Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Daniel D. McCracken

Computer scientist and writer -- via the New York Times. For decades, he was easily the widest-read "how-to" author on computers, computing and computer language.

Tareq Masud

Filmmaker -- via AFP.

Robert Robinson

Radio and television host, writer and aphorist -- via the Telegraph.

Ernie Johnson Sr.

MLB pitcher and broadcaster -- via mlb.com. He was on the air for 37 years -- a monster talent!

Roger Cartwright

Expert on Morris dancing -- via the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

M. Kenneth Oshman

Electronics executive -- via the New York Times. He pioneered the management style that I have found to be most productive -- a supportive and informal atmosphere that encourages vital engagement and camaraderie.

Noach Flug

Holocaust survivor, and activist -- via Haaretz.

Carlton Roy

Businessman and civil rights activist -- via AP.

Newton Thornburg

Writer -- via the Guardian.

T. A. Birrell

Scholar, and historian of the Royal Library -- via the Independent.

Guillermo Zarur

Actor -- via TV Notas.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Nat Allbright

Broadcaster and "last of the game re-creators" -- via the Washington Post. In the old days of radio, when live play-by-play broadcasting of baseball games was too technically challenging and/or expensive, radio announcers would mimic a live broadcast using data sent via wire service.

Nat Allbright - Out of the Past - 2008 from Chuck Langdon on Vimeo.

Geraint Bowen

Scholar and Archdruid -- via the Independent.

Brigitte Borchert

The last surviving performer from the seminal 1930 German film "Menschen am Sonntag (People on Sunday)" -- via voy.com. Why is this film so important? An independent film shot on a shoestring budget, it's a marvelous piece of work -- a last glimpse of pre-Hitler Germany. Among those involved were Billy Wilder, Edgar Ulmer, Robert and Curt Siodmak, Fred Zinnemann and Eugen Schufftan -- some of the greatest figures in film history.

Henri Tisot

Comic actor -- via Le Figaro.

Terry Hutchinson

Singer -- via the Bay Area Reporter.

Andrew "Mac" McDermott

Singer -- via roadrunnerrecords.com.

Henk Alkema

Composer, musician and teacher -- via concertblog.wordpress.com.

Al Federoff

Former Detroit Tiger, manager and mentor to Jim Leyland -- via the Detroit News.

John Graham Rule

Social historian -- via the Guardian.

Ian Wheeler

Jazzman -- via the Independent.