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Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I spoke about some world travels in Episode 0020 as related to my Intel-related globetrotting, but there are a few things we frequent fliers learn regardless of the reason for travel, why not share some of my own perspective on the mechanics of airport life… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Up in th...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Anyone around the greater Glendora area in Southern California will have become quite familiar, at any and all hours, of the goodness that came from The Donut Man. Grab a tiger tail and maybe a coffee and listen to the story I have to tell. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo The Donut Man http://thedo...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: There was a time, and this may still be true, that a great many people in my line of work wanted nothing but to work for a FAANG company. Having been there and done that in a different time, I believe it is more interesting and more viable into the future to work for a ME company, and you may find the same to be true. Maybe. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buy...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: At long last, our Oasis in the Desert that is Las Vegas is hitting some real high temperatures. Bullhead City and of course Death Valley are still up at the top, but anyone who has spent a summer in Phoenix knows how it goes. So what did we do back in the day when the morning low was 95F? Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi htt...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I did not end up serving in the US Military, though I was certainly planning to, in the Air Force most likely, and I managed in my younger years to spend some time on military bases for practical educational experiences which I retain today. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Luke Air Force Base https...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: You are listening to podcasts, so you are already familiar with spoken word audio programming, what about Audio Books? Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo My GoodReads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/154077404-dan-hugo

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Working from Home, Hybrid Work, Return to Office, Digital Nomads, and maybe more options, what is this and what works? I know what works for me, but your mileage may vary. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Digital Nomad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_nomad

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Learning how to read at about age three made books and learning an easily-reachable tool in the personal development toolbox early on. In the pre-digital age, there was much to be had visiting the Library, and this remains true today, in slightly different ways. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The polls closed at 7pm on Tuesday for the Nevada Primaries, and within minutes winners were called, the Nevada Secretary of State website for posting results shows only zeros across the board, and today is another day. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Nevada Secretary of State Election Reporting ht...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Silicon Valley, the place where any idea seemed to have a chance, and where we made a reasonable go at a novel review scheme, which I think still has a chance this many years later. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Getting Bayesian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_inference

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Nowadays they speak back to you, but back in the day speakers were just speakers playing the sounds we gave them; a little practical engineering project in college was actually quite an education… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo The Loud Speaker Design Cookbook https://www.amazon.com/Loudspeaker-De...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Once upon a time, recording video was actually challenging. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Truevision (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truevision

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, LEGO products of various kinds, and a Volkswagen Bug were all mile markers along the way toward computer engineering, wherein one knows computers by building computers… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Tinker Toys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinkertoy Lincoln Logs https:...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: If you are familiar with The Hunt for Red October, you know that a possible aspect change may indicate what they called a Crazy Ivan, a sudden change in direction to see who is behind, be it a submarine or perhaps something else. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo This (Medium Members Only) https://me...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: It has been a few months now since I really got away from Social Media (the big corp platforms everybody knows about), though actually years for Facebook. How did I get into all of this so many years ago and what lead me to want to get back to the old ways? It´s not me, it´s you… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-f...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: As a fan of Magnum PI and Simon & Simon in the 80s, and one with a tinkering bent, it should go without saying that I obtained some lock picks and that I learned how to use them… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Phoenix Spy Shop http://www.phxspyshop.com/ Lock Picking Lawyer https://en.wikipedia...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: My very first role as an actual programmer, after my first year away at college, during which the Phoenix area had its hottest high temperature ever while I worked in an office with computers kept as cool as possible… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Hottest Days in Phoenix https://www.weather.gov/p...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: No, not moving. But moving is certainly something I have done, and I absolutely do not care for it. Should I? Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Always fascinated with flight, where did it get me? Always back to the same place, even with hundreds of thousands of frequent flier miles, but some adventures Up in the Air… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Beechcraft T-34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_T-34_Mentor US Air Force Academy ht...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Just like the movie, though not quite so much, I put in a lot of travel time and distance whilst working for Intel Corporation, and I look forward to returning to the friendly skies, ideally via Airbus air frames… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Up in the Air https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193138/ B...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Just about four years ago we in the US began to experience the pandemic lock down and all that ensued during and after, though all of the chaos actually began some time before. A retrospective is often valuable, let´s have one. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Johns Hopkins Map https://coronavirus.j...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Some will remember, some were not there, but there was a time when our little modem would dial a phone number, negotiate a transfer protocol, and leave us online to wander and surf. Then one day, the modem was always connected, at substantially higher speeds… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Modem H...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: There are probably two types of people in the world; those who appreciate Woz, and those who appreciate Jobs. I am in the Woz camp 100%, how about you? Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Tinkertoy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinkertoy LEGO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego Erector Set https://en.wi...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The big three, nowhere more effective at causing trouble than in the Dot Com days in Silicon Valley. But, they do there work anywhere and everywhere, and at any time. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo What is Marketing? https://www.ama.org/the-definition-of-marketing-what-is-marketing/ Sales https://...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Quite often people will attack a problem in a sequential, predictable way based on their previous successes. Some problems do not lend themselves to linear thinking, and sometimes thinking outside the box can lead to novel ideas with no problem necessary… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Lateral Thi...