We spent Summer 2006 at the University of Aizu in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan. We have an old blog from that summer, but here are my favorite photos.
Great time last night at Bob Schneider’s Valentine’s Day Show at ACL. Two years in a row. This could get to be a habit.
Just went to play some music in the office on my PC. I head the news of Vic Damone’s passing and had the urge to hear “On the Street Where You Live”. It started playing low, so I turned it up loud. But it was still too low, and sounded like it was coming from the other room. In fact, it was. Somehow my PC had decided to play it through the Amazon Echo downstairs, at high volume. Scared the cats, the dog and my family. Below is a good list of old 1950s songs from Spotify, more of my parent’s generation, but good stuff.
I haven’t been very technical lately, but I ran across this blog post from The unpublished notebooks of J. M. Korhonen. Covers my sentiments on Blockchain / Cryptocurrencies exactly. When I was asked I used to joke that bitcoin combines all the disadvantages of a credit card with all the disadvantages of cash. A good short read:
My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don’t see the point (yet)
Cold rainy Sunday morning watching a cooking show on PBS. Leah Chase is cooking Sheepshead, which they called Gaspergou, a word I have never heard. Just above freezing here, 33F and raining with thunder. A group of 20 or 30 small birds piled into the birdbath, perhaps frightened by the thunder. Now Leah Chase is making Turtle Soup, something I could really go for on this cold day. Maybe a little cognac in my coffee, the next best thing to sherry in some turtle soup.
I have always enjoyed Michael Lewis’ writing. One of the most interesting things I have read in a long time.
Has Anyone Seen the President?
John Perry Barlow passed away this week. Below are his 25 Principle of Adult behavior. I will post a link and the content on this one.
A list of 25 Principles of Adult Behavior by John Perry Barlow
1. Be patient. No matter what.
2. Don’t badmouth: Assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn’t say to him.
3. Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you.
4. Expand your sense of the possible.
5. Don’t trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change.
6. Expect no more of anyone than you can deliver yourself.
7. Tolerate ambiguity.
8. Laugh at yourself frequently.
9. Concern yourself with what is right rather than who is right.
10. Never forget that, no matter how certain, you might be wrong.
11. Give up blood sports.
12. Remember that your life belongs to others as well. Don’t risk it frivolously.
13. Never lie to anyone for any reason. (Lies of omission are sometimes exempt.)
14. Learn the needs of those around you and respect them.
15. Avoid the pursuit of happiness. Seek to define your mission and pursue that.
16. Reduce your use of the first personal pronoun.
17. Praise at least as often as you disparage.
18. Admit your errors freely and soon.
19. Become less suspicious of joy.
20. Understand humility.
21. Remember that love forgives everything.
22. Foster dignity.
23. Live memorably.
24. Love yourself.
25. Endure.
I just heard about this (From over a year ago).
Steven A. Guccione 