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  1. I finally had my grandfather's slide rule cuff links made into earrings.

    He was an electrical engineer, I am a mechanical engineer. He graduated in 1950, learning engineering with a slide rule, before calculators.

    #engineering #SlideRule

  2. I finally had my grandfather's slide rule cuff links made into earrings.

    He was an electrical engineer, I am a mechanical engineer. He graduated in 1950, learning engineering with a slide rule, before calculators.

    #engineering #SlideRule

  3. I finally had my grandfather's slide rule cuff links made into earrings.

    He was an electrical engineer, I am a mechanical engineer. He graduated in 1950, learning engineering with a slide rule, before calculators.

    #engineering #SlideRule

  4. I finally had my grandfather's slide rule cuff links made into earrings.

    He was an electrical engineer, I am a mechanical engineer. He graduated in 1950, learning engineering with a slide rule, before calculators.

    #engineering #SlideRule

  5. I finally had my grandfather's slide rule cuff links made into earrings.

    He was an electrical engineer, I am a mechanical engineer. He graduated in 1950, learning engineering with a slide rule, before calculators.

    #engineering #SlideRule

  6. Visiting Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankee affilliate, BOO!) beat the Jersey Shore BlueClaws 6-5. Not an exceptional game, but not a bad one either. Mediocre teams.: Renegades brought their win/loss ratio up to 50%, BlueClaws at a dismal 17%, I think (43-71, and I'm not going to double-check my #SlideRule math.)

    I recorded the pitchers' info more completely than usual -- generally, I don't care about pitchers too much. Too many of 'em.

    #HighA #MinorLeague #Baseball #SouthAtlanticLeague

  7. Visiting Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankee affilliate, BOO!) beat the Jersey Shore BlueClaws 6-5. Not an exceptional game, but not a bad one either. Mediocre teams.: Renegades brought their win/loss ratio up to 50%, BlueClaws at a dismal 17%, I think (43-71, and I'm not going to double-check my #SlideRule math.)

    I recorded the pitchers' info more completely than usual -- generally, I don't care about pitchers too much. Too many of 'em.

    #HighA #MinorLeague #Baseball #SouthAtlanticLeague

  8. Visiting Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankee affilliate, BOO!) beat the Jersey Shore BlueClaws 6-5. Not an exceptional game, but not a bad one either. Mediocre teams.: Renegades brought their win/loss ratio up to 50%, BlueClaws at a dismal 17%, I think (43-71, and I'm not going to double-check my #SlideRule math.)

    I recorded the pitchers' info more completely than usual -- generally, I don't care about pitchers too much. Too many of 'em.

    #HighA #MinorLeague #Baseball #SouthAtlanticLeague

  9. Visiting Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankee affilliate, BOO!) beat the Jersey Shore BlueClaws 6-5. Not an exceptional game, but not a bad one either. Mediocre teams.: Renegades brought their win/loss ratio up to 50%, BlueClaws at a dismal 17%, I think (43-71, and I'm not going to double-check my #SlideRule math.)

    I recorded the pitchers' info more completely than usual -- generally, I don't care about pitchers too much. Too many of 'em.

    #HighA #MinorLeague #Baseball #SouthAtlanticLeague

  10. Visiting Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankee affilliate, BOO!) beat the Jersey Shore BlueClaws 6-5. Not an exceptional game, but not a bad one either. Mediocre teams.: Renegades brought their win/loss ratio up to 50%, BlueClaws at a dismal 17%, I think (43-71, and I'm not going to double-check my #SlideRule math.)

    I recorded the pitchers' info more completely than usual -- generally, I don't care about pitchers too much. Too many of 'em.

    #HighA #MinorLeague #Baseball #SouthAtlanticLeague

  11. @samuelpepys

    "Home and to study my new rule till my head aked cruelly."

    Sam trying to come to terms with the magic of logarithm. Good work, Sam.

    #Pepys #sliderule

  12. @samuelpepys

    "Home and to study my new rule till my head aked cruelly."

    Sam trying to come to terms with the magic of logarithm. Good work, Sam.

    #Pepys #sliderule

  13. @samuelpepys

    "Home and to study my new rule till my head aked cruelly."

