PRODUCTIVITY: My first computer language. I could make it sing.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/
obituaries/20cnd-backus.html

John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies
By STEVE LOHR
Published: March 19, 2007

John W. Backus, who assembled and led the I.B.M. team that created Fortran, the first widely used programming language, which helped open the door to modern computing, died on Saturday at his home in Ashland, Ore. He was 82.

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MONEY: Wise words

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north518.html

Read in a Gray North article

“If your outgo is higher than your income, your upkeep will be your downfall.”

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XPfails – luggable – bringing up THUNDERBIRD for OUTLOOK

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

The failure of OUTLOOK is the final straw. I’m bringing up THUNDERBIRD to replace it. It found the Outlook contacts, but not the Accounts or Messages. Argh! This will be a heavy lift to get THUNDERBIRD into position. Then, I’m going to unload OUTLOOK messages for archive purposes. Then uninstall.

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