1) The idea of beautiful programming books representing the connection between art and programming is an interesting one. I think that there is an “art” to programming, but I don’t think there is really a direct connection. As a musician, I have a very formal vision of an “artist”, and knowing many programmers, [...]

Washington Post - Obituaries
Friday, December 14, 2007; Page B07
Jean Edward Welker - NASA Physicist
Jean Edward Welker, 72, who spent 50 years as a physicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, died Dec. 5 of heart disease at Washington Hospital Center. He lived in Laurel.
Mr. Welker was a specialist in examining climate patterns in [...]

Some part of me, deep down, will not let me post photos without cracking open Photoshop first. I don’t know why I feel so strongly about it, but my gut won’t let me avoid it. So of course, it’s ages before I feel alright showing anyone what I took.
Be that as it may, [...]

Leaving in about an hour to drive up to the summer house in New York.  Yes, I know it’s fall, and it will be cold (40’s) but I have to shut off the fridge.  Really.  Anyway, I hope that I can relax a tiny bit for the time I am there.
C ya maryland!

I moved most of the large items this weekend. I still have a few odds and ends (less than one car-full) left at the house. One more trip, and then one trip to wash the carpets, and I should be fully vacated from the old location, and fully “in” the new. Of [...]

I am trying hard to find a new place in Bethesda, but everything is so expensive… if only they would start the purple line, life would be much easier. I’d still be trying to move regardless, but life would be easier. Ideal location would be on 185 (Conn. Ave) near the beltway so [...]