Mark Cathcart
@markcathcart.com
Music research • Writer for @ctproduced.com • Govt Watch for #LouisvilleCO #BoulderWeekly • Investor in @prsportslab.com
✓ Dad ✓ Husband.
Formerly/formally IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Academy of Technology, Fellow of the British Computer Society.
✓ Dad ✓ Husband.
Formerly/formally IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Academy of Technology, Fellow of the British Computer Society.
I keep complaining about the lack of 3rd-places for children and teens to gather, we just did the debate about malls and how they were really killed by mall cops who essentially heard kids like sheep dogs until they killed the mall.
This is possibly the saddest indictment #louisvilleco could make
This is possibly the saddest indictment #louisvilleco could make
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I keep complaining about the lack of 3rd-places for children and teens to gather, we just did the debate about malls and how they were really killed by mall cops who essentially heard kids like sheep dogs until they killed the mall.
This is possibly the saddest indictment #louisvilleco could make
This is possibly the saddest indictment #louisvilleco could make
Know what's insufferable? Terrible scheduling UX at medical offices.
"Yeah AI will take your job" like hell it will
Try asking the front desk to schedule a double appointment twice a week for the next 6-weeks!
They don't even have basic rules based scheduling ain't no way AI can do this usably.
"Yeah AI will take your job" like hell it will
Try asking the front desk to schedule a double appointment twice a week for the next 6-weeks!
They don't even have basic rules based scheduling ain't no way AI can do this usably.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Know what's insufferable? Terrible scheduling UX at medical offices.
"Yeah AI will take your job" like hell it will
Try asking the front desk to schedule a double appointment twice a week for the next 6-weeks!
They don't even have basic rules based scheduling ain't no way AI can do this usably.
"Yeah AI will take your job" like hell it will
Try asking the front desk to schedule a double appointment twice a week for the next 6-weeks!
They don't even have basic rules based scheduling ain't no way AI can do this usably.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Here is a fullpage ad by the GOP arguing against tariffs.
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Here is a fullpage ad by the GOP arguing against tariffs.
I spend a lot of my time in the past. Research is a long drag through nothing and nowhere to look for small clues. Every now and again you get blocked by a huge rock. Today is one of those days, wait 70-years ago the GOP were for high tariff's?
Why do people keep voting Republican?
Why do people keep voting Republican?
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I spend a lot of my time in the past. Research is a long drag through nothing and nowhere to look for small clues. Every now and again you get blocked by a huge rock. Today is one of those days, wait 70-years ago the GOP were for high tariff's?
Why do people keep voting Republican?
Why do people keep voting Republican?
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
The story of Zuckerberg and Facebook. Waiting for the end. Otherwise perfect
The story of Zuckerberg and Facebook. Waiting for the end. Otherwise perfect
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
The story of Zuckerberg and Facebook. Waiting for the end. Otherwise perfect
The story of Zuckerberg and Facebook. Waiting for the end. Otherwise perfect
Apropos nothing to do with IBM, but I'm finding it very difficult to pin down the year when IBM Kingston closed.
I'm surprised the Kingston wikipedia entry doesn't mention it and more suprised that wikipedia doesn't have a category for ex-company towns. # of people that lose their jobs, staggering
I'm surprised the Kingston wikipedia entry doesn't mention it and more suprised that wikipedia doesn't have a category for ex-company towns. # of people that lose their jobs, staggering
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Apropos nothing to do with IBM, but I'm finding it very difficult to pin down the year when IBM Kingston closed.
I'm surprised the Kingston wikipedia entry doesn't mention it and more suprised that wikipedia doesn't have a category for ex-company towns. # of people that lose their jobs, staggering
I'm surprised the Kingston wikipedia entry doesn't mention it and more suprised that wikipedia doesn't have a category for ex-company towns. # of people that lose their jobs, staggering
I had major surgery on Wednesday.
Wonder why American healthcare is so expensive?
The wound dressings came with a tablet of sorts. Which basically said nothing. No instructions to return the device, no instructions that couldn't have been printed. My procedure had been declined until last sunday
Wonder why American healthcare is so expensive?
The wound dressings came with a tablet of sorts. Which basically said nothing. No instructions to return the device, no instructions that couldn't have been printed. My procedure had been declined until last sunday
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I had major surgery on Wednesday.
Wonder why American healthcare is so expensive?
The wound dressings came with a tablet of sorts. Which basically said nothing. No instructions to return the device, no instructions that couldn't have been printed. My procedure had been declined until last sunday
Wonder why American healthcare is so expensive?
The wound dressings came with a tablet of sorts. Which basically said nothing. No instructions to return the device, no instructions that couldn't have been printed. My procedure had been declined until last sunday
The John Roberts rule.
I wonder how Roberts sleeps knowing he has unleashed a monster?
I wonder how Roberts sleeps knowing he has unleashed a monster?
