I don’t remember the exact date, but it was probably in the early 1990s. I was working for Tandem Computers at the time and had switched from using a 6530 terminal for accessing the computer to using a PC, running MS-DOS. I knew I needed an anti-virus program and so I decided to get get… Continue reading My Encounter with John McAfee
Category: Writing
Converting Python2 to Python3
(Last updated 2/15/24) tl;dr I believe the most useful part of this article is the section on “Incompatibilities”, below. That section lists problems not handled by the “future” module, and for which I was unable to find documentation on the differences. You might want to skip directly to that section. dl;dr 2 (2/25/24) I have… Continue reading Converting Python2 to Python3
Summary for May, 2021
Santa Clara County cases appeared to go up in May but this could be anomalies in the data. Number of deaths steadily declined during May. So did the number of people hospitalized. California cases have also declined during the month of May. U.S. cases have also declined during May as did the the number of… Continue reading Summary for May, 2021
Summary for April, 2021
For Santa Clara County, the number of cases rose in the early part of the month, but by the end returned to values near that at of the beginning of the month. For California, the number of cases declined slightly over the course of the month. New deaths dropped significantly. For the U.S. as a… Continue reading Summary for April, 2021
Summary for the Month of March, 2021
Santa Clara cases, deaths, and hospitalizations fell steadily during the month of March. California cases and deaths also fell during March, although the decline was uneven for deaths. U.S. deaths also fell. U.S. new cases also fell for most of the month but was on the rise by month end.
Vaccination
We finally got vaccinated today. It wasn’t easy; I didn’t think it would be. It was frustrating; I should have expected that. We got an email from Kaiser (our healthcare provider) telling us it was our turn and we should call for an appointment. We waited on hold for over four hours only to be… Continue reading Vaccination
Summary for February
In general, February saw a continuation of the decline in all numbers that started in January. With a couple of exceptional days, the number of new cases declined in Santa Clara County. The same is true of number of patients hospitalized. There was also an overall decline in new deaths in Santa Clara County, although… Continue reading Summary for February
Summary for January
Santa Clara County cases dropped significantly during the second half of January. Deaths in Santa Clara County peaked higher in January than at any other time during the pandemic. Number of hospitalizations in Santa Clara County hit an all-time high early in January, and has been declining since then. California had a very high number… Continue reading Summary for January
Phil Spector
If you ever watch TV biographies of entertainment personalities, you may have been struck by how often their lives end badly. I can’t think of anyone for whom that is more true than Phil Spector. He was one of the best and most well-known record producers in the 50s and 60s. Then musical styles moved… Continue reading Phil Spector
Is “Scratch” a Programming Language?
I have been tutoring two teenagers in programming Python. Now their mother has recommended me to her friend who has a twelve year old who wants to learn Python. I’m a little concerned that twelve is too young to grasp the complexities of programming so I did a Google search. The answers were all over… Continue reading Is “Scratch” a Programming Language?