Photos and Projects

Found a newspaper article written about mom which she stored in her "Mom" engraved wooden box next to the fireplace. One of her passions was reading to kids struggling in school. She could always command the attention of a room full of kids (and adults for that matter) and tried to find ways of elevating everyone's game to reach their potential in their own education journey. Below is a link to the electronic copy posted in 2018 by the Anderson Herald Bulletin. It was very well done and I can see why she held onto this one. I enjoyed reading it. Mom reading to Tenth Street Elementary School Second Graders, 2018. Rotary Mentors help Tenth Street Students

  Developing a Christmas demo program on the Commodore 64 and Atari platforms using the C language and the CC65 C Compiler .  Below is a working music play component written two different ways.  Both methods use a special Header file which maps each note in each octave to the correct frequency.  As a result, the songs themselves are loaded into arrays as natural notes as the following: Song Arrays with Notes The first method uses FOR loop delays for the tone and shutoff time.  It's simple to implement and if no other major tasks for graphics or animation are required to process then this will work well.  The trade-off to simplicity is that the FOR loops (red below) effectively delay and hang any other task the program might need to execute: Music Play Example using For Loop Delays The second method uses a State Machine and although it requires more programming, it will not delay or hang other tasks that the program might need to perform while playing music....

  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...