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The John Roberts rule.
I wonder how Roberts sleeps knowing he has unleashed a monster?
I wonder how Roberts sleeps knowing he has unleashed a monster?
The real question is the spine connected to anything except money?
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The real question is the spine connected to anything except money?
I'm at the #louisvilleco state of the city... It's an interesting confluence of post COVID, post marshall fire and city commercial and economic development.
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm at the #louisvilleco state of the city... It's an interesting confluence of post COVID, post marshall fire and city commercial and economic development.
Tough night Stephen (Miller)?
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Tough night Stephen (Miller)?
I see your car and raise you sally kellerman aka hot lips from M*A*S*H in the film Brewster McCloud.
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I see your car and raise you sally kellerman aka hot lips from M*A*S*H in the film Brewster McCloud.
Reading the Denver Post article about the death of the NY semi truck driver who went over the edge at Pagosa Pass on US 60
We really need some alternate transit options, the related articles section shows the scale of the driving problem.
We really need some alternate transit options, the related articles section shows the scale of the driving problem.
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reading the Denver Post article about the death of the NY semi truck driver who went over the edge at Pagosa Pass on US 60
We really need some alternate transit options, the related articles section shows the scale of the driving problem.
We really need some alternate transit options, the related articles section shows the scale of the driving problem.
The juxtaposition is perfect...
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The juxtaposition is perfect...
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
The environmental claims for a new McStain home in Colorado have barely changed in 10-years which is super disappointing. Basically they have a Nest style thermostat, a gas on demand water heater and insulation. That's what $800,000 buys you. No heat pump, no solar, just the same old same old.
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The environmental claims for a new McStain home in Colorado have barely changed in 10-years which is super disappointing. Basically they have a Nest style thermostat, a gas on demand water heater and insulation. That's what $800,000 buys you. No heat pump, no solar, just the same old same old.
Lots of posts today about Colorado voting for kids school lunches. Shouldn't be a surprise.
Colorado has many programs to benefit the low income. These programs are NOT socialism, they are the exact opposite. Compassion for those not paid enough by rich people. You can't have on without the other.
Colorado has many programs to benefit the low income. These programs are NOT socialism, they are the exact opposite. Compassion for those not paid enough by rich people. You can't have on without the other.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Lots of posts today about Colorado voting for kids school lunches. Shouldn't be a surprise.
Colorado has many programs to benefit the low income. These programs are NOT socialism, they are the exact opposite. Compassion for those not paid enough by rich people. You can't have on without the other.
Colorado has many programs to benefit the low income. These programs are NOT socialism, they are the exact opposite. Compassion for those not paid enough by rich people. You can't have on without the other.
I wrote to my bank yesterday after this debacle. As a reminder, it's not some weird socialist thing that happens in a couple of small countries. Much of the world has much better banking (MBB) than America. This benefits big business at the cost of small businesses and individuals.
November 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I wrote to my bank yesterday after this debacle. As a reminder, it's not some weird socialist thing that happens in a couple of small countries. Much of the world has much better banking (MBB) than America. This benefits big business at the cost of small businesses and individuals.
While we are busy planning the "After-times" taxing the rich etc. we need to force the banking system to upgrade - even my banks chat help thinks the system is crap.
November 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
While we are busy planning the "After-times" taxing the rich etc. we need to force the banking system to upgrade - even my banks chat help thinks the system is crap.
It's starting to bite. Bankruptcy case, lost their home, clearance junk.
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
It's starting to bite. Bankruptcy case, lost their home, clearance junk.
Yeah copilot is the thing for this, after a couple iterations I asked it to make an image square for a end of year vinly album release. Should be in stores before NYE
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Yeah copilot is the thing for this, after a couple iterations I asked it to make an image square for a end of year vinly album release. Should be in stores before NYE
This even www.ctproduced.com/wp-content/u...
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This even www.ctproduced.com/wp-content/u...
Dear @propublica.org here's hoping you'll be able to track this back beyond the current leak. We've known about this since 2007, we even made a film about it...
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Dear @propublica.org here's hoping you'll be able to track this back beyond the current leak. We've known about this since 2007, we even made a film about it...
If only this were xitter, I could tag Dell and ask both why did this fail, and how come your software is so useless?*
During an OS recovery where you are told not to reboot or interrupt in case your data is lost.
*10-years ago I was Chief Software architect for Dell.
During an OS recovery where you are told not to reboot or interrupt in case your data is lost.
*10-years ago I was Chief Software architect for Dell.
October 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If only this were xitter, I could tag Dell and ask both why did this fail, and how come your software is so useless?*
During an OS recovery where you are told not to reboot or interrupt in case your data is lost.
*10-years ago I was Chief Software architect for Dell.
During an OS recovery where you are told not to reboot or interrupt in case your data is lost.
*10-years ago I was Chief Software architect for Dell.