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Work in progress (this draws from other posts). Hello Claude - In 1939, graduate student Claude Shannon would describe himself as working "off and on" on analysis of fundamental properties of systems for the transmission of intelligence - that, in a note to his teacher, Vannevar Bush of M.I.T.  At the school in a basement, Shannon had helped run Bush's general-purpose Differential Analyzer, an acme of sorts in the evolution of the mechanical analog computer. His master's thesis was on symbolic analysis of switching circuits. Somewhere along the way he latched on to the germ of something that was intrinsic to both analog and what came to be digital communication. Shannon held dual undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics from the University of Michigan. It was probably a rare happenstance that there he'd studied the algebra of George Boole, which may have given him a unique view toward what would become digital logic after the transis...

To Neptunity and beyond

Zimmer the Catcher also known as Chief Used to catch Cy Young using a slab of meat Hit the longest home run of any world known liver It caught a train was going by to be found in old Fall River. 

Thinking upon warmer days.. I love my apple cider I get it up on mission Hill I love my apple cider I get it up on mission Hill I drink my apple cider I drink until I get my fill. I'm an apple picking Papa have been for many long year I know I'm an apple picking Papa have been for many long year I know Yeah from the the Garden of Eden to the lines of Dudley-O I'll be pressing all my apples in the night and daytime too I'll be pressing all my apples in the night and daytime too I will have so very much that I can share a glass with you For the back story.                                                                                       

Shown here is Sharp Azteca, winner of the 2017 Cigar Mile. It brought to mind the original. I saw people's reaction to Cigar. And I share an example. When you entered Curtin's Roadside Tavern on Tremont St in Mission Hill in Boston, back in the very late 20th Century, and you saddled up to order your beer by the tap, you would see a framed poster on the wall that featured - replicated in stride, like a Muybridge albumen - running forever : Cigar! And, in the Boston intonation: "Ci -gaah!" Have tried to pull together some thoughts on horse racing and prediction of late . This is on a sister site called Epitomime, or Epitome .

Cecelia and I were lucky enough to see Bob Dylan at BU's Agganis Arena last week. We grew up in different places but we both grew up liking Bob Dylan. We met at BU. So it was right and just. And I will try to properly recall thin's here. (Above you see him playing at Tony Bennett's 90th birthday late last year but, if you can imagine the band outfits as white, you get the same picture we saw, at least on the slow crooner numbers.) Mavis Staples opened the show and her voice is still strong. I'd be wrong not to mention. She put out a pretty good vibe that had optimism and resistance in it. Very useful this particular week. For his part, which was the big part, Bob is really a trip, and I think he has a bit of the put-on thing going on sometimes, but it seems like good fun mostly. I think he tries in his Neverending Tour to recreate the feel of some show somewhere in some Neverland place. I know parts of it made me recall when we saw him at Worcester's War ...

Glad to include this song by my old Mugar cadre mate David Hofstetter. It tells the tale of the Boston music scene back in the days when we used to stay out late! Dave was a giant help on The Sunnyland Blues book, the Just You and Me record and more. He was not just our official photographer, he was also East Coast promo man for Proud Truth Publishing.Come with us now to those fabulous  days of yesteryear. I love that Dirty Water! Sunnyland At The Keys By David Hofstetter At the Tam and at the Channel In black silk and in red flannel The music burrows deep into your brain Hubert Sumlin and Roy Orbison And a whole lot more of them Just one listen and you'll never be the same And the crowd is up and dancing Lots of sweat, lots of romancing It's July and the AC has broken down But there's still cold 'Gansett And the effect is nearly tantric On the couple in the tux and the wedding gown (Chorus) And Sunnyland at the keys He's making me b...