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I started life as a child.

80-U.S. Journal

Completed posting of several 80-U.S. Journal articles. My first microcomputer was a TRS-80 Model I, purchased in Daly City, California in 1978. I’d been encouraged to purchase an Apple II by Steve Jobs, personally, at the West Coast Computer Faire, Continue reading 80-U.S. Journal

American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics

Completed conversion of paper presented at the: American Association for Medical Systems (AAMSI) in 1983. It was all but impossible to scan the printed version, so the text is taken from the final manuscript, OCRed (converted to text via Optical Continue reading American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics

InfoWorld

Completed conversion of my one: InfoWorld story. This involved scanning the tabloid original, converting it to text (using OCR, Optical Character Recognition), and then adding it to the site. Tracking down “typos” from the OCR process occupied most of the Continue reading InfoWorld

Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC)

Added paper presented at the: ASPAC (Association for Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast) 1979 meeting in Olympia, Washington. This was held at Evergreen State College. The text was scanned from a typewritten original manuscript, then edited for “typos” introduced Continue reading Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC)

SNAC Time

The Southern New Hampshire Apple Core computer user group published several of my articles, but I could find the artifact for just one. SNAC Time (Southern New Hampshire Apple Core) I’m sure they sent me copies of the rest, but Continue reading SNAC Time

Mother and fawn

Mother and one of her two twins walking through the neighborhood. The other twin — slightly smaller, but much more adventuresome — dashed under the tree on the right, chasing a bird. Deer don’t normally chase birds, and the bird Continue reading Mother and fawn

MLMUG Journal

The Main Line Macintosh User Group published one article in MLMUG Journal on Time Machine. Not sure if I should call this science fiction or computer science. In theory, they published some others as well, but I haven’t found them Continue reading MLMUG Journal

AppleTree articles

Several articles were published in the Columbia Apple Slice newsletter, AppleTree These were exclusively on Apple Macintosh subjects, as the user group was explicitly an Apple Macintosh user group. However, because of the publication name, I started getting orchard and Continue reading AppleTree articles

Best definition ever

From Music Since 1900, by Nicolas Slonimsky, pp. 1489-1490: Sesquipedalian Macropolysyllabiflcation. Quaquaversal lucubration about pervicacious torosity and diverticular prosiliency in diatonic formication and chromatic papulation, engendering carotic carmination and decubital nyctalopia, causing borborygmic susurration, teratological urticulation, macroptic dysmimia, bregmatic obstipation, Continue reading Best definition ever