They had easily over a hundred different magazines for sale. CVH is a big NBA … Continue reading
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The Amazing Ameche
About fifty years ago, I made my first picturephone call. My grandmother took me to the Prudential building in downtown Chicago, where Bell had a demo system set up. (You can see a picture of what the Pru looked like … Continue reading
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Old time radio
CVH and I both used to commute to jobs well to the east of Louisville. So we programmed our weather radio to alert us to severe weather in Shelbyville and Frankfort as well as Louisville. However, now neither of us … Continue reading
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I’m not the one with the identity crisis
I am still, and always have been, Conrad Reynolds, however that other guy who shows up when you google me is apparently continuing to have problems with his name. According to CNN, he was born Conald Reynolds, and took up … Continue reading
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The old schoolhouse ain’t what it used to be
Today I helped with a seminar put on by one of the professional security groups that I belong to. One of the group members had connections at a local university, and she arranged the use of a lecture hall at … Continue reading
What is it with cats?
How can they possibly be comfortable like this?
Asimov foresees future, again
My boss was cleaning out her basement, and brought in some old science fiction books for any of us who were interested. I picked up one of Isaac Asimov’s “robot” stories from the early 1960’s. It was basically a sci-fi … Continue reading
The Judgement of Conrad
A while back, I was walking across the parking lot with some co-workers when I made a reference to the Trojan War. I sensed that some of them were somewhat bemused by my referring to the war as an historical … Continue reading
VMWare! It’s a miracle!
This post is a geeky one, but when you find a piece of software that is truly amazing and useful, you’ve just got to write it down. I bought a new (cheap) computer about a year and a half ago. … Continue reading