Just some random things today:
When I arrived at the future Bridgewater University in 1966, Bob Dylan was one of the hottest performers around. Upperclassmen took great pride in telling the freshmen that Dylan had played in our auditorium before he got famous. No tapes of that concert apparently exist, but the Globe brings news today that a 1963 concert at Brandeis, probably from the same tour, is being released this week. The concert preceded the release of "The Free Wheeling Bob Dylan," the album that made him famous.
I was a big fan of the old TV show "Hawaii 50" back when it was new and have a mild interest in the new reboot. Devotees of the old show know that Steve McGarrett's archenemy was Wo Fat. Turns out the villain's name was an in-joke by the writers-the oldest continuously operated restaurant in Hawaii (founded 1869) is Wo Fat.
Heard on the radio today that billions in federal budget cuts may came from rail transport including 1.5 billion for high speed rail. Hope that's true.
Did you see the Brainiac section in the Globe yesterday? It carried a story on how taxicabs in China are using smartphones and GPS to direct empty cabs to streets with the most prospective customers. For $1.8 billion I have a high school senior who could design (and operate efficiently) a system of hybrid minibuses to do the same thing.
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