My wife and I sat in the car and hesitated for a moment. I hadn’t noticed the skulls and Confederate flag before we decided to stop. The sign outside the shop said “motorcycle leathers.” A Harley was parked in front. We had driven a couple of hours south of Jackson Hole on our way back […]
All-Star Analysis of Players (ASAP)
The goal of All-Star Analysis of Players (ASAP) is to identify baseball Hall of Fame players as early as possible before they are inducted into the Hall of Fame. The ASAP system described here identifies players who are half-way to Hall of Fame status. How It Works An all-star team is constructed for each major league […]
Favorite Travel Apps
I bought my first iPhone back in 2009 because I thought it would be useful on an upcoming West Coast road trip. Since then, new apps and new capabilities have come along to make the iPhone an essential piece of travel gear. Here is a list of apps I currently use when I travel: […]
Destination: Hsinchu, Taiwan
Hsinchu is a city on Taiwan’s northwestern coast. I spent a few days there on vacation in 2003. Fog and trees at Guanwu National Forest Recent earthquakes wiped out the path here The fog at Guanwu makes for an eerie experience in the woods Giant trees (sequoias?) Rock climbing at a church Sunflower farm Water […]
RPG in the Real World
It might be fun to have an RPG game app for your mobile phone where the game map is the real world in real-time. You have to travel in real life to get to different places within the game. Going to a real-world location lets you play at that location in the game. For example, […]
Destination: Southwest Virginia
Far away from all the high-powered politics and traffic jams of Northern Virginia, the people of Southwest Virginia live a much simpler life. They pause to listen to the rustle of leaves or the murmur of a nearby stream. Days are spent with books, or tubing on the New River, or putting in long shifts […]