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Diary of a Network Geek

Creative Advice

Not sure if this is "good" advice or not, but I've certainly found it to be true.

The other night I was flipping through channels and, as I buzzed past either Sundance or IFC, I saw one of the two oldest Marsalis brothers doling out some advice that was given to him by an older Jazz musician. I came in after the interview had started, so I don't know if it was Wynton or Branford, nor do I know who gave him the advice, but it was significant enough to make me think.

Arthur C. Clarke, Dead at 90

Wow, that's two in the space of a week.

They say that famous people die in threes.  Last week it was Gary Gygax.  Today, it was Arthur C. Clarke.   He was a great man who predicted the communications satellite, among other things, though he's probably best known for writing 2001:A Space Odyssey.  He wrote more books and stories than I can think of and continued to influence the science-fiction world right up until the end.