Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Category: Arkansas Stories
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Low Hanging Fruit: Memories of Childhood
Low hanging fruit – it’s a metaphor native English speakers often use to denote an opportunity on which one can easily capitalize, a reward readily grasped without stretching. Yet I doubt most of us, particularly those in urban areas stop to consider the agrarian origins of such phrases, when hunter-gatherers quite literally foraged for food.…
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Eudora, You Got the Love?
One summer night when I was about twelve years old, I sat watching the Dick Cavett Show on our old black and white television, the small town boy’s version of Plato’s Cave. Dick was a thoughtful and insightful interviewer, and he hosted a diverse and eclectic set of guests, from Salvador Dali to Groucho Marx.…
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Everyone Needs to Eat
They were ordinary men, one black and one white. Like most, they lived uneventful lives. Their story has been seldom told – that changes here, now, today. Theirs is a story about the evolving dream that is America.
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In Memoriam
Louvenia ReedMay 9, 1929-May 20, 2007I mourn my mother, my friend Happiness I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tellme what is happiness.And I went to famous executives who boss the work ofthousands of men.They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as thoughI was trying to fool with…