Watching the spacecraft splash down yesterday brought back memories of my time working at NASA during the Gemini days. That was the period when the greatest advances were made in many areas. Computer software was designed and developed like no other, using IBM 7094 technology as a base for the […]
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Work-related travel was part of my career over the years, and Eva accepted that gracefully. After Jennifer married in 1992, I took a consulting contract to manage a project in Temple Texas. It was a major project for one of Drayton McLane’s companies that provided the computer system used in […]
As I watched the reporting of the wildfires in California, they showed images of Malibu, and a memory from the past came back. Until just a few years ago, the Toyota Motor Sales of America headquarters was in Torrance California. During the 1974-78 years, I was the Director of IT […]
With each new model year, while I was working for Gulf States Toyota, Toyota would have a new car showing to present new models to the news media. Those events were in various parts of the world. In 1975 it was in Toyoko, in 1976 it was in Mexico City, […]
It was 1952 when my Dad bought our first power mower. It had a two-cycle motor, and it had an eight-teen-inch blade. They did not have two-cycle oil back then; we just mixed 30-weight car oil with the gasoline and hoped you got the mix close enough to allow it […]
If you live long enough, you will discover that life is like a rollercoaster. You will spend part of your life climbing mountains, some time with a view from high, and the rest dealing with curves and drops that may take your breath away. You will experience times when you […]
If you live long enough, you will experience days when you feel depressed and that you are no longer in control of your life. It is like taking a fall and knowing it will hurt, but you do not wait until you hit the ground to begin worrying about how […]
During the 1960s, many major oil companies had a large presence in Houston. To name a few, Gulf Oil, Humble Oil, Texaco Oil, Shell Oil, Mobil Oil, Sinclair Oil, Phillips Petroleum, and others had offices in downtown Houston. Senior management in those corporations had a significant influence on the Houston […]
The Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) was the original name for the Johnson Space Center (JSC) is NASA’s center for human spaceflight. The Gemini Program was the first spacecraft missions that were controlled by MSC. There were twelve Gemini missions between April 1964 and November 1966. I started working at NASA […]
During the last few days after the “storm of 2024”, with the whole area around here without power, I spent much time just sitting and thinking. My generator powers my entire house, so I had electricity; however, Comcast was out until yesterday afternoon, so I had no internet or TV. […]