Misc. Topics

RCH-- my initials — Richard C. Haight (a.k.a. Dick Haight – in computer contexts). Over my 90-odd years, I've written some stuff down and given a talk or two. Anyway, I'm sharing a small sample here – a mind dump — term from when this was an emoji: :-( . But consider the content copyrighted ©.

TV Series Ideas

Ancient Greek Goddesses (Fates, Graces, etc.), Reborn [pdf]

Zone Rouge: Strange Happenings Along the World War I Trench Line [pdf]

Talks I've given recently (or'd like to)

Henry Ford's now-forgotten experiment in primary education

Notes for a Talk About Language and Metaphor [pdf]

My 5 Careers

1. "Hello, operator?" — The Bell System, Only yesterday, gone forever... [pdf]

2. Accidental Computer Programmer, circa 1961 [pdf]

3. At Bell Labs + the UNIX Operating System: Early Years Recalled [pdf] Talk Presented at GRRCON-2023

4. Interractive Video — Before the Internet [pdf]

5. Internet Of Things (IOT) — Post 2nd Retirement [pdf]

Other Topics

Let's have a Religion Olympics. Rank order the World's Faiths. [pdf]

My Revised Map of USA States

My Suggested Test for Immigrants (written in 2005) [pdf]

Bureaucracy — One of Humanity's Many Fatal Flaws [pdf]

West/East Germany, 60+ years ago, only yesterday.

My arts and crafts — a sample [pdf]

Mystery Glass Negatives from 1915

A Children's Story — About A Dog

Contact with Other Worlds? Implausible.

1930s/40s, Small Town America: Tecumseh, MI

Mrs. Cummins, The Colonel's Wife

George Adamson, Neighbor/Inventor

Other Computer Interests

The "Unix Wars", my 2¢ worth[pdf]

Raspberry Pi Projects (IOT)

Other Micro-controllers (IOT)

Python Programming Language: a RANT. [pdf]

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