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Ron
Stoloff's Blog - this was created at a PACS meeting and has
such exciting items as my adventures in hearing aids.
This is actually much funnier than it sounds.
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Here's a shocking article: I'm being ripped
off by my cell phone provider - AT&T. Published: September 14, 2023 |
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I wrote an Article, "The Negro
in Science Fiction" in 1968(!) detailing the lack
of black characters in Science Fiction at the time & postulated
one reason: This was published in the Fanzine, Vorpal Sword & I had the chutzpah to send him a copy. Following this came a series of 5 letters from him & my responses which I've included here. "The
Negro in Science Fiction" |
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Digging around my hard drive I
discovered an article I wrote about the This was published in The Vorpal Sword ~1980, a 'fanzine' that I helped some friends produce. I discovered an article from the Scientific American that supports my thesis. Read it. |
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you know anything about computers, no doubt you've received calls from
people who are desperate for help.
One thing about this plea for help is that sometimes they're not really looking for "help" but confirmation that what they're trying to do is the "right thing to do," regardless of what your advice. This article I wrote for the Data Bus is an example of exactly that and I called it "Mother Knows Best." It's another of those thousands of cautionary tales. |
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| Adventures in Computer Languages | |
| The
Saga - moving from my 1st computer, a TRS-80, to an IBM 'clone' in
1985 (posted 12/2016) BTW: the hard drive mentioned in this article was 10 Megabites - not Giga - & cost $360 in 1985. That's equivalent to ~$820 today. |
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| Making
Your TRS-80 Talk [Written in 1982] |
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| Bill Gates came to Pacs to speak in November, 1987. Here is an article I wrote about the event and an interview we held with him. | |
| Remember Y2K? Here's an article I wrote about it in 1999. It was published in the Data Bus and given as a presentation to a group. | |
| Comments
on my 2011 losing campaign: Campaign Insights - 2011 Six Parts. |
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| My
adventures in getting my first set of hearing aids: For Hearing Aids - 2011 This is 6 parts! and funnier than it sounds. |
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| Passing
the Transgender Policy in the Wissahickon School District - 2016 |
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| Here's a funny one: I ran over my foot. August, 2019. | |
| My
Life-long Pet Saga of "Unintended Cruelties" |
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| Inspiration & First Dynasty Part 1 | First Dynasty: Happy, Sir Lancelot, Ainsika and Murgatroid (continued) |
| The Interloper: Tip Part 3 | Cat Appears Part 4 |
| Ron and Shirley get some “used” cats Part 5 | Cerci:
The Short Time Visitor Part 6 |
| We Lose Oscar Part 7 | The New Guys are No Longer New Part 8 |
| The incredible and heart wrenching saga of Persephone, our cat - 5 parts! The $10,000,000 Cat | |
| Achilles - The Final Days Part 1 | Achilles - The Final Days Part 2 |
| In the
midst of the Carona Virus quarantine a relative died and the Shiva was shared via Zoom. |
In light of the demands that statues of Confederate "heroes" be removed, what of Washington, Jefferson & FDR? Written & Posted June 13, 2020 |
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a Wissahickon School Board member, I was asked to read a bedtime
story. It is located on the Wissahickon School District site via
YouTube. If you think your kid would enjoy an amusing story read to them by some old guy with a scratchy voice, this is for you. |
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| Valedictory: Looking Back on 8 Years on the Wissahickon School Board | |
| A
short summary
of our cruise up the Douro River in Northern Portugal. Posted July, 2022 |
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| Whereupon
I Discover That our Flat
Screen TV Has the Pox: Another Fun Adventure. |
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| My first printer - Read about it in "A Visit to the Sargasso Sea" | |
| Another mass shooting - this time in Maine. October, 2023 | |
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