Category Archive for: ‘In Memoriam’
Steve Jobs’s Death and Influence
I know most of you have heard by now. Though I’ve only literally had a nodding acquaintance with Steve over the years — passing him in the quad during a long interview day in 1998, seeing him at Caffé Macs twice, and, of course, nodding …
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New Pictures from an Old Trip
In 1996, my first husband (Richard Savino) and I went to Newgrange with my father on our wedding trip. Today, I got a CD with scans of the photos (some of which I’d taken), including some I’d never seen. One of those photos was of …
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Richard Savino, 1945 – 1996
Today is the tenth anniversary of my first husband’s death. Though I’ve been remarried more than half that time, there are certain days each year that don’t seem to get any easier. This is one of them. I woke up early, drank coffee, took vitamins, …
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Rob "Lilo" Levin
Like Dick Morrell, I was also one of Rob Levin’s coworkers at Linuxcare. How I’d best sum up Rob: he had an idea for what he wanted to do with his life — and he made his life work out so that he could do …
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The Power of Grief
It’s an interesting thing, grief. Bodies don’t forget, even when people do. Tuesday (the 15th) was the 9th anniversary of my first husband’s death. A lot of people thought I “should be over it” 18 months after his death. If only. It’s just not that …
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Happy 10th Anniversary BeBox
As some of you know, I worked for Be briefly, so I feel some ownership in this even though the BeBoxen were a thing of the past when I was there. Here’s the story.
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Kepler’s, RIP
I was just getting down to my evening (yes, I know it’s after midnight, but hey) reading of blogs when I read over on whump.com that Kepler’s closed today for good. I’m extremely sad, but I had noticed some of the signs. The other day, …
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I Heard a Yowl
…from the back yard tonight, but it didn’t sound like a cat. Nevertheless, it was a cat, as Rick found out when he went out there — our neighbor’s older orange-and-white cat, who was yelling out for rescue. A cat that wasn’t otherwise moving. Rick …
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Jeanne, again.
Jeanne died about the time I wrote the last entry. I just didn’t know that for a few days.
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