Month: December 2010

Copyright © 2009, Glenn Story I can’t tell you the exact date, for it was many years ago–in the early 70s. I can, however, tell you the exact location: the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, A large hall, holding over 3,000 seats, and boasting that no seat is more than 21 rows from the stage.… Continue reading Two Gurus

Copyright © 2006, Glenn Story So my daughter was driving in Santa Cruz, a town she’s not all that familiar with. It was late at night and the left-turn lane onto the road she wanted to take was closed. She decided to turn left from the through lane even though she couldn’t trigger the green… Continue reading Day in Court

Copyright © 2006, Glenn Story I have a program that tells me whose birthday it is very day. Today, it turns out is Elvis Presley’s birthday. Unfortunately, my Internet connection is down. So by the time you get this message, “the king’s” birthday will be past. Nonetheless, I decided to write a few reminiscences in… Continue reading Reminescences of Elvis

Copyright © 2006, Glenn Story It was something he had wanted to do all his life: witness a total solar eclipse. It had taken weeks of planning over literally years of time. It had cost him a lot of money. He had ended up on a cruise ship in the waters of the East Indies.… Continue reading After the Eclipse

Copyright © 2005, Glenn Story This morning I looked out my bedroom window I saw a squirrel running along the phone wire. He came to a spot where the wire overlooks a tree in our neighbor’s yard. He looked down, obviously contemplating jumping to the tree to gather nuts. The tree obviously represented both current… Continue reading Squirrel

This is a collection of reminiscences about my career in the computer industry and the technology that I have watched develop.

Copyright © 2004, Glenn Story As I was coming home from work the other day, a man walked by pushing a baby stroller.  The man asked me if he could use some water to wash his hands.  He explained that he had been eating an orange and his hands were sticky.  I showed him a… Continue reading Visit from a God from Madras

Copyright © 2004, Glenn Story The Paragon of Animals In chatting with Joana yesterday, we argued about whether humans are animals;  I said they were; she said they weren’t. I had this same argument with my brother several years ago.  I realized then that this is purely a semantic argument:  it depends entirely on the… Continue reading The Paragon of Animals

Copyright © 2004, Glenn Story This is my first day in New York City.  I am here with my wife and younger daughter.  We are visiting my older daughter, Elizabeth, who lives here. This morning we visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  We saw exhibits on Chinese art, Japanese art, photography, and musical instruments.  We… Continue reading New York City Journal