Flutterby™! : Lenny Lipton & Puff the Magic Dragon

This is fantastic: Lenny Lipton, 3d technology pioneer, is also the accidental lyricist for the Peter, Paul & Mary hit "Puff the Magic Dragon". Lenny Lipton: Thank you, Puff The Magic Dragon:

This May will be the fiftieth birthday of Puff, but you might want to count the anniversary from when the record was released in 1963. In any event, here’s to Puff, the Magic Dragon. Puff was my financier. Puff funded my work in electronic stereoscopic displays. Puff, unlike my other investors, never asked for anything back.  He never grilled me at a board meeting, he never lectured me about having to make a profit, he never told me that I had to cut out projects I loved.  He never ask for subordinated this or that or warrants. He never was greedy or a pain in the ass.  He never lied to me or changed the deal at the eleventh hour. He was always respectful. Puff’s been a generous, forgiving and kindly investor – one who has never stopped giving. So thank you, Puff. Thank you, Jackie Paper. And thank you, Honalee. I’m heading your way.

Via, and more background at, Metafilter: Lenny the One Hit Wonder