Miscellaneous Ramblings

Just imagine all the shotgun seats and last beers that would be yours if you won every game of rochambeau.

"We are without a doubt entering an era of food shortages."

His passion was creating programs he called computer worlds that students could use to create games. In fact, they were learning sophisticated computer skills. His annual virtual reality contest was highly anticipated, and work on virtual reality by some of his students won them the chance to experience weightlessness on an aircraft. They then used virtual reality techniques to mimic weightlessness.

The companies are now in final negotiations according to our sources, although it could be a couple of weeks before it closes.

He wrote a series of course-setting memos to lead the company in these new directions — a new computer interface, the Internet, computer security. They stand as signposts at several key junctures in Microsoft’s history.

In a way, the world is a great liar. It shows you it worships and admires money, but at the end of the day it doesn’t. It says it adores fame and celebrity, but it doesn’t, not really. The world admires, and wants to hold on to, and not lose, goodness. It admires virtue. At the end it gives its greatest tributes to generosity, honesty, courage, mercy, talents well used, talents that, brought into the world, make it better. That’s what it really admires. That’s what we talk about in eulogies, because that’s what’s important. We don’t say, "The thing about Joe was he was rich." We say, if we can, "The thing about Joe was he took care of people."

The refrigerator and other items in the house had melted when it is suspected the gas furnace system malfunctioned while the owner was out of town.

Metadata makes the difference between a shoebox full of unsorted photos and a nicely-organized album that lets you browse photos of your Paris vacation.

When contemplating the world’s environmental problems, it’s sometimes hard not to feel like humanity is screwed.

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather
to skid in sideways – Chardonnay in one hand – chocolate in the
other – body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO
HOO, What a Ride" AND….