whatis – What is that file?

This is a program that examines a file and attempts to determine what it is.  It is similar to the posix file(1) command but gives more detail and recognizes a wider variety of file types.  (There are occasions when whatis recognizes that file could give more information, and calls the latter program.) Note:  This program has an unfortunate… Continue reading whatis – What is that file?

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Technology Penetration

I was searching the Internet to see how many households have PCs these days, and ran across an interesting article on technology penetration in general.  I thought it was a little wordy and condensed it into a spreadsheet:

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Indian Journal

In 2006 I went to India to attend the wedding of a friend of mine.  While there I made a journal which may be seen here.

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Photographing Yosemite

We’ve just returned from a weekend in Yosemite.  What a challenging place to take photographs!  Yosemite is one of the most beautiful places on the planet.  Why should that be challenging?  Just look at the photograph above.  Taken from the Wawona Tunnel Overlook, this must be one of the most often photographed locations on Earth.… Continue reading Photographing Yosemite

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Bangladesh Journal

In 1990 I made a trip to Bangladesh along with the group RESULTS to visit The Grameen Bank and its founder Muhammad Yunus.  (A number of years after my visit, Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize.) I made a journal of that visit, originally handwritten into a notebook, and later transcribed and edited into a… Continue reading Bangladesh Journal

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Music of India Script

Recently I made an audio production about Music of India.  It is too large to put on-line, and besides I don’t have the necessary music clearances. However, here is the script.

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People I Admire

The Dalai Lama Mother Teresa Thomas Edison Jimmy Carter Buckminster Fuller Leonard Bernstein Muhammad Yunus Ram Dass Benjamin Franklin Robert Heinlein Mark Twain Arthur C. Clarke

Other Links of Interest

I have a separate page for sites related to Covid-19 Project Venona – How the NSA thwarted an “unbreakable” Soviet cipher system.  The original NSA article that I referenced here has been replaced by the link above.  This new link has both more and less information than the original; more in that it lists 100… Continue reading Other Links of Interest