E D Skinner
Fiction, facts, and philosophy
Ed with Chinese lion statue, Wuhan China, Oct-Nov 2003

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Space Bank
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10/28/23
Heavy computer equipment nearly breaks elevator cable.
First Real Job
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9/11/23
The most valuable education in my professional life.
Computers Lie and Cheat
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11/14/22

In the movie WarGames, the programmer of the WOPR computer left a backdoor login. When the main character guesses it, all …

Cooking Up Plutonium-238
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9/5/22

Somewhere between 1995 and 2000, I was sent to teach a pSOS+ class to Westinghouse engineers in Savannah, Georgia.

Background …

Granddaughter’s First 900
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3/27/15
Twelve Minutes
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2/15/15

Dykes on Bikes No More?
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8/1/14
The Rock
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11/23/13

The Rock began in a tool room in the back of Bebop’s garage. It was three backyards and two fences from mine.

The first …

Memoir of The Netherlands
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9/27/13

Years ago I was in Eindhoven in The Netherlands.

One evening after work I was in the hotel sauna relaxing. There was another …

Baked Brass Alaska, or Arizona, or Albania?
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3/23/13