One month ago today community pioneer Wirt Atmar passed away, but his contributions to the 3000 user continue to keep the system sustainable in a world far different than the era when HP 3000 was created. The server did not include a database for its first four years of life, but when HP added IMAGE...

We’ve been preparing for some time for Sam to be a page in the Arkansas Legislature this week. Adelyn got to experience it last week, and when I asked Sam over the weekend if he was excited about the learning experience, he replied, “Well, yea. I get to get out of school for three days.&...

What passes for Winter here is losing its hard edge now, and I’m starting to spend time in the garden again…here’s a rather disjointed post about some of the current projects: This is going to be a raised bed with straw-bale borders. The inside is filled with old goat bedding and o...

As a gadget writer, I get sent a lot of stuff. Much of it's junk, some of it's interesting, and an even smaller portion is useful. The Twist-Lok initially intrigued and never ceases to satisfy whenever I find myself drilling and driving, especially when perched precariously on a ladder. You just att...

Rounds 3&4 of the 2009 Formula Kart Productions Florida Winter Tour, presented by TonyKart Florida, are officially in the books after an exciting weekend at the Homestead Karting facility. Nearly 200 karters returned to the freshly paved circuit to do battle for FWT supremacy. The clockwise tra...

I had a very strange experience when I got up last night for one of my heifer checks. I woke up about 5 minutes before my alarm went off which isn't unusual. I very diligently shut off the alarm clock because this particular clock is very hard to turn off and My Darling Wife gets very annoyed with m...

All women building firm gets contract for UK's first straw council houses...

Speedware has announced that it's hard at work creating an independent resource for the software that HP used to offer the 3000 community via the HP Jazz Web server. Speedware became a licensee of the HP content from Jazz — programs, papers, documentation and freeware which HP had copyrighted ...

Wirt Atmar, founder of 3000 software firm AICS Research and an inventive leader of the 3000 community since the computer's inception, died yesterday at age 63. He leaves behind his wife and business partner Valerie, a son Mark, millions of lines of programs and Internet postings, and a legacy of...

I was interviewed by Channel 7 News this morning.  They’re reporting on an issue with South Florida builders, specifically South Kendall Construction (the builder of my house), using tainted Chinese Drywall in the construction of homes built between 2005 and 2007.  I need to make a statement...