    Sam trying to come to terms with the magic of logarithm. Good work, Sam.

    #Pepys #sliderule

  14. @samuelpepys

    "Home and to study my new rule till my head aked cruelly."

    Sam trying to come to terms with the magic of logarithm. Good work, Sam.

    #Pepys #sliderule

  15. @samuelpepys

    "Home and to study my new rule till my head aked cruelly."

    Sam trying to come to terms with the magic of logarithm. Good work, Sam.

    #Pepys #sliderule

  16. Today's AA #MinorLeague #Baseball scorecard: The Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland) destroyed the visiting Somerset Patriots (Yankees) 17 - 3. Ducks batted around the lineup twice, so I scored the 8th & 9th on a separate sheet.

    My quirky statistic that I like to calculate on a circular #SlideRule: Percentage of seats filled, 46% (3,518 asses in seats against a capacity of 7,630.)

    Photos taken with my #CharmeraClone #ToyCamera

  17. Today's AA #MinorLeague #Baseball scorecard: The Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland) destroyed the visiting Somerset Patriots (Yankees) 17 - 3. Ducks batted around the lineup twice, so I scored the 8th & 9th on a separate sheet.

    My quirky statistic that I like to calculate on a circular #SlideRule: Percentage of seats filled, 46% (3,518 asses in seats against a capacity of 7,630.)

    Photos taken with my #CharmeraClone #ToyCamera

  18. Today's AA #MinorLeague #Baseball scorecard: The Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland) destroyed the visiting Somerset Patriots (Yankees) 17 - 3. Ducks batted around the lineup twice, so I scored the 8th & 9th on a separate sheet.

    My quirky statistic that I like to calculate on a circular #SlideRule: Percentage of seats filled, 46% (3,518 asses in seats against a capacity of 7,630.)

    Photos taken with my #CharmeraClone #ToyCamera

  19. Today's AA #MinorLeague #Baseball scorecard: The Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland) destroyed the visiting Somerset Patriots (Yankees) 17 - 3. Ducks batted around the lineup twice, so I scored the 8th & 9th on a separate sheet.

    My quirky statistic that I like to calculate on a circular #SlideRule: Percentage of seats filled, 46% (3,518 asses in seats against a capacity of 7,630.)

    Photos taken with my #CharmeraClone #ToyCamera

  20. Today's AA #MinorLeague #Baseball scorecard: The Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland) destroyed the visiting Somerset Patriots (Yankees) 17 - 3. Ducks batted around the lineup twice, so I scored the 8th & 9th on a separate sheet.

    My quirky statistic that I like to calculate on a circular #SlideRule: Percentage of seats filled, 46% (3,518 asses in seats against a capacity of 7,630.)

    Photos taken with my #CharmeraClone #ToyCamera

  21. Beyond AI: The Real Challenge

    An engineer reflects on WPI in the 1960s, the rise of artificial intelligence, and why lived experience—not information alone—remains the true path to wisdom.

    rmdellorfanoauthor.com/2026/07

  22. Beyond AI: The Real Challenge

    An engineer reflects on WPI in the 1960s, the rise of artificial intelligence, and why lived experience—not information alone—remains the true path to wisdom.

    rmdellorfanoauthor.com/2026/07

  23. Beyond AI: The Real Challenge

    An engineer reflects on WPI in the 1960s, the rise of artificial intelligence, and why lived experience—not information alone—remains the true path to wisdom.

    rmdellorfanoauthor.com/2026/07

  24. Beyond AI: The Real Challenge

    An engineer reflects on WPI in the 1960s, the rise of artificial intelligence, and why lived experience—not information alone—remains the true path to wisdom.

    rmdellorfanoauthor.com/2026/07

  25. Beyond AI: The Real Challenge

    An engineer reflects on WPI in the 1960s, the rise of artificial intelligence, and why lived experience—not information alone—remains the true path to wisdom.

    rmdellorfanoauthor.com/2026/07

  26. I'm trying to learn how to use the wind speed calculator side of my ASA E6-b and MK-6B Kane Dead Reckoning flight computers. Purely out of curiosity. I'm not studying to become a pilot, nor am I very deeply interested in mathematics; I just like to know how things work. If I learn a little bit about how airplanes are piloted in the process, that's nice, too. #SlideRule

