D. W. WilmaJan 31, 20105 min readHistory on TelevisionI will rant a bit on history as it appears on cable. I say cable since the broadcast stations don’t feature much in the way of...
D. W. WilmaJul 18, 20092 min readPremierThe North Bend Theater dates from 1941 when it opened to newsreels of the Second World War and the latest Hollywood features. A newspaper...
D. W. WilmaApr 14, 20091 min readThe Birth of the TankThe title and the photo are related, really. I grew up in Stockton, California which was home at the turn of the 20th Century to Benjamin...
D. W. WilmaApr 2, 20093 min readPickups III got to use the truck while I was a member of the Civil Air Patrol in Sacramento. The CAP is nominally the auxiliary of the U.S. Air...
D. W. WilmaApr 2, 20093 min readPickups II drive a pickup these days, but it isn’t my first. My dad bought our first pickup in 1965 for $100 from a Japanese gardener named K....
D. W. WilmaMar 17, 20093 min readGamesA minor interest of mine (it doesn’t yet rise to the level of hobby) is strategy and simulation games for the computer. I have always...
D. W. WilmaFeb 20, 20091 min readNetworking is HereThe whole idea of online networking has gotten coverage lately. Sites like Facebook and Twitter have created networks of friends,...