Figured I could charge the ThunderCat at work, but it is really my wife’s car and it just wasn’t that convenient. Was using the 110V adapter, but that got us like 5 miles of range per hour of charge. Finally sprung for a Tesla charger in the garage. About 45 miles of range per hour of charge.
Month: February 2019
Thai Dinner
Been a little light on the postings lately. Was a bit under the weather for a while. Figured it was just the colds and other wintertime bugs going around Ended up at the doc and they tested me for mono, strep, flu and probably other stuff I don’t want to know about. All normal. Sent my blood to the CDC in Atlanta and it came back positive for a well known childhood illness that is now considered “very rare”. And yes, I was vaccinated, as is everyone in my family. I blame the anti-vaxxer crowd.
Enough of that. Here is some nice Thai food from dinner. Yum.
Different Kinds of Stupid
Been down with a cold (along with what seems like the rest of the world). Ran across this posting from the Collaborative Fund blog with a great quote:
Different Kinds of Stupid
Feb 20, 2019 by Morgan Housel
“The older I get the more I realize how many kinds of smart there are. There are a lot of kinds of smart. There are a lot of kinds of stupid, too.”
– Jeff Bezos
Everything Is More Complicated in New Orleans
When the ‘blackface’ controversy started I immediately thought of Zulu, probably the only place a person my age would have been likely to see actual people in blackface. I always understood it to be a parody of a parody. I do have mixed feelings here. If someone is offended, I don’t think it should be ignored. Of course, ultimately people offended by this spectacle can just not go to Zulu.
From the New York Times:
A Black Group Says Mardi Gras Blackface Honors Tradition. Others Call It ‘Disgusting.’
Harvey Cragon (1928 – 2018)
Got word that one of my old committee members at UT, Harvey Cragon, had passed away recently (obit). He was a tough old guy who built some of Texas Instruments supercomputers like the Advanced Scientific Computer back in the 1960s and 1970s. It was a pleasure to know and work under someone with his background and understanding of computer architecture. In particular, he made some recommendations for my work that I disagreed with and tried to ignore. He eventually insisted I pursure some of these ideas, and it ended up being one of the strongest pieces of what I did (and yes, I did tell him he was right and I was wrong, but of course, he already knew that).
Buff: Are You a Buff About Something?
The term “buff” came up today. As in a hobbyist. Or whatever a good synonym would be. I can’t say I have heard this word much recently and googled it. The on-line dictionaries had a few definitions but not what I was looking for. Then the Voice of America Learning English site comes through again. Who knew it went back to early NYC firefighters:
Buff: Are You a Buff About Something?
Hawks
One of these guys has been hanging around our neighborhood for a long time. Now there are two. Snapped this with my phone while walking out to the car. Had to zoom in a bit. Maybe we will have some baby hawks soon.