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Author: Bob
Faro – online game
As a retired software engineer I got bored and so I wrote an on-line Faro game. It is a work in progress. You can find it at https://robertjwallace.com///faro-game. You can find rules and history for the game at various web sites. See:
Faro Shuffle Simulator
Faro shuffle simulator
The longest flight
Old age sucks. Memories fade. So I thought I would write this story down before more of my memories of it fade away. This is about my longest flight. I was working for Metheus Corporation at the time. Metheus was building computer workstations used for designing VLSI chips. I was a marketing engineer at the …
Aha moments
Have you ever had one of those moments where you have had some nagging thought, which suddenly gains clarity with an aha moment. Here are two that I have had. My best friend was living just 20 miles north of Yellowstone. I was visiting him and decided to drive down to the park and do …
Cars that I have owned
57 Chevy Bel Air – Not very cool, it was a four door. But it did take me all the way to Laguna Beach and back when I was seventeen. 67 MGB GT – I blame Chris for this car. It was a rust bucket unfortunately. But it, along with Chris’ MGB gave me my …
Broken nose
I broke my nose in 1978 or 79. I was 28 and had recently started working for a small startup computer company, Floating Point Systems. Looking back at my career this was probably the most exciting job that I had had. We were working in the super computer industry with a product that performed like …
Home Automation (smart home)
I have had a “smart” home for probably over thirty years. So I get amused by the “new” trends in home automation such as Philips Hue, and Wink, etc. The new technology is great, definitely better than what I have been using, but when I look at replacing what I have I find the costs …
Word games (Scrabble, Word with Friends)
I enjoy playing Word with Friends. I play often with my sister. I developed a training aid which you can use. To access it go to https://robertjwallace.com///wordgame
White Elephant Ranch
My cousin Andrew rents out accommodations to hunters (deer, bird, big horn sheep). The ranch is the “White Elephant ranch” just outside of Condon Oregon. Below are some photos: