by Doug Nichols | Jul 5, 2016 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers P - T, Marki, Ferenc, Shurtz, Skip, Visconti, Edward |
A couple of Fridays past, I was able to spend an hour speaking with Gerard Biagini. Now, if his name is not familiar to you, it really should be. He’s been a mainstay of fencing in the Bay Area since before most of us were born. I first became aware of Mr. Biagini...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 13, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, D'Asaro, Michael |
I haven’t posted any missives about my long-time coach Michael D’Asaro (Senior) for a bit now, and I’ve been holding onto this little tid-bit for some time. So, it’s about time, no? This film, a small part of a longer reel, was shot by Max Garret at the 1959 NCAA...
by Doug Nichols | May 30, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Fencers, Fencers P - T, Hurst, Buzz, Shurtz, Skip |
Gifts and Acquisitions It’s been a bit since our last update and I will say from the get-go here that we’ll have a pretty big announcement coming soon to this page, but not yet. Not yet. In the interim, I thought it might be fun to share some recently...
by Doug Nichols | May 3, 2016 | Blog Post, Doug's Stories |
I’m just back from my second ever visit to Andy Shaw’s fabulous Museum of American Fencing in Shreveport, Louisiana. What’s that? Never been to Shreveport? Well, it IS out of the way for most folks. It’s not a big town, but there are still some sights to see. And...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 25, 2016 | Blog Post |
Computer analysts do data mining to look for patterns so that they can extract information from databases. I do data mining in the Halberstadt Scrapbooks to look for funny cartoons. There are fewer patterns, unless you count humor-response. As an example: Read...
