Category Archives: people

Something about Shame, Guilt, Vulnerability and Love (Video)

Posted on March 19, 2012 by robertmerrill

It’s not often in my life that something comes along raw enough, real enough, and clearly-spoken enough for me that hearing or seeing it just creates that pain deep in my gut… the one that tells me “this is really … Continue reading →

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Pittsburgh

Posted on February 10, 2012 by robertmerrill

Old town, yet new. Driving the roads here in Pittsburgh, PA brings an interesting set of sensations to my mind. It feels like Indianapolis, where I grew up. Overgrown trees and shrubs line the old roads, too narrow for our … Continue reading →

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Thanks, NASA (and Dad)

Posted on July 8, 2011 by robertmerrill

To me, the Space Shuttle is equivalent to Apple ][ Computers, VCRs, ET, Microwaves, Cable Television and CD players –  evidence of how awesome technology was and could be, not to mention one of the first places where I learned … Continue reading →

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Happy Father’s Day

Posted on June 17, 2011 by robertmerrill

Rollin the Dad’s Life: Tulsa’s Church on the Move presented this last year for their Father’s Day. Who knows what they’ll do this weekend. In the mean-time, I need a replacement pair of gas-station glasses. Word.

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Technology < Life

Posted on May 5, 2011 by robertmerrill

I got out of programming many years ago because I realized I wanted a more-direct connection to the humanity of technology. I wanted to put faces to the names. My daddy-heart swelled a little watching how Google has captured the … Continue reading →

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We could do this. We could do this here.

Posted on April 18, 2011 by robertmerrill

[IMG] These are Coptic Christians in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, holding hands around Muslims during Friday prayer, to protect them from surprise attack. We could do this. We could do this here….

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RE: Japan. This is Not Virtual

Posted on March 11, 2011 by robertmerrill

We don’t even really know the rest of this story yet. It will play out over the next weeks and months.  Sadly, the 24/7 news cycle will stop following this in a few days, and we will forget like we … Continue reading →

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Month++

Posted on March 11, 2011 by robertmerrill

::momentary sigh:: Mass High Tech today reports that the US Department of Justice’s review of Novell‘s patent sale to CPTN Holdings is keeping the Attachmate/Novell Merger from going through no-faster than at least one month and a day from today, … Continue reading →

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Existential Pedestrian in Toronto

Posted on February 11, 2011 by robertmerrill

Evidence of Google‘s reality distortion field found in Toronto: As I was looking up a street view of Novell‘s PlateSpin office in Toronto to describe the area for some candidate’s I’m interviewing, I found this person walking down the street … Continue reading →

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Sorry…

Posted on January 5, 2011 by robertmerrill
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