文書は英語ですが、写真は共通
(though I'm taking a break from blogging for a while)
Archive for July, 2005I had the most interesting peek into my past recently, when the Rootstown Water Company asked me to look at a small issue with their billing software. I originally wrote it back in 1986 (19.5 years ago!). They're still using it, unaltered except for one bill-formatting routine which needed to be updated for a new printer some years back. It's really pretty much in the state I left it, except that the machine is running Windows 3.11 now (it had been running only DOS 2.11 when I was there -- I know the version number because they still have the [...]
My dad normally watches TV on his computer, so doesn't really know much about the TiVo in the living room. But when I was out today and he was on babysitting duty, Anthony asked to watch Dora. Dad fumbled with the TiVo remote control not really knowing what to do, until Anthony (not yet 2 years 8 months old) told him "top button". Indeed, that's the button used to pull up the main TiVo menu, and from it Dad was able to cue up a Dora episode. 
View full post » Last night my dad and I went to BW3's in Kent to play NTN Trivia. The main game last night, played simultaneously by 10 to 20 thousand people in bars across North America, covers science, geography, "shows" (plays, TV, movies), history, sports, and the arts. Dad is excellent with history, science, and, in particular, geography. I am worthless with everything but the occasional science and Japan-related question. We sat with trivia regulars Ted, Bill, and John, who are truly awe-inspiring in their depth and breadth of knowledge. They can effortlessly deal with questions on 1960s American TV, ancient mythology, who [...]
|