August 29, 1966 was the final live concert by The Beatles, and I was there!
If you weren't in San Francisco that night, here's a taste of what you missed...
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Memories of seeing the Fab Four firsthand
You are so lucky! I love beatles yet most of them are gone and I never had a chance to see them in person.
Bill's retirement brings memories of my experiences with him.
Bill Gates got involved with microcomputer software in 1975. My first use of Microsoft software was in 1978, and my first personal brush with Bill was in 1981.
During Microsoft's most influential period, the '80s and '90s, I had a variety of face-to-face Bill Gates experiences. Here are some of my Boomer Years stories.
Bill Gates, pioneer
John,
I enjoyed your article. Please keep it up.
Michael Callan
HawkTrek
I have a new/old laptop computer and I love it -- finally -- because I dumped Microsoft Windows Vista.
In June 2007 I got a new Lenovo ThinkPad T61 with Windows Vista. I expected to be thrilled with my new laptop, but instead, it was horrible. Whatever I tried to do, the new computer fought me -- and usually, it won. By "do" I mean basic stuff: save a file, connect to my office network and the Internet, turn on, turn off, copy some files. It's MY computer -- shouldn't I be allowed to do these things? Nope, not without lots of effort, wasted time, and sometimes, complete failure.
Funny... I swore just a few months ago I would never again buy an HP printer because they removed all of their Windows 98 drivers from their web site. Hello, HP! There are still a ton of people (...
HawkTrek
My wife and I used to fly United Airlines a lot. For many years our status was Premier Executive. We accumulated a huge quantity of frequent-flyer miles. We liked the people who worked for United, and we enjoyed giving them our business.
That all changed yesterday.
A few months ago I used a big chunk of United Mileage Plus points to buy three tickets from San Diego to New York for a family trip in April. I had to pay extra miles to get the dates I needed. I picked out some decent seats, and expected my trip to go well.
For the exact same reasons in this Blog, after 2 1/2 million FF miles over a 10 year period with Delta, I quit flying. After repeated discussions about abusive treatment and Delta's arrogant...
How I spent a week immersed in politics -- and rock 'n' roll.
How did a young San Francisco radio station DJ go to Washington, sit in the President's chair in the White House Oval Office, then play rock 'n' roll piano with a dozen legendary performers?
It all happened to ME -- one week in 1972, and especially one amazing night. Here's my Boomer Years experience.
HawkTrek
We made it through, no thanks to politicians.
Boomer Advisor is published by Advisor Media at our office in San Diego. For several days we lived the nightmare known as Firestorm 2007, later called the Witch Creek Fire (though it was actually several fires in different places). Our office wasn't threatened, unlike the Cedar Fire of 2003, which burned to just a block from us. None of our San Diego-area staff was harmed and their homes all survived.
But it was a scary situation. Wild fires raged in various areas of the county, and they stopped more by luck -- a change in winds -- than by anything people could do.
This link is to an article I wrote that might be very useful for victims of the wildfires. I wrote the article after the Cedar wildfires in October 2003. Your readers might have to register on SSRN...
A movie production crew takes over my street.
Ahh, the glamor of Hollywood, the excitement of film-making... Unless the movie crew has filled up your street and you just want to get home! It happened in my neighborhood (again). Here's a report.
San Diego might not be known as a hotbed of film production, but one day the one block street leading to my house once again filled with movie-making trucks, equipment, people and even actors who aren't people.
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