Names (Why One Last Name?)

With a name as rare as Noack, only one name is needed. The one-name convention fits such practical things as stateside phone books and driver licenses. If you want to keep using both last names, a hyphenated format works, except that most people think it is your wife's last name, a disadvantage in the singles world.

Why is Noack wearing a necktie?

Different Noack. This picture was taken in 1886. It is actually my grandfather, who lived all his life in southern Denmark. The picture was digitized using an HP 4P Scanner and its associated software.


Viewing PDF and postscript files

I furnish slide sets as PDF files only on request, since most users can display PowerPoint. PDF files can displayed by Acrobat Reader, which is freely downloadable. Transforming other formats (either postscript or formats such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and troff requires Adobe Acrobat, which is not free. Linux distributions commonly provide Open Office, which will display and create Microsoft Office documents.