Wednesday, December 19, 2018

What are the Stars?

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The stars were conceptually intractable. What they were was never understood until modern times, but by 600 BCE when  Odyssey  was written ...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

(ISC)^2 Holiday Dinner 2018

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Indeed hosted this year's holiday party for the Austin chapter of (ISC)^2. About 50 people attended and enjoyed a surprising German menu...
Sunday, December 2, 2018

The Andromeda Galaxy

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If I had known that it was this easy, I would have seen the Andromeda Galaxy 60 years ago. In  Turn Left at Orion  Guy Consolmagno tells of...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Charles Babbage: Codebreaker

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Few names stand out in the history of computing as do Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine. The Difference Engine was only a dem...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Thoughts on "Soldier’s Heart"

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From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze. Six miles from earth, loosed from its d...
Monday, November 19, 2018

Soldier’s Heart by Elizabeth Samet

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One of her cadets, now an officer, wrote to his former professor about his experience in the active military preparing for his combat assig...
Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Veterans Day 2018 on Martha's Vineyard

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Visiting family ahead of the Thanksgiving travel rush, I celebrated Veterans Day on Martha's Vineyard. My first undergraduate school was...
Sunday, November 4, 2018

VETERANS DAY 2018

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“Why My Brick” by Michael E. Marotta on behalf of SFC Edward M. Marotta  I was drafted. They called it the peacetime Army, but the K...
Thursday, November 1, 2018

Cleveland, Ohio, and the Gates of Argonath

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"Two pairs of entrance pylons on both the west and east ends of the Hope Memorial Bridge (formerly the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge) have fig...