Waiting for summer

It has been a mild winter this season in Northern California. Mild implies less rainfall than usual and mild temps compared to past few years. That is putting it mildly. There is a palpable difference just in a couple years when certain flowering cherry trees in our backyard did a zero to full bloom in 2 days flat - 2 months ahead of schedule. Not entirely sure but perhaps the earth is spinning out of control. At this time we will soon find ourselves facing the possibility that the north and south hemispheres will switch places...actually the hemispheres will do no such thing but the earth might just as soon do a 180 degree flip. Quite confusing as confusing can be as Thomsons would say in my fave Tintin series (Saw that Spielberg directed incarnation recently - not half bad). It takes several degrees of warm up after all to cause the earth to misbehave and then all the degrees go topsy turvy in a manner of speaking.. I for one could care less what the physical weather is doing as long as I can get to do what I love the most - take off to a new lat long for a short period of time. i.e. new destination..plan to cover the isles of Singapore and Malaysia this summer. It will be hot and humid and rainy ...v likely but what the heck .. cannot give up the chance to sample some spicy malay and Indian food along with visiting the Sean Connery fame Petronas buildings.

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Back in DC

This time for a tech conference in the realm of what else? AI. But applied to an oft neglected space called Knowledge Management. The latter is a community of practice that focuses on analyzing, organizing and making available reams of data that have been gathered over time by various functions within an organization for anyone in the company to utilize. This function or process is ripe for applying AI agents (or agentic AI framework) and optimize for better outcomes. It was informative. More rewarding was getting acquainted with folks who practice this craft as well as learning of what they see in the corporate or public sectors. Since the venue was Washington DC it also afforded me the chance to take evening strolls albeit the weather was trying. With wind chill in the single digit it still is a glamorous place to perambulate through history absorbing what this country has been through since its founding days. I was able to visit the place Lincoln was killed along with his monument t...

Costa Rica

Our first foray into Central America. That elongated isthmus that forms the geographic boundary between two vast continents of North and South America. Specifically landing for NYE 2026 in San Jose, Costa Rica. Capital city for this region that does not have its own army, instead relying on its big bro the Estados Unidos to the north is a metropolis of approx. 500K people. Largely wilderness and with both a Pacific and Carribean/Atlantic coast the country is rich in bio diversity. In Spanish it means the rich coast so named by Columbus landing in early 16th century and being mesmerized by the local tribes sporting gold jewelry. Our stay included visiting the foothills of a large strato volcano called Arenal and enjoying the naturally heated thermal baths for a while. Lunching amidst lush forest and watching indigenous species of avian noise makers fly overhead. Toucans, some sort of pea hens, multiple song bird species completed the spectacle. Iguanas and a lonel...

Charges attract

It is said that opposites attract meaning people with contrary viewpoint sometimes find chemistry to be together. But I'm referring to a modern twist where people are merely attracted towards a common place because their uber communication device aka smart phone is about to die. The charging station. From airports to hotel lobbies or even bathrooms, when in need they are attracted to this power outlet like moths to a flame or a junkie to a needle. A whole new business of supplying these hyper connected folks is now born whose lifesaver product is a backup charge. Asian tourists perpetually carry a phone sized battery pack stuck to their latest Apple phone updating their status to folks in Hong Kong or Shanghai or Bangalore as they pose for selfies with weird facial expressions and fingers pointed out in a letter V. Vain? PS: I dis'charged' my blogger duties making this insightful observation as my phone is about to breathe it's last and my flight gets call...

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