About Me
IT Analyst in Southwest VA. Originally from England, born in Liverpool, and brought up mostly in Steyning, West Sussex. Started life as David Tod, but changed my name in 1993.
Went to college in at the University of Bristol, lived in Italy and Japan before coming to the U.S. Somehow via an MA in English and PhD work in Instructional Technology, have ended up as an IT Analyst.
Now living in Blacksburg, Virginia with two lovely daughters.
If you wish to email me, you'll notice that I own my last name as a domain, so my email address is my first name at my last name dot com.
On Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/dcartertod
Category Archives: Family
Riding the Virginia Creeper Trail
My kids and I did the Virginia Creeper Trail last weekend. It was absolutely fantastic. I cannot say enough how much fun and how gorgeous it was. This is despite the fact that we were completely drenched in a downpour. … Continue reading
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Steam-powered model car
In the late 70′s, I bought a Mamod SA1 Cream Steam Roadster. I had saved up for it for a long time, and as I recall it cost me about 35 pounds, which was a lot of pocket money. Like … Continue reading
My kids’ school using blogs and google calendar
My kids’ elementary school has the principal blogging using blogger, and the school calendar maintained using Google Calendar. This makes it really easy to keep track of what’s going on at their school, using my customized Google Homepage. I’ve added … Continue reading
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“Disciplined Liberty”?
During my citizenship ceremony, the federal court judge made some remarks and used what I thought was an unusual phrase – “disciplined liberty” – it sounded wrong to me, but maybe I’m just ignorant of its roots.
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Becoming a U.S. Citizen
I became a U.S. citizen last Friday and only had to wait 4 days before meeting a president. Is this a standard thing for citizens? Maybe there’s some secret code or marker on me now and I’ll run into presidents … Continue reading
My daughter on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
I had never watched the show until tonight, but because my daughter made an appearance on it, I watched. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition this evening. My girl was one of the dancers who danced on the canvas to make the … Continue reading
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Google Maps for Politics: Flock Together
My brother, Martin, has put together a really nice site, Flock Together, to map political events using Google Maps
Family stories – Our Man in Yugoslavia (Studies in Intelligence S.)
As a fully documented study of a Second World War Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) operative, “Our Man in Yugoslavia” is absolutely unique. Its subject is Owen Reed, an army officer recruited into SIS in the summer of 1943 and then … Continue reading
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David Carter-Tod’s Weblog
This is the first post on my new weblog. Thank you to my brother for providing hosting space.
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