Tag: RuthK

Why Women Stopped Coding | Seems odd to me, but probably true!

I was very interested in the NPR article quoted below because it answers a question I have long pondered: Why aren’t there more female programmers? During my 10 years as an IT professional, I never played computer games for very long. Why? Because there were so many things that I could learn about and build, so playing games…

November 10, 2014
Happy 50th Birthday, #BASIC – You were my inspiration!

I first met BASIC in the early 1980s when our new family Commodore 64 came with Introduction to BASIC, Part I. Wow – a machine that I could talk to, that would respond, and that loved logic as much as I did! I was truly hooked, and when the Internet arrived in the early 1990s, I took…

May 1, 2014
UVa Coursera: The Modern World: Global History since 1760 _Week 6 Reflection

So glad I signed up for this course! Listening calmly to the lectures without trying to cram for an exam is making this the very best history course that I have ever taken! As an undergraduate

February 22, 2014
Looking forward to UVa Coursera: The Modern World: Global History since 1760

After just the first two lectures, I am hooked! This is going to be a great course. As usual, I will be writing occasional reflections on this UVa MOOC. The course just started today so there is plenty of time to sign up at Coursera. Hope you will join me! This is a survey of…

January 14, 2014
Spring is here, the C’ville City Market is open – what a wonderful PLACE!

The City Market opened today marking the start of the 2013 season. The weather was beautiful this morning, and downtown Charlottesville was filled with people, music, and food. How nice to live in a PLACE where a simple trip downtown feels like a special holiday excursion! Baggby’s is still my favorite “place” to cool off

April 6, 2013
Baggby’s – still my favorite “cool” view of the Charlottesville Downtown Mall (2012)

Baggby’s is still my favorite “place” to cool off before heading for home after a day at the City Market and on the Downtown Mall! Check out my post in summer 2009 … My favorite place for enjoying the Charlottesville Downtown Mall is the corner seat in the angled window in Baggby’s Gourmet Sandwiches. From…

May 19, 2012