Remembering Vern Kennedy - Argonotes trumpeter, singer, composer, all-around good guy

The heart of the Argonotes trumpet section, and lead singer of “Go Argos Go”, passed away this week.

The story of OpenSesame, and the one Steve Jobs photo I really hope to find.

An old app that I wrote with the help of another guy somehow managed to ship with NeXTSTEP, and I hope Steve Jobs might have used it.

"Steve Jobs in Exile" is here. And here's the gushing followup post.

I wondered if I’d be writing more about this book.

Steve Jobs tells our customer what he thinks of their industry

We brought a customer out for a day visiting NeXT. Steve Jobs came in at the end for a little Q&A. My sales partner and I braced ourselves for what he might say.

the Alto misguided high-speed rail project between Toronto and Montreal

We’re doing it wrong. Let’s improve what we already have.

Our once-a-decade visit to the safety deposit box at the bank

We don’t visit our safety deposit box very often. But my grandmother had an interesting idea.

Up a Lathe-y River ...

Adventures with a lathe, trying something I haven’t done since I was 12

Kids, come quick! There's a GOAT in the backyard!

32nd annual attempt to persuade my kids that there’s a goat in the backyard has once again failed to work.