Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Teaching To The “A” Student

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Here’s an excellent presentation by Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. He demonstrates a lot of excitement which he attributes to attitude.  No PowerPoint here.  He makes his point with some very simple drawings (more like scribbles) on … Continue reading →

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Change.GOV switches to Creative Commons

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Maybe the new president will bring some change to our copyright laws.  It seems the first step was taken today as CHANGE.GOV’s copyright designation was changed from “all rights reserved” to Creative Commons Attribution license. It is a well known … Continue reading →

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All Hard Drives Will Fail

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Disk Storage View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. From 2004 to 2008 I was lucky. During that time I didn’t have a single hard drive failure at home. The law of averages caught up with me this past summer. … Continue reading →

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Meet Taffy

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Here is the newest member of the family.  Taffy is a Corgi.  She spends her days herding the neighborhood kids around the yard.  The rest of the time she is sacked out on the floor.  You can reach her at … Continue reading →

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The problem with politics

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Take a look at the Federal Election Commission‘s web site. That’s 124 million dollars from the state of California.  Add all the states together and more than ONE BILLION DOLLARS has been donated and spent on the 2008 Presidential Election.  … Continue reading →

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