I had a fine Labor Day. A personal old lady best: I covered my 1 mile in 18minutes and 2 seconds today. This is not a track mile, but a real sidewalk mile with a hill. But no streets to cross.
Did a very little work for my office that I keep trying to retire from.
And cleaned up the Origami Dojo.
I didn’t just tidy it up. I consigned many odds and ends and old models to the recycle bin. That’s the good thing about origami. No disposal problem. I imagine it would be harder if my hobby were blacksmithing.
And, I spent a wonderful 90 minutes watching a 1982 talk that Grace Hopper gave at the NSA. NSA recently declassified the talk, managed to process the obsolete tape, and posted it on YouTube. (NSA posted the videos as they were recorded, as two tapes. Black Vault Originals packaged them into a single video. It was a single lecture. I am using Black Vault’s version here.)
Admiral Hopper must have been almost 80 at the time of the recording. I don’t imagine most of my readers will devote 90 minutes to watching. But, it’s vintage Grace Hopper. And great computer history.