Yes! Frisco, Texas is actually named after the "Frisco Railroad". Frisco is a rapidly growing bedroom community 20 miles due north of Dallas. However, this site is not about my town.

I'm Dan Kautz, the webmaster of this (very) little piece of the WWW. This site is mostly about me and my many activities and interests. I'll make no claim about being humble or shy. Posting my own web page is evidence enough that I am not.

That's my wife Gloria next to me. We've been married (to each other) since October, 1968. This is what we looked like after 35 years! Her web site is linked from here and represents her piano music studio business. Someday, I may get her to publish information about her sewing and quilting interests.

Our only other full time live-in is our dog "Bingo." He's mostly Shih Tzu with a little Maltese thrown in. We have two grown children (twins, January 1972) named Steven and Shelley living in Plano, Texas. We let them visit. Sometimes though, we drag them in biting and screaming... or bribes sometimes help. Just kidding, they have always been a great joy in our lives.

T.E.Datum (Tippecanoe Electronic Datum) has been a business name I have used since the late sixties and is registered as such here in Collin County, Texas as a sole proprietorship. So it is for real. It is also a domain name I use on the Internet. I chose Tippecanoe because I like the sound of the name and it is the street I lived on for quite awhile in Canfield, Ohio. Electronic because almost everything I do involves electronics. Datum because it is the line everything is measured from. So it fits most everything I am interested in. I usually abbreviate it to just T.E.Datum.

My avocation is "inventor". I have a workshop into which I retreat to make things with tools. I am attracted to creating items that few other people have the ability or time to produce. Combining metalworking, woodworking, electrical, electronic, computer and other skills together is great fun. This is a great time to be alive and have the time to pursue this activity!

My vocation is Project Manager with T.A.C. (Tour Andover Controls). We were formerly know as CSI (Control Systems International). TAC is involved with sales, design and installation of computer controlled commercial energy management systems and HVAC system upgrades. Check out our web sites to see what this is all about. Here are examples of work I do as a Project Manager. Special thanks to Wayne and Buena Stevenson for the opportunity to work for this great company!

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