Photos and Projects

  Best photos for the 2023 Calendar. West Baden Stables St. Joseph, MI Butler Prairie Falls Park Butler Prairie White River (near Art Museum) New Holland Lighthouse, MI Falls Park Sandhill Crane Site Butler Pond Butler Prairie Butler Prairie Bob Ross Experience:  Muncie, IN

  Below is the actual 2007 Indianapolis Star article on the Samara House  that I uncovered this morning in one of Marshall's Frank Lloyd Wright books.  Marshall had a habit of adding relevant newspaper clippings to books he collected which added to the story. Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned back in 1950 to build a home in West Lafayette by a then young Chemistry Professor John Christian and his wife.  One of the unique features of the Samara House is a great room that could entertain up to 50 people at once, something the Christians had requested for faculty, friends and family gatherings.   When the Christians called Wright at his Taliesin home they were surprised when he answered the phone himself.  The couple met several times with Wright at Taliesin West until Wright had gathered enough information to create the plans for the house (1955).   The occasion of the newspaper article was to cover the homes history in anticipation of it soo...

  Revisiting seagull photos captured from Clinton Marina, Clinton, IA.  Was a challenge for me to get the right exposure with its bright white features.  That weekend, I used the Nikon D5300 and the 70-300 mm which I picked up at Roberts for $70. The wings inspired the "gull-winged" doors on the DeLorean DMC. Flying DeLorean (cropped 2):  f8, 1/2000 sec Flying DeLorean (cropped 1):  f8, 1/2000 sec Flying DeLorean (full):  f8, 1/2000 sec Flying DeLorean:  f8, 1/1000 sec

  Visited Sullivan's Hardware Store at 71st & Keystone last Tuesday and saw their Holiday Train Set which was up and running.  Very impressive multi-train track configuration which also had a working gondola ski lift and interior theme park.  A must see if you are in the neighborhood.  At this location, you can also eat lunch inside and schedule grill cooking classes which are taught inside the store. Full View Gondola:  Operating Ski Lift Gondola Outer Train Inner Train with Gondola Inner Train Engine close-up Side View of Theme Park Mountain Tunnel Tunnel under Gondola

  Main points to the following articles in IEEE Software Magazine.  November/December issue was highly focused on comparing AI with Software Engineering. An AI Engineer Versus a Software Engineer " Looking at the generalized skill  summaries of AI engineers and  software engineers, we can observe  that software engineers  are expected to understand the  end-to-end software development  and sustainment lifecycle,  and AI engineers are expected to  contribute to that lifecycle by developing  highly specialized components  which take advantage  of AI." " The software engineering community needs to be realistic in judging the demand, refrain from turning all software engineering programs into AI engineering ones following the hype, and continue to refine their understanding of the overlapping and unique skill sets of both software and AI engineering disciplines." Unlock the Business Value of Gamification "Although gamification...

The 12 Days of Christmas On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, Twelve next door drummers Eleven scheduled all-nighters Ten looters a-looting Nine crazy bankers Eight more emails to write Seven yawns a-meeting Six chicken pizzas Five Golden Stakeholder Feedbacks Four calling customers Three French fries Two worthless career moves, and A cartridge written in Assembly

  The Hensleys:  Back (Left to Right):  Aunt Vera, Uncle Richard, Uncle Bob, Grandma Rinehart Front (Left to Right);  Great Grandma Maudie Hensley, Aunt Kathleen, Great Grandpa John Hensley