Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Well, you get to see the update anyway. First, disease research has found a possible new treatment for COVID-19, so that part of it, at least, is a success so far. Mining for cryptocurrency, though, could be doing better. In my first two weeks as a Gridcoin miner, I generatedContinue reading “BOINC and Gridcoin futures”
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BOINC and Gridcoin mining update
Saturday, July 18, 2020 First, recently I heard about the following related to one of my BOINC research projects rosetta@home: “We have some BIG NEWS: Researchers @UWproteindesign has succeeded in creating antiviral proteins that neutralize the new coronavirus in the lab. (These experimental drugs are being optimized for animal trials now.)” The heck with GridcoinContinue reading “BOINC and Gridcoin mining update”
BOINC and Gridcoin
Sunday, July 12, 2020 I have been participating in data-crunching projects for BOINC for the better part of 20 years. This started as crunching data for SETI@home and was followed by many other projects. Currently, I have been working on COVID-19 treatments. Being awarded points has always been somewhat interesting, at least as far asContinue reading “BOINC and Gridcoin”
My first year at Cal, Berkeley
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 In my early days at UC Berkeley in 1972, between dodging demonstrations over various things I saw as interruptions to my education, I began to see certain characters who formed the backdrop of my college experience; the extras in my college story. The first impression of Berkeley was provided by theContinue reading “My first year at Cal, Berkeley”
On joining the Weather Underground (www.Wunderground.com)
Monday, June 15, 2020 I have joined the Weather Underground. Not the militant radical one found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground, but this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_(weather_service), an internet-based weather service that uses weather information from volunteer weather station operators. Although both originated at the University of Michigan, that is where the similarity starts and ends. Since I was aContinue reading “On joining the Weather Underground (www.Wunderground.com)”
Re-established Interests- Amateur radio
Saturday, June 6, 2020 Somewhere back in time, shortly after meeting my wife Judy, I told her that I had always wanted to be an amateur radio operator. This was in part due to one present from “Santa” when I was a kid, a cheap pair of walkie-talkies that worked fine if the two usersContinue reading “Re-established Interests- Amateur radio”
Walking by myself, and never alone- Now
Sunday, May 31, 2020 It has been a year and two months now since you died. Sometimes in a dream, you come to me to explain that the doctors were wrong, and you did not really die. I can almost believe that, in the dream. Your doctors were not infallible, and they did miss aContinue reading “Walking by myself, and never alone- Now”
Mistaken identity at gunpoint- then but told now
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 After I realized my forestry career was over, I lived in Oakland, CA, for a short time, across the street from Highland Hospital. I remembered hearing back then that, generally, this wasn’t a very safe neighborhood. And that was without the proximity to Highland Hospital generally. Specifically, my apartment was justContinue reading “Mistaken identity at gunpoint- then but told now”
A job not wanted, revisited- Part two
Sunday, May 24, 2020 I woke up that morning and turned to face her as usual. She was wide awake. “I didn’t want to wake you up, but I haven’t slept all night. I need you to take me to the hospital. Now . . .” If you knew my wife, you would know thatContinue reading “A job not wanted, revisited- Part two”
A job not wanted, revisited- Part one
Sunday, May 24, 2020 I have put off writing this post long enough. In early 2013, my wife had successfully finished her last round of chemotherapy for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. We were told that she should not worry about CLL, even though her mother had died from this. No, we were told that CLL wouldContinue reading “A job not wanted, revisited- Part one”
Memory is the Key 