Stuart Lathrop (dot com)

Over the weekend Linda & I enjoyed a few new wines that I thought should be added to my wine log on WineLog.net. Since I hadn't logged in recently, I popped in first both to see what was new and to check if there were any mobile clients available.  Click here to Read More »

Linda and I are taking a few days off to celebrate Diana's graduation from the College of Pharmacy at Medical University of South Carolina. We've seen the paper and it's official: Diana Lynn Wells, Doctor of Pharmacy. Since Dr. Wells followed the advanced clinical track, she has an additional two year residency requirement, starting initially at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia, South Carolina.  Click here to Read More »

One of my old schoolmates John Gasbarre (executive recruiter & organic farmer) posted a link on Facebook to the following Smile & Move^™ video.  Click here to Read More »

I received an interesting email today from my old classmate Tim Kerr. In it he shares a link to the following YouTube video published by a conservative Canadian site which is a capture of Brit Hume's "Special Report" correcting the record on who sounded the alarm on problem financial system practices, and when that alarm was sounded (hint: it preceded our current financial meltdown).  Click here to Read More »

Between dealing with strange recurrent computer problems, tornado watches and a generally inclement spirit I wasn't in much of a mood tonight for anything more than a hot meal, warm glass of red wine and otherwise cool, relaxing evening with my sweetheart. I was on the phone with the Microsoft Dynamics team when my friend, photographer Paul Nurnberg, first called me this afternoon. I intended to return his call during my drive home, however when he called again a short while later I knew something was amiss.

“Oh, so you're still in Savannah?” he asked in reply to my comment that I was calling from a client's location. Apparently The Photography Club of Beaufort found themselves in a bind when one of the three judges slated for tonight's competition found himself in a bind — and a hospital emergency room! Fortunately he was not in the principal role of patient, but his role of judge needed a replacement and quick. I assured Paul that if I made it back to Beaufort before 7:15 I'd call him, which I did at just 7 pm as I was crossing the Broad River.

Truthfully I wrestled with whether or not I was of the right temperament to be judging others' work; after all, I had been extremely judgmental of other's efforts today — possibly to a fault.  Click here to Read More »

When Crime Novelest Richard Price (author of Lush Life and other great works) during his March 5, 2008 interview by Fresh Air's Terri Gross was asked about the collaborative process of working with several screen writers on the HBO series “The Wire” he responded:

I liked it 'cause it involved having a real social life. You know writing is so isolating; Basically you sit there for 30 years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet by yourself, you get cobwebs going from your forehead to the pen, the phone never rings… now all of the sudden you've got six other idiots there and you're actually doing this thing called ‘having a conversation’? You know, its revolutionary!

My friend Ryan Woolley stumbled across this site and posted it on Facebook. I loved it so much I had to share it: Apparently there is someone in the Netherlands with way too much time on their hands! They have re-created the movie Stars Wars completely in ACSII text graphics.

They've done a great job, too!  Click here to Read More »

Driving the 106 miles and over two hours per day that I average gives me many NPR listening opportunities. During my trip home Wednesday, January 28, 2009 I had the pleasure of hearing three pieces each of which made me call Linda with note taking requests.
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Google suggests things for me to look at all of the time through their personalized iGoogle interface. Today's suggestion was a great animated introduction to the Internet. Watch this video to get a succienct overview of how today's technology medium came into being:  Click here to Read More »