Philip’s Luddite Museum
In descending order: EEPROM 8″ floppy disk 5 1/2″ floppy disk 3 1/4″ floppy disk Compact Disk Hard Drive platter
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Beta Kappa
The Adaptive Paradigm in Cultural Ecology
More About The Monarch Butterfly
Don’t Look Up!
From 1967 to 1969 I was part of the Hydrobiology Research Team in the Water Resource Division of the U.S Geological Survey (see John Wesley Powell ), Department of the Interior. Our charge was the first scientific study of the ecology of the Everglades. Not like the writings of naturalists such as Margorie Stoneman Douglas […]
Charitable Giving
I am going to offer the list and information on the charities (non-profit 501(c)3 organizations) I am giving to this year if you request it. It is lengthy. I have screened the federal information return, Form 990, for these groups to satisfy myself that most or all of the money they raise actually goes to […]
Travels With Phil Eleven – The Gainesville, Florida Solar Walk
Found this one by accident on my way to a client in Gainesville. Did a double take and turned around and went back. In the middle of a residential area! Go Figure! Check it out here: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gainesville-solar-walk
Twelve Good Salesmen
My family is Jewish. When we were kids, Dad owned his own taxicab. After moving to Miami, he drove a cab until becoming a car salesman at the Lincoln Mercury dealer. He was so good at it the Prudential manager got word of it and recruited him into the life insurance business which changed […]
Hollywood Endings
I am a Film Freak, a Cinephile. A rewarding moment for me was when AFI, the American Film Institute, came out with their first list of the 100 greatest films (frankly their only list worth anything). By then I had already seen 98 of them! I hate Hollywood Endings. You know, where they take […]