Hello Readers,

By popular demand (actually one email from a really nice guy), I will at some point talk about the weather each week. I can’t say for sure if it will be at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end, but it will be included. Mentioning the weather is a Tech Tails tradition I intend to continue, and tradition is important to me; it helps me feel rooted and like I know where I came from. And for me, knowing where I came from is a big part of how I figure out where to go next.

Today is one of those days that makes me glad to live here in Vermont. It is in the mid-70s, the air is dry, and the sky is cloudless and blue. It’s my idea of a perfect day weather-wise. It’s especially welcome after a week of brutal heat and humidity occasionally interrupted by violent thunderstorms that brought flooding and downed trees and power lines.

It was different when I was a kid. (That’s what I tell myself from time to time when I feel old and crotchety.) The last few years seem to have been a little unsettled in the weather department, but when I think about the weather when I was a kid, I have to admit that I don’t remember what it was really like (except there was certainly more snow). Memories of the good old days often gloss over a lot of stuff that maybe wasn’t so good, or at least wasn’t quite as glorious or perfect as we remember.

For most topics these days, we have lots of ways to store and pore over tons of data so we don’t have to remember everything. It’s still fun though to sit on my porch and talk about how different things were back in the good old days. I’m going to wrap this up right there, I think. Next week, as another promise, I will also include something for you besides the weather.

Liam
liam@smalldog.com