The release this week of the 1940 Census brings the past a lot closer to us — the 1930 census was just far enough away that it seemed like ancient history, but the 1940 census is filled with people we might actually [more...]
Here’s how I wasted my night yesterday, playing with Google Earth. Equator.kmz: I made my way around the globe at the equator, and this is the only thing I could see that was a monument of any kind — at [more...]
