Charlemagne's Clock

Issues in Technology Today:  This is where history informs us about the challenges we face in using technology to solve everyday problems.  I am a retired Technical Fellow of The Boeing Company with experience (much of it frustrating) in trying to apply existing technologies to solve current needs, especially in communications infrastructure.

I believe that most of our challenges have deep historical precedents from which we can learn and become inspired to make things better.  Like a James Michener novel, I often jump in the Way Back Machine and start from there in a search for insight,  This will be low key, often with me hanging out in my shop and digging into things amidst the clutter of my current projects.