Much of this post will be taken from an email I sent to some friends today about using Skype. If you haven't yet investigated Skype, I urge you to do so. There are versions of it available for both Windows (Win2k and WinXP) and for the Macintosh. In general, Skype can be summed up as an application that permits you to make voice telephone calls over the Internet to other Skype users anywhere in the world at no cost.
I received a Christmas card this week from my friend, Belva Ann Yoss, who lives in Spokane, WA. It was taken in her backyard in the snow.
John C. Dvorak has posted an article that talks about, Understanding and Reading a Blog. He says,
In this PC Magazine article, Christmas Virus Makes the Rounds, Sebastian Rupley reports on 12/14/2004:
This morning, as a result of reading this interesting piece at Jay Rosen's excellent blog about the movement underway in Greensboro, NC, to nurture a blogging community in the city, I followed a number of the links and found myself fascinated, once again, by the Wikipedia. That inspired me to add a link to my template (it's in the righthand column, just above the list of recent posts and titled «About Knoxville, TN») that will help readers know more about the city in which I live. This link may save me the embarrassment of not being able to answer people's questions about my home city, such as how many people live there or who the major employers are in the city. And since it is now permanently there in the template, those who are interested may learn about Knoxville till they satiate their interest from a source that is updated by the community at large. That will mean the information about Knoxville will stay current without my having to work to make that happen.
Last night I returned a call to Tucker Childers who lives here in Knoxville and with whom I used to work at Behavioral Systems, Inc., back in the 1970's. Tucker is a former guard on the University of Georgia football team, circa 1960, and an associate of Fran Tarkenton, who was famous for having to scramble to make a living after he got out of college. Tucker and I talked for about 20 minutes about old friends and associates at BSI. Tarkenton and Aubrey Daniels had teamed to form BSI in 1972, and I was the first consultant with that organization. They split up in 1978, and Aubrey formed his own company, Aubrey Daniels and Associates, that has since become Aubrey Daniels International.
While visiting in Atlanta in November, I happened to visit a couple of cemeteries, Melwood which is located between Stone Mountain and Clarkston on Ponce de Leon Avenue and the Stone Mountain cemetery while attending Julia Ann Floyd's funeral. While there I took some pictures of the headstones of various family members' graves.
As is our custom, our group got together last night to celebrate Tom Wright's birthday, which was on Saturday, December 11th. There were 9 of us in attendance at El Charro's here in Knoxville, but I only took a couple of pictures. The one at the right is of Tom and Terry Vanderplas.
Yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure of attending the Lenoir City High School's Christmas concert, where about 100 of the students performed a program of Christmas music from around the world. They clearly had fun putting on the presentation and did a nice job.
If you haven't yet discovered Wikipedia, hie thee hence and check it out. It's a fascinating example of collaborative effort that'll help to restore your faith in what people can do when cooperate with each other.
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