Author Archives: Granger Meador
Back on the Trails
September 14, 2014 A week into September 2014 the summer weather abated, allowing Wendy and me to venture out for our first hike since our vacation in New Mexico in early July. On a Sunday morning we headed west out … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Schools
September 6, 2014 In September 2014 a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper in Oklahoma City highlighted both the high school I graduated from and the one I’ve taught at for 25 years. The context was an article about the number of … Continue reading
Down in the Salt Mine
September 2, 2014 Labor Day weekend 2014 found Wendy and me 650 feet below Hutchinson, Kansas, touring part of a salt mine. It was the highlight of our first out-of-town trip in my new 2014.5 Toyota Camry XLE, which replaced … Continue reading
Going Solid State
August 17, 2014 When I was a small child, I would climb up onto the top of the RCA Victor black-and-white television in our living room. It was warm up there, and I would peer through the vents down into … Continue reading
Slimming Down Before Speeding Up
August 17, 2014 I’ve been working with personal computers for over 35 years, so I’ve endured seven types of long-term computer data recording and storage: cassette tapes floppy disks hard drives ZIP drives tape drives optical discs solid state Each … Continue reading
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