by Dwayne Phillips Those people who love you the most, may try hardest to stop you from becoming something you want to become. I recently read a blog post about how your friends and relatives may try to stop you from becoming a writer. This is not a surprise, and it does not speak badly […]
Becoming Something and Loved Ones
March 6th, 2014 · No Comments
Must See Family Holiday Apple Ad
December 18th, 2013 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips This Apple ad is deep in several aspects. Here is a precedent for this blog: a video inserted and on top of that it is an advertisement. To the reader, first watch the video, then read my comments. Apple Family Christmas Ad (1) There is the lost teenager in a big family […]
Tags: Communication · Family · Ideas · People · Technology
Happy Birthday America
July 4th, 2013 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I was looking at the calendar and noticed that this blog would appear on the 4th of July. Well, why should I write about anything but America on the 4th of July? Happy Birthday America. We have lots of problems here, and some people are pessimistic about how many more birthdays America […]
Tags: Family
We have to Ask Adults
June 24th, 2013 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Children are easy to read as they haven’t yet perfected how to “act.” Adults are different, and I work with adults, so I have to ask them questions. Children don’t walk normally unless they are thinking about something else. They tend to scamper or duck their head and half run. They think […]
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Hurricane Sandy
November 5th, 2012 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Hurricane Sandy missed the Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C. Still, we lost power for 20 hours. Here are a few things to have to help get by. The hurricane hit the New York area much harder than the Washington D.C. area. Still, we lost power in my house for about 20 hours. […]
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Some Thoughts from Germany
June 11th, 2012 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips My wife and I are visiting our son in Germany. Being a good, bad Ugly American, I have thoughts that capture the entire country ( 😉 My youngest son has been teaching English in Ludwigshafen, Germany this school year. Since the year is almost over, my wife and I are visiting him. […]
Tags: Differences · Family · Vacation
Brogrammers and other Dysfunction
April 23rd, 2012 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips There is a trend lately for young male programmers to act like fraternity pledges. This is just the last in a long line of dysfunction in computer science. The percentage of female computer science graduates and professional programmers is declining. It has been in decline for several decades. There is much speculation […]
Tags: Computing · Culture · Family · Management
Computer Vision and the Blind
April 16th, 2012 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The cell phone camera plus computer vision plus computer speech equals apps for the blind. I worked in computer vision during the 1980s and early 1990s. My work was mostly with having a computer transform an aerial image into a map. I didn’t foresee the technologies that would make the digital image […]
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Broadband on a Royal Caribbean Cruise
March 15th, 2012 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I recently went on a cruise with Royal Caribbean. The broadband service was relatively slow, but quite usable at 40 cents a minute. In late February 2012, I went on a cruise with my wife and 16 in laws. We took a seven-day western Caribbean cruise with Royal Caribbean cruise lines. I […]
But Then They Won’t Pay Attention (to me)
March 12th, 2012 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The iPad and its apps are the latest tech gadget that can help in the classroom (any kind of classroom in almost any setting). One issue is that once a student loves the iPad, they ignore the teacher – the person. Persons have feelings and sometimes persons have hurt feelings. Let’s employ […]