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donating to the Computer History Museum
After meaning to do so for ages, I'm finally donating one of my AT&T 5620 blit terminals to the Computer History Museum. A nice, bitmapped, windowed, green phosphor, page display (1024x800) terminal using a Western Electric WE32000 processor and up to 1MB of memory from the early 1980s. Code ran split between the server and on the terminal, ( Read more... ) -
Don't miss Danse Libre's big show "M is for Mazurka", a Dancing Whodunnit! - 4-5 June 2010
My dance troupe's big show is next week, Friday and Saturday, June 4th and 5th. Don't miss it! Buy discounted tickets online now before the show sells out. We only do this large performance every 2-3 years.
The Academy of Danse Libre presents
"M is for Mazurka", a Dancing Whodunnit!
The long-awaited opening night of Club Bijou ( Read more... ) -
another month gone
The summer has gone by way too fast. And, I still haven't been making time to update here. We'll see if I can make more time going forward for that ( Read more... ) -
Friday Night Waltz tonight! Bohemian National Polka being taught at 7pm sharp!
Come to Friday Night Waltz tonight, Friday, July 17th, in Palo Alto! Richard Powers is teaching the Bohemian National Polka tonight at 7pm sharp. (Last time the BNP was taught at FNW: May 2004.) There are various videos on YouTube. The BNP is danced at every FNW and danced around the world. Social tango figures will be taught at 8:15pm. ( Read more... ) -
Danse Libre final season performance at PEERS tonight, Saturday, June 6th
Danse Libre's final season performance will be at PEERS Secret Agents' Ball TONIGHT, Saturday, 6 June 2009. We'll be performing three Ragtime era dances (hesitation waltz, tango, and a Castle walk one step) around 9:45pm, I believe. Some of us may also be helping with a Big Apple (everyone dancing) around 8:45pm ( Read more... ) -
a partial list of the past month
Another month goes by without time to write. Maybe someday soon I'll write more again ( Read more... ) -
dancing at FNW tonight in Palo Alto!
I'll be dancing at FNW in Palo Alto tonight! Richard Powers and Angela Amarillas will be teaching Frankie Manning's Shim Sham at 7pm. Frankie, one of the original lindy hop dancers from the 1930s, passed away this week, a month shy of his 95th birthday.
decadance will be performing at the first break (~9:45pm ( Read more... ) -
FREE Danse Libre performance this Sunday, 26 April 2009, 3:30pm at Palo Alto JCC
Come see Danse Libre perform an approximately hour long show this Sunday, 26 April 2009, starting at 3:30pm at the Cubberley Community Center Auditorium in Palo Alto. Danse Libre will perform a variety of dances from the 19th and early 20th centuries (Victorian and Ragtime eras) in period costume. Each dance brings a period in history to life, ( Read more... ) -
final performance of Cats tonight in Saratoga!
I'll be at the final performance of Cats tonight at the West Valley Light Opera in Saratoga. jhazen is playing Old Deuteronomy! -
dancing at FNW tomorrow in Palo Alto
I'll be dancing at Friday Night Waltz in Palo Alto tomorrow, Friday, 20 March 2009. My former instructor Anna Botelho will be teaching some fun classes from 7-9pm. There are always introductory waltz classes downstairs, too. Dancing 9pm-midnight. $12 for classes and dancing. You should come dance with me.