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George Low, the RPI President Who Changed World History
Reading Time: < 1 minute Today is the anniversary of a huge day in world history. Fifty years ago at about this time of day, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon. Mike Collins kept the Command Module operating until they got…
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Unifying My Photos and Videos on iCloud
Reading Time: 2 minutes I've owned a digital camera since at least 2004. I bought my first iPhone on Day 1, June 29, 2007. Before I bought my first megapixel digital camera, I was buying Kodak Photo CDs: I have at least 23 of…
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I'm Supporting Jean-François Gosselin for Mayor of Québec
Reading Time: 2 minutes Earlier in October, I learned that Jean-François Gosselin, a fellow RPI Hockey alumnus, is running for Mayor of Québec City, Canada. I looked around for a web page written in English that described his candidacy, and when I couldn't find…
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Building up Photos for RinkAtlas
Reading Time: < 1 minute For the past year, I've been taking photos of many of the hockey arenas I've visited in the United States and Canada, with the intent of adding them to my arena database called RinkAtlas. The current version of RinkAtlas is…
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In Memory of Friends Lost on 09/11
Reading Time: < 1 minute Every year since September 11, 2001 I've mentioned the following people who were victims of the terrorist attacks, in the hope that some of my friends will remember them:World Trade Center: Vito DeLeo, mechanic at World Trade Center, USA Hockey…
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25 Years of NJ High School Hockey Officiating
Reading Time: < 1 minute Yesterday I was honored to receive a service award from the Metropolitan New York-New Jersey Chapter of the National Ice Hockey Officials Association. I have been an on-ice official in this organization for 25 years. I joined the Metro NY…
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Why Shirley Ann Jackson Has My Support as Rensselaer President
Reading Time: 2 minutes Here's a critical piece from The Chronicle of Higher Education on Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, the President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ("Behind RPI's Highly Paid Chief, Tales of an Imperial Air and Cowed Staff"). In case you are wondering, here…
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Jimmy's Morning as the Weather Kid on WXTU
Reading Time: < 1 minute Our son Jimmy was chosen to be the Weather Kid on The Doc and Andie Show on 92.5 WXTU in Philadelphia this morning. He had a lot of fun and did a great job. Jimmy had to get up at…
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When You Witness History, It Doesn't Always Go As Planned
Reading Time: 2 minutes I came home early from work to meet my sons and their sitter, so we could watch the Antares launch. I got home about seven minutes before the launch, put NASA TV on via AirPlay to the Apple TV in…
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Why I Went Back to Running
Reading Time: < 1 minute A lot of friends have seen the posts on Facebook that I created over the past six months related to running. The goal here was not to run a half-marathon or a marathon, although I might do that some time;…