  27. I'm trying to learn how to use the wind speed calculator side of my ASA E6-b and MK-6B Kane Dead Reckoning flight computers. Purely out of curiosity. I'm not studying to become a pilot, nor am I very deeply interested in mathematics; I just like to know how things work. If I learn a little bit about how airplanes are piloted in the process, that's nice, too. #SlideRule

  28. I'm trying to learn how to use the wind speed calculator side of my ASA E6-b and MK-6B Kane Dead Reckoning flight computers. Purely out of curiosity. I'm not studying to become a pilot, nor am I very deeply interested in mathematics; I just like to know how things work. If I learn a little bit about how airplanes are piloted in the process, that's nice, too. #SlideRule

  29. I'm trying to learn how to use the wind speed calculator side of my ASA E6-b and MK-6B Kane Dead Reckoning flight computers. Purely out of curiosity. I'm not studying to become a pilot, nor am I very deeply interested in mathematics; I just like to know how things work. If I learn a little bit about how airplanes are piloted in the process, that's nice, too. #SlideRule

  30. I'm trying to learn how to use the wind speed calculator side of my ASA E6-b and MK-6B Kane Dead Reckoning flight computers. Purely out of curiosity. I'm not studying to become a pilot, nor am I very deeply interested in mathematics; I just like to know how things work. If I learn a little bit about how airplanes are piloted in the process, that's nice, too. #SlideRule

  31. "Here we have Tom and Tim. They are fraternal scientists."

    "Fraternal scientists?"

    "Yes, they were born of the same mother, in close succession, and with a calculator in their hands."

    "Strange."

    "Why do you say this?"

    "I would have though they would have been born with a slide rule in their mouth."

    #fraternal #scientists #calculator #SlideRule #microfiction

  32. "Here we have Tom and Tim. They are fraternal scientists."

    "Fraternal scientists?"

    "Yes, they were born of the same mother, in close succession, and with a calculator in their hands."

    "Strange."

    "Why do you say this?"

    "I would have though they would have been born with a slide rule in their mouth."

    #fraternal #scientists #calculator #SlideRule #microfiction

  33. "Here we have Tom and Tim. They are fraternal scientists."

    "Fraternal scientists?"

    "Yes, they were born of the same mother, in close succession, and with a calculator in their hands."

    "Strange."

    "Why do you say this?"

    "I would have though they would have been born with a slide rule in their mouth."

    #fraternal #scientists #calculator #SlideRule #microfiction

  34. "Here we have Tom and Tim. They are fraternal scientists."

    "Fraternal scientists?"

    "Yes, they were born of the same mother, in close succession, and with a calculator in their hands."

    "Strange."

    "Why do you say this?"

    "I would have though they would have been born with a slide rule in their mouth."

    #fraternal #scientists #calculator #SlideRule #microfiction

  35. Do the calculation
    I have accumulated quite a collection of calculators over the years, for school, for work, for fun. So long as the modern grid keeps going, they all work. But, maybe I should review the slide rule instructions, just in case. No batteries, no power, no internet. Just works.
    Here's a thought: will all calculation be done by AI in the future and, how should that figure in to math education? Teach analog technique.
    #calculator #sliderule #analog #oldtech #education #math

  36. Do the calculation
    I have accumulated quite a collection of calculators over the years, for school, for work, for fun. So long as the modern grid keeps going, they all work. But, maybe I should review the slide rule instructions, just in case. No batteries, no power, no internet. Just works.
    Here's a thought: will all calculation be done by AI in the future and, how should that figure in to math education? Teach analog technique.
    #calculator #sliderule #analog #oldtech #education #math

  37. Do the calculation
    I have accumulated quite a collection of calculators over the years, for school, for work, for fun. So long as the modern grid keeps going, they all work. But, maybe I should review the slide rule instructions, just in case. No batteries, no power, no internet. Just works.
    Here's a thought: will all calculation be done by AI in the future and, how should that figure in to math education? Teach analog technique.
    #calculator #sliderule #analog #oldtech #education #math

