PinnedWalker RoweHistory of Ships, Barges, and Tugboats in Georgetown, South CarolinaWhen I was a boy I worked as a deckhand on my father s tugboats in Georgetown, South Carolina. My dad owned the only tugboat company in…Oct 16, 2022Oct 16, 2022
Walker RoweWhat Wines Should You Buy in Cyprus: A Guide from a Veteran American Winemaker and Grape GrowerThe winemaker Jim Law of Linden Vineyards once told me that to make a perfect wine you simply make no mistakes. He meant from growing, to…Jun 16Jun 16
Walker RoweMarlin Fishing in Ecuador with Pesca ToursI spent my Thanksgiving holiday a few years ago in Ecuador, South America. A lot of tourists know the country for its Galapagos Islands, a…Mar 7Mar 7
Walker RoweHow Computers do Math and LogicA computer does two things: (1) add and (2) test whether something is true or false. We will show that those simple two things are all that…Mar 5Mar 5
Walker RoweAlan Turning and Floating Point NumbersMost people know from the movie The Imitation Game that Alan Turing cracked the Enigma Nazi code. That was important. But you could argue…Mar 5Mar 5
Walker RoweHow Does a Computer Work?People usually don’t give much thought to how their smartphone or their tablets work. They just take it for granted that they will work…Mar 5Mar 5
Walker RoweGeorge Boole and Boolean LogicGeorge Boole forth the important idea that deductive logic and algebra are the same. He took the rules for formal logic and showed they…Mar 5Mar 5
Walker RoweWho Really Invented the Computer?Here we explain that UNIX is what built the modern computer. But who built UNIX?Mar 3Mar 3
Walker RoweHow to Teach Children Computer Programming.Parents and students, for the most part, don’t understand what computer programming is. Or they have misconceptions about what programming…Mar 31Mar 31