I use robotics as a "hook" to get my students interested in my "Computer Architecture and Machine Language" course at Austin Community...
We were sitting at the Airport in Kansas City last Sunday, after Thanksgiving with our family there (and working on our second house!) I...
Note You may notice (yet, again) a facelift on my blog site today! I build this blog using some nice open-source tools, and they updated...
Today, after an intense day of air traveling back to Austin from KC, where we spend Thanksgiving visiting with family and working on our...
Tuesday evening, after my night class, Cheryl and I jumped into the truck and headed out for our standard 3.5 hour drive to Houston. We...
Just for the record, I want to replace all the "Austin City Limit" signs with this: Austin is full, go away! When we moved here, 15...
As many of you probably know by reading some on my blogs, my second dad was Andy Tarapchak, who served this nation as a bomber pilot...
It has been a while since I posted anything, and it is time for an update. The good news is that Cheryl and I went over to M. D....
This is a place-holder while I get my pictures from my 50th High School Reunion under control. I took a bunch, and I am sifting through...
I spend a lot of time teaching students skills I hope will lead to good jobs in a profession they love. I had the joy of such a life,...