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Rowing across the Pacific – alone

Bud — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:27:23 +0000

Ever heard of Roz Savage? She just passed the halfway point of her journey.

http://www.rozsavage.com/

She has a track record. She’s already rowed solo across the Atlantic.

Apollo 11 – 39 Years and Counting

Bud — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:15:36 +0000

Hard to believe, but today, 20 July, marks the 39th anniversary of the 1969 event.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

I wonder if they’ll ever find the missing original tapes of the moonwalk? How you lose something like that is beyond me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program_missing_tapes

First time – sort of

Bud — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:10:12 +0000

This is my first personal blog, but I think I first conceived of and implemented a blog-like approach before the word was invented.

Back in 1995, I learned HTML and discovered that browsers could read and format plain text files in a shared directory. I was managing a small 24/7 operation then, and thought that adding pertinent information and updates to an expanding text file, viewed in a web browser, could be superior to email. The file also contained links to other files as appropriate. I trained my day staff rudimentary HTML, and made the resulting web page the primary information source for the shift workers. It didn’t have a provision for comments, so it was a one way capability.

Sure seems like a long time ago!