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Quoggling Sand

Dan Hugo et al.

This is a casual show about just about any thing, any time, but slanted toward projects, stories, and general thoughts and guests in the technology sector, especially entrepreneurs, makers, and interesting type people.

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00:26:49

Episode 0092: The VAX

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/08/13

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The old Digital Equipment Corporation, also known as DEC, had back in the day a PDP-11 successor for minicomputers known as VAX. On entering college back in those days, I was introduced to our computing services department computer systems on which we would be completing our first year computer science homework. It was named HMCVAX, and it could crash at some inopportune times. LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update

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01:00:08

Episode 0091: Twelve Years of Vegas

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2025/08/07

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I moved from Silicon Valley to Las Vegas 12 years ago August 1, why not reflect on those early days, which have lead me, inexorably, here. LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts

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00:20:29

Episode 0090: Pepperfest

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/07/30

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: College is a great time to learn, to grow, and to try out dumb ideas, or to help others do the same. This was just such a bad idea. LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts

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00:50:29

Episode 0089: Maps

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2025/07/24

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I was always fine with folding maps, the Thomas Guide, and even less-formal, sometimes less-precise maps to get around, but GPS and our mobile devices have been a bit of a game changer for me… LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan’s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/postsKoFi Solo via Spotify for CreatorsBuy Me an Update via Spotify for Creators

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00:33:03

Episode 0088: Layoffs

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/07/16

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I have been laid off a couple of times in my career, usually it is an opportunity, lately as I see this happening to others, it may not be. LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan’s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts

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00:35:18

Episode 0087: Lotus Notes at Philips

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/07/09

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The nice thing about global technology companies, they have so many layers of middle management spread around the world that each require convincing that the other layers are broken… LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan’s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/postsOld Email Addressing Schemes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Internet_email_address

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00:34:03

Episode 0086: New York 95-96

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/07/02

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Start spreading the news… a long time ago I took my first trip back east after graduating college, with a college roommate, to see the city as it was back then, and one last visit to the World Trade Center… LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan’s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts

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00:26:35

Episode 0085: Birthdays

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/06/25

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I just had another one over the weekend, why not reflect on some of the more memorable anniversaries before none of them are… LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan’s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts

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00:31:41

Episode 0084: Stairs and Me

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2025/06/18

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I have had a few tangles with stairs, the stairs often win, particularly in these two scenarios. LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan’s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts

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00:25:57

Episode 0083: The Cake

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/06/11

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: This is a story of an incident that actually occurred while I was an employee with Intel Corporation, and takes place in Turin, Italy; Rio Rancho, New Mexico; Queens, New York; Rome, Italy; and Santa Clara, California, and there is indeed, Cake. LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan’s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/postsThe Torta Novecento

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00:45:44

Episode 0082: Outsourcing and AI

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2025/06/04

Show NotesHost: Dan HugoSummary: As a software engineer, among other things, I have been watching the changes to the marketplace, with more and more announcements that layoffs in favor of artificial intelligence tools are replacing human programmers, or now, that the jobs themselves are simply going away as AI becomes the latest shiny toy. I have seen this before.LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan’s Ko-Fi

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00:41:42

Episode 0081: Ideas

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/05/28

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: For as long as I can remember, I have really enjoyed the challenge of solving problems, for however one might define Solving and Problems. I know, a lot of people would say this, but I am talking about me now.LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan’s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts

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01:06:51

Episode 0080: Learning Styles

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2025/05/21

Show NotesHost: Dan HugoSummary: There is no such thing as learning styles, it is all a myth, so sit down and get back to your, what is the current teaching style, Common Core? You may already be sensing my disagreement with this notion.LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan’s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/postsBloom’s Taxonomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_taxonomyFlipped

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00:28:39

Episode 0079: Calendars

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2025/05/14

Show NotesHost: Dan HugoSummary: In a world only more and more busy and even more noisy, the humble calendar seems like one of the most, if not the most useful tools ever created, to keep track of when. Do you use one, and if not, why not?LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts

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00:30:33

Episode 0078: Friends

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/05/07

Show NotesHost: Dan HugoSummary: Have you ever found yourself describing someone, with a mention that you have known this person, perhaps you have been friends with this person, for decades, since you met in the third grade, or some other backstory? How many friends do you have whom you have known for so long, and so well?LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo

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00:36:20

Episode 0077: About Time

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/04/30

Show NotesHost: Dan HugoSummary: Once upon a time I was all about time. Current time, that is. I set my watch every day not to some atomic clock somewhere, but the bell system in use at my high school. Luckily I got over that, but what a time that was.LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts

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00:36:39

Episode 0076: The Idiot Box

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2025/04/23

Show NotesHost: Dan HugoSummary: Broadcast Television, so often consumed via the so-called Idiot Box, was for quite some time a substantial driver of US Culture. We all watched the same things at the same time, thrown off a bit by cable, the VCR, and eventually time-shifted viewing in general. What a ride.LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoKoFi Solo

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00:35:31

Episode 0075: Keeping in Touch

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/04/16

Show NotesHost: Dan HugoSummary: It has never been easier to keep in touch with most, if not all of the people you know, with instant and nearly-instant video, audio, or plain old text flying around the globe through the internet or over the air. So do you?LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo

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00:59:53

Episode 0074: That One Reality Show

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/04/09

Show NotesHost: Dan HugoSummary: I may have mentioned before, my participation in a reality show called America´s Greatest Makers, produced by Intel Corporation and Mark Burnett and focused somewhat on Makers, but really on Entrepreneurs. It was an interesting experience.LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoAmerica´s Greatest Makers

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00:46:36

Episode 0073: Happy Liberation Day

Quoggling Sand ·

2025/04/02

Show NotesHost: Dan HugoSummary: For as interesting as everything has been up until today, things will probably become yet more interesting as of today, and into some ever-less-clear future. This is not politics, this is civics, and it is something we should all be taking more seriously than we have been, more seriously than ever before.LinksBuy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoBuy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/postsDan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugoCivics

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