The Speeches
Speech is such a funny word. I like tribute better. Brendan’s brother Derry (Diarmuid) was up first, followed by Christian and then Diarmaid (please follow along in your booklets). Derry: Brendan...
View ArticleVAX Assembly
I walked into the Kirkbride Widener CS lab one day as a second semester freshman, nej, maybe first semester sophomore. Brendan was staring at a VT101 with 4 or 5 VAX/VMS manuals, 4 inch binders each,...
View ArticleOne week
It’s actually been 9 days. I can’t believe time is still moving. It shouldn’t be. I wanted to thank everyone for, well, everything, really. The outpouring of love and caring has really surprised me,...
View ArticleJust a little longer…
I read an article today, about some researchers who have had promising results by using HIV and genetically modified white blood cells to destroy cancer blasts. This is in treating Chronic...
View ArticleHome again
The boys and I have just returned from a lovely few days at our friends Martin and Miriam’s house, in Louisburgh in Mayo. We had a grand day yesterday, sitting on Oldhead beach, the boys making...
View ArticleThe next phase
The boys and I returned last week from a lovely vacation to Hawaii, spending Christmas and New Year’s with my father and stepmother. P and Eoin had a great time, which included going to see the...
View ArticleNothing new
Mom is at their friend’s house, resting and recuperating. She sounds good on the phone, slightly breathless, but apparently her lungs were crazygood, and her one lung has the function of 2 mortal...
View ArticleA welcome text
While at work today, I got a very welcome text: “Brain scan negative.” This is excellent news. No, it doesn’t mean that my mother doesn’t have a brain (far from it, homie), it means that there is no...
View ArticleDigital Legacy
There are many types of digital legacies, I’m learning. There are the ones that people know B for best: Zen and the Art of the Internet, the CuD archivist, EFF supporter, gcc/c++ programmer. But then...
View ArticleInterview on EastCoast FM
I realized I never posted the interview on here! Here’s me talking to Declan Meehan from EastCoast FM about life, love and digital legacy. Very general interview, but wow it went fast! Life, Love and...
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