  38. Do the calculation
    I have accumulated quite a collection of calculators over the years, for school, for work, for fun. So long as the modern grid keeps going, they all work. But, maybe I should review the slide rule instructions, just in case. No batteries, no power, no internet. Just works.
    Here's a thought: will all calculation be done by AI in the future and, how should that figure in to math education? Teach analog technique.
    #calculator #sliderule #analog #oldtech #education #math

  39. Do the calculation
    I have accumulated quite a collection of calculators over the years, for school, for work, for fun. So long as the modern grid keeps going, they all work. But, maybe I should review the slide rule instructions, just in case. No batteries, no power, no internet. Just works.
    Here's a thought: will all calculation be done by AI in the future and, how should that figure in to math education? Teach analog technique.
    #calculator #sliderule #analog #oldtech #education #math

  40. Because I'm super geeky like that, I've started using a circular #SlideRule when I score #baseball games -- I set the ballpark capacity on the D scale, the attendance on the C scale, and look under the 1 on the D to read the percentage of capacity on C. Accurate enough for my scoresheets.

    Just went back and filled that percentage to all the college and #WorldBaseballClassic games I've scored this year.

  41. Because I'm super geeky like that, I've started using a circular #SlideRule when I score #baseball games -- I set the ballpark capacity on the D scale, the attendance on the C scale, and look under the 1 on the D to read the percentage of capacity on C. Accurate enough for my scoresheets.

    Just went back and filled that percentage to all the college and #WorldBaseballClassic games I've scored this year.

  42. Because I'm super geeky like that, I've started using a circular #SlideRule when I score #baseball games -- I set the ballpark capacity on the D scale, the attendance on the C scale, and look under the 1 on the D to read the percentage of capacity on C. Accurate enough for my scoresheets.

    Just went back and filled that percentage to all the college and #WorldBaseballClassic games I've scored this year.

  43. Because I'm super geeky like that, I've started using a circular #SlideRule when I score #baseball games -- I set the ballpark capacity on the D scale, the attendance on the C scale, and look under the 1 on the D to read the percentage of capacity on C. Accurate enough for my scoresheets.

    Just went back and filled that percentage to all the college and #WorldBaseballClassic games I've scored this year.

  44. Because I'm super geeky like that, I've started using a circular #SlideRule when I score #baseball games -- I set the ballpark capacity on the D scale, the attendance on the C scale, and look under the 1 on the D to read the percentage of capacity on C. Accurate enough for my scoresheets.

    Just went back and filled that percentage to all the college and #WorldBaseballClassic games I've scored this year.

  45. Because I'm super geeky like that, I've started using a circular #SlideRule when I score #baseball games -- I set the ballpark capacity on the D scale, the attendance on the C scale, and look under the 1 on the D to read the percentage of capacity on C. Accurate enough for my scoresheets.

    Just went back and filled that percentage to all the college and #WorldBaseballClassic games I've scored this year.

  46. Because I'm super geeky like that, I've started using a circular #SlideRule when I score #baseball games -- I set the ballpark capacity on the D scale, the attendance on the C scale, and look under the 1 on the D to read the percentage of capacity on C. Accurate enough for my scoresheets.

    Just went back and filled that percentage to all the college and #WorldBaseballClassic games I've scored this year.

  47. Because I'm super geeky like that, I've started using a circular #SlideRule when I score #baseball games -- I set the ballpark capacity on the D scale, the attendance on the C scale, and look under the 1 on the D to read the percentage of capacity on C. Accurate enough for my scoresheets.

    Just went back and filled that percentage to all the college and #WorldBaseballClassic games I've scored this year.

  48. Because I'm super geeky like that, I've started using a circular #SlideRule when I score #baseball games -- I set the ballpark capacity on the D scale, the attendance on the C scale, and look under the 1 on the D to read the percentage of capacity on C. Accurate enough for my scoresheets.

    Just went back and filled that percentage to all the college and #WorldBaseballClassic games I've scored this year.

  49. Because I'm super geeky like that, I've started using a circular #SlideRule when I score #baseball games -- I set the ballpark capacity on the D scale, the attendance on the C scale, and look under the 1 on the D to read the percentage of capacity on C. Accurate enough for my scoresheets.

    Just went back and filled that percentage to all the college and #WorldBaseballClassic games I've scored this year.