Backlit Happy Dog On An 80 Degree January Day
Month: January 2016
Greek Life 1974, Part Uno
Cheers to the drunks boys of Tau Kappa Epsilon! A Schlitz toast to Less Nessman!
These dudes are a klass act.
One more pitcher refill for our pal, Bill Albert. Get down wid yo bad self, Bill.
Hey, Won’t You Play
Bill (KTAI’s “Mr. Music”) Vessey of Texas A&I University in Kingsville shows us how a stray lock of hair pulled in front of the headset makes for a fantastic fringey sideburn.
Chomping At The Gift
And that’s why they don’t always call them donkeys!
Political Debates
Option Number Two, Please
Now My Phone Can Do This
In this pic, Guidance Counselor Homer Gammons (right) visits the lab of Western New England College, where municipal water problems are being studied on an analogue computer.
Actually, 50 years later, my phone may not be able to do that. What do I know?
The wisegeek.org tells me that an analog computer works in parallel, which means that it can carry out multiple tasks simultaneously. A digital computer, even though it may work considerably faster, can only perform one calculation at any one instant…The second difference is that an analog computer handles continuous variables, while a digital computer works with discrete numbers. The difference between these is that continuous variables can include every conceivable number, even irrational numbers, such as Π (pi).
That makes my head hurt. Here’s one used at NASA for space and stuff.
And this one was used for airplanes. Ain’t she sittin’ pretty?
“Huge Electronic Brain, ten tons of it, which is destined to monitor the design, development, and testing of jet engines of the future, even before they are built, left San Francisco International Airport today (July 6) for Indianapolis and the Allison Division of General Motors. A product of the Berkeley Division of Beckman Instruments, Inc., the analog computer system was loaded on an American Airlines DC-6A Airfreighter, grouped in 29 metal cabinets, six feet high and spanning a width of nearly 60 feet. It is scheduled for arrival tomorrow before noon.” Call Bulletin Library, 7/6/56
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
When you see the name Ji-Tu, your brain probably checks its card catalog for best matches and then pulls up the sport jujitsu. But he is not jujitsu; he’s a veteran actor.
You may recognize Ji-Tu Combuka from his acting roles in Roots, Harlem Nights, Brewster’s Millions, Mandingo, or Bound for Glory. In a time where black actors are currently protesting the lack of roles for minorities (specifically African-Americans), we can look to Cumbuka as a successful actor of over a hundred films and television series, spanning the decades.
And, yes, Ji-Tu is his given name. Per the site agianttoremember.com, it was all Cumbuka’s grandmother’s idea. In Swahili, “Ji-Tu” means giant, and “Cumbuka means “to remember.” How she knew he was going to grow up to be 6’5″ is another question altogether.
Born in Alabama on March 4, 1942 to a Baptist minister who believed acting was “the devil’s work,” Cumbuka grew up in…
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The Iceman Cometh
Is ice what you really want when you’re up to your ankles in it?
Know When To Hold Them
Three’s Company
How Not To Wear A Turtleneck
