I am writing this on the last day of 2010. One year ago today my wife and I saw the movie, Avatar. The following day I began writing an essay on that movie and on the subject of non-violence (an unlikely combination of subjects to be sure). Somehow I never finished that essay, and so… Continue reading Avatar and War and Non-Violence
Month: December 2010
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.
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
Friends’ Home Pages
Smittie Christopher Yohmei Blasdel. Scarred Cat Bruce Bailey
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 The original NSA article that I referenced here has been replaced by the link above.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
Where I Live
Currently I live in the Greenmeadow community which is in the city of Palo Alto, California.
Where I Worked
I am now retired. Previous employers: Roku working on testing automation for set-top boxes and streaming sticks, smart TVs and speakers. Apple working on testing the Maps application. Lab 126 (a subsidiary of Amazon) where I worked on the Kindle, Fire Tablet, and the Echo. VMware where I worked on test automation for the Volume Manager. VERITAS where I worked… Continue reading Where I Worked
Professional Associations
Association of Computing Machinary Bay Area Chapter IEEE Computer Society Bay Area Chapter Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Software Development Forum Bay.Net
How to Contact Me
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Mathematics, Music, and Emotion
Copyright © 2010, Glenn Story I begin with a warning: this is going to be technical, both mathematically and musically. My hope is to explain a complex subject clearly. I remember once being in a movie theater in Japan and laughing along with the audience even though I hadn’t understood the dialog. Perhaps you’ve experienced… Continue reading Mathematics, Music, and Emotion