Perfect Pitch

These are just some reflections from me, a has-been musician. Is perfect pitch a blessing or is it a curse? Perhaps a bit of both. I’m also a has-been piano tuner. One day I went to a customer’s house and began preparations for tuning her piano. I looked in my box for the ever-present tuning… Continue reading Perfect Pitch

Permanent Residency

Yesterday, August 1, I received a letter that says I can go pick up my permanent residency document. What I was told, both when I researched this on the Internet and by the person at the Aliens’ office is that the document would be coming in the mail. I can, and did, authorize someone to… Continue reading Permanent Residency

Requested Sample

In my previous post I talked about an emulator for the Texas Instruments 99/4A computer. Here is a sample of the speech from the Terminal Emulator 2 cartridge. In my next post I will put a sample of what the Extended BASIC speech sounds like. It was harder to do because that uses the built-in… Continue reading Requested Sample

A Trip to the Past

First, there has been no change on my residency status. Recently, a friend of mine sent me a link to an emulator for the Texas Instruments 99/4A computer. I don’t think he realized I used to program on that machine. I was quite enthused. The emulator has rudimentary screen reader support. It has problems but… Continue reading A Trip to the